COUNTRY LANE GENERAL STORE, LLC
is still goin' & still growin' with
60 + Merchants!
We have everything!
(SEE THE COMPLETE LIST ON OUR MERCHANTS PAGE!)
ANTIQUES & PRIMITIVES
125 different types of NOSTALGIC CANDY
MUSIC CD's, TAPES & VINTAGE ALBUMS
YODER POPCORN
WATKINS PRODUCTS
WILLOW TREE ANGELS
JUENGEL FARM HONEY
HUGE SELECTION OF WEBKINZ
HANDMADE FURNITURE & WOOD DECOR
COLLECTIBLES LIKE JOHN DEERE, HARLEY, TEAM SPORTS & NASCAR
HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN
BABY ITEMS OF ALL KINDS
UNIQUE PRIMITIVE WATER FOUNTAINS
18 VARIETIES OF POTPOURRI & SCENTED OILS
SCENTED SOY CANDLES
HANDMADE SOAPS, LOTIONS & BODY CARE PRODUCTS
HANDMADE PURSES, QUILTS, APRONS, DOLL CLOTHES, ETC.
HANDMADE SEMI PRECIOUS STONE JEWELRY
HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN
HAND POURED CERAMICS
FLORALS & PICTURE PRINTS
GARDEN OUTHOUSES, BIRDHOUSES, FLOWER CARTS & WISHING WELLS
OUR MERCHANTS WELCOME SPECIAL ORDERS
& MORE!
Stroll on thru our ever changing website
to see what we have for you!
Don't be gone long & come on back often...
NEW PICTURES & SPECIAL BARGAINS
ADDED EVERY MONTH!
Here we are in 2010...Auburn folks are still treating us well!
The youngins are all grown up now!
The oldest is a chef, married now & has a brand new baby girl of his own.
MEET OUR 1st GRANDCHILD...ELLA GRACE Born 6-10-10
The youngest just got her first car & is a senior in High School this year.
She marches the Mello phone in the Marching Band.
Here is our story of how we got started...
Our Story
As we look back, opening a family store was really a seed that was sown when Momma was a youngin’. Or as Nanny & Pa like to tell everyone, Momma knew she what she wanted to do at age two… the first time she played store. Pa otta know…he was her Dad, her role model & Nanny, her Mom, was her first customer!
The seed sprouted back in 1988 with a dream to earn a little extra so Momma could stay home with the youngins. Paintin’, buildin’ birdhouses,barn wood furniture, years of craft shows & festivals took over the homestead, the kitchen table, the cellar, the car shack out back & the Lane family life. It didn't take long for Daddy to stick his nose in the business & he created “his craft”…good smellin’ (potpourri) Christmas ornaments. They were a big hit! Then in 1996, after Momma took sick (allergic to barn wood), our good smellin’, hand mixed (with the youngins help) potpourri served up in mercantile bins became the family business. When folks couldn’t get enough of our potpourri over the years, the seedling grew. And in the early days of 2003, the Lane family opened Country Lane General Store at the Avilla Mercantile. Crafty folks with good old-fashioned quality merchandise joined us. Country & city folk alike became smitten’ with us! And fast as a Jack rabbit, Country Lane General Store outgrew its britches in Avilla.
Early 2004, Country Lane General Store “moved on down the lane” to the nostalgic, “Classic City of the World “ Auburn, Indiana. With an unbelievable old fashioned barn raisin’ attitude…family, friends & new Auburn neighbors blessed us with long work hours of hammerin’, paintin’, borrowin’ tools & muscle, meals, emotional & technical support & lots more, week after week they all toiled to expand & build on Momma’s dream. Special Thanks to All Y’all from the bottom of the whole Lane family heart!
The seed sprouted back in 1988 with a dream to earn a little extra so Momma could stay home with the youngins. Paintin’, buildin’ birdhouses,barn wood furniture, years of craft shows & festivals took over the homestead, the kitchen table, the cellar, the car shack out back & the Lane family life. It didn't take long for Daddy to stick his nose in the business & he created “his craft”…good smellin’ (potpourri) Christmas ornaments. They were a big hit! Then in 1996, after Momma took sick (allergic to barn wood), our good smellin’, hand mixed (with the youngins help) potpourri served up in mercantile bins became the family business. When folks couldn’t get enough of our potpourri over the years, the seedling grew. And in the early days of 2003, the Lane family opened Country Lane General Store at the Avilla Mercantile. Crafty folks with good old-fashioned quality merchandise joined us. Country & city folk alike became smitten’ with us! And fast as a Jack rabbit, Country Lane General Store outgrew its britches in Avilla.
Early 2004, Country Lane General Store “moved on down the lane” to the nostalgic, “Classic City of the World “ Auburn, Indiana. With an unbelievable old fashioned barn raisin’ attitude…family, friends & new Auburn neighbors blessed us with long work hours of hammerin’, paintin’, borrowin’ tools & muscle, meals, emotional & technical support & lots more, week after week they all toiled to expand & build on Momma’s dream. Special Thanks to All Y’all from the bottom of the whole Lane family heart!
Spring of 2007, we expanded & added on the "MERCANTILE" a 1000 sq. ft. of additional floor space to accomadate our larger antique Merchants.
Now, Country Lane General Store offers 5000 sq. ft. packed full of everything but the kitchen sink...we've got the stove...& we could put the sink
on our "Search List" if you're really interested!
WE CAN FIND ALMOST ANYTHING YOU ARE LOOKIN' FOR!
