Unique Stores & Gifts

A Southern Season

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201 South Estes Dr (University Mall)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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phone (919) 929-7133

Open daily from 10am - 7 pm; Fridays til 9pm

One of the top 25 retail stores in America according to “Retail Superstars: Inside the 25 Best Independent Stores in America, 2009 by George Whalin.  A Southern Season is a 59,000 square foot landmark gourmet marketplace hailed by The New York Times critic Craig Claiborne as “wall to wall and floor to ceiling, a visual and gustatory delight”. Culinary Lessons at A Southern Season (CLASS) brings top chefs, food writers and all-round gourmets from the U.S. and various countries to demonstrate their latest tools, techniques and tastes. For events, times and costs, call (877) 929-7133.

Ackland Museum Store

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100 E. Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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(919) 962-0126

Mon-Sat, 10 am - 5 :30 pm; Thur, 10 am - 8:30 pm; Sun Noon - 5 pm

The Ackland Museum Store has a focused emphasis on merchandise that supports and reflects the Museum’s core mission to animate, inspire, and transform people’s lives with works of art.  The Store’s inventory includes home décor items such as pottery, glass, and metalwork; kitchen and tabletop items; jewelry and accessories; children’s toys and books; and stationery.  Books about art history and criticism, contemporary art and design, and culture and lifestyles are also available, as well as books by UNC and regional authors and artists’ monographs. 

A dedicated gallery space at the Ackland Museum Store features rotating exhibitions of original artworks in a variety of media by local and regional artists and artisans.  The premier exhibition features works by seven North Carolina artists who have a connection to Penland School of Crafts, whether as a teacher, student, or resident.  The show, entitled "Nothing is Impossible," features work by Margaret Couch Cogswell (book arts, multi-media), Celia Gray (encaustic paintings), Bryant Holsenbeck (environmental art), Ann Marie Kennedy (paper art, installation), Evan Lightner (furniture), Gretchen McLaren (metal), and Sylvie Rosenthal (woodwork, sculpture).

Artizan Gifts

200 N Greensboro St (Carr Mill Mall)
Carrboro, NC 27510

Directions

(919) 240-7062

Open Monday through Saturday, 10am-6pm

Artizan Gifts is all about unique, handmade, sustainable earthy friendly gifts. From hand crafted jewelry to art work, bamboo apparel and soy candles we have an eclectic mixture of gifts for those seeking something special.

Bead Store (The)

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200 N Greensboro St, Carr Mill Mall
Carrboro, NC 27510

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(919) 933-9439

Open Mon-Sat 10am-6pm.

Full service bead store offers selection of beads and findings from all over the world. Make necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more. Also carry a variety of finished pieces for those who do not have time to create themselves.

Bloom

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708 Market St, Southern Village
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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(919) 942-9880

Open Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun noon-5pm.

Unique home accent pieces, original artwork, garden accessories, live orchids, children’s toys, luxurious bath and body products, creative greeting cards.

Cameron’s

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201 South Estes Dr (University Mall)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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phone (919) 942-5554

Open Mon.-Sat., 10am-9pm; Sun., noon-6pm.

Since 1977, Cameron’s has been an experience, not just a store. Started as a craft gallery, it now offers everything from gold earrings to plastic ants, plus gifts, greeting cards, candles, bath toys, jewelry, handbags, animal-head mounts and other highly entertaining, "off-the-wall stuff". Don’t miss the shrine room—where nothing is for sale—and its Elvis prayer wall.

Depot at Hillsborough Station (The)

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246 S Nash Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278

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phone (919) 64 DEPOT; (919) 643-3768

Tuesday-Saturday, 7 am to 9 pm; Sunday, 8 am to 5 pm (Closed Mondays)

The Depot at Hillsborough Station has reopened as a general store with old fashioned hand-dipped Maple View ice cream, a bright candy counter and local specialty candies giving the place a vintage flair.  Enjoy fresh muffins, pastry, homemade pound cake, ham biscuits, delicious hot dogs and coffee.  Local art and crafts round out the store. There is also free wi-fi.  In the evenings try a glass of wine or a microbrew craft beer while listening to jazz, blues and bluegrass!  There is plenty of free parking.

Hill Country Woodworks

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2113 Old Greensboro Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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Phone (919) 929-2075

Open Mon-Fri, 9 am - 5 pm; Sat, 11 am - 4 pm

Modern and contemporary hardwood furniture handcrafted to order since 1976.

Hillsborough Yarn Shop

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114 S Churton St, Downtown
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Directions

(919) 732-2128

Open Tues-Fri 11am-5:30pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm.

Natural fibers yarn shop; extensive collection of fibers from around the wold including wool, cotton, linen, bamboo and silk.

Julian’s

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135 East Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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phone (919) 942-4563

Open Tue-Sat, 10am-6pm.

Julian’s, founded in 1942 by Alexander Julian’s father, Maurice Julian, is an intriguing mix of past and present. Here you can experience the classic personal service and custom tailoring that has made loyalists of thousands of University of North Carolina alumni, while discovering the very latest in men’s fashion from Alexander Julian and other innovative designers. Still a family business, the shop has been owned and operated by the children, Alex and Missy, since Maurice’s death in 1993. Men’s and women’s clothing, accessories and the Foxglow Chapel Hill collection candles.