Barbara McGhee moved her dollhouse and dollhouse accessories business, McGhee’s Miniatures, from the Crestwood Court to Brentwood (8835 Manchester Road) 19 months ago, according to the Brentwood Spirit.
Her shop, a house next toBaumann’s Fine Meats, is part store and part workshop, where customers can assemble a dollhouse or furnish it. McGhee is always there to help.
“There are five houses being worked on back there, with two more to come,” McGhee told Brentwood Spirit. “It’s getting to the point where I’ll have to start charging a fee, so people should take advantage of the setup I have now.”
Her degree is in computer science, and had no previous retail experience before opening McGhee’s Miniatures. “My favorite quote is the one about how ‘every mighty oak started out as a nut that held its ground,’” she told the Brentwood Spirit. “That’s the story of my business.”
Her dream is for the shop to be a madhouse.
“I want to be running around with wallpaper stuck to my butt, something stuck in my hair, wallpaper paste down my shirt, glue all over my pants, as I’m running from house to house helping everybody and laughing hysterically the whole time. That’s my dream,” she told the Brentwood Spirit.
Read the full article in the Brentwood Spirit.