Bad Blanche

This is such a unique store with such varied, lovely items that the owner brings in from her trips around the world. Most very reasonably priced and it seems that there is always some kind of sale. Whenever I’m in Poulsbo, I stop in, just to see what’s new in the place. I also always take visitors and they almost always buy some trinket to take home. Today, I took a friend from out of town with her 10 year old daughter, and even she was charmed. Highly recommend.

The one word to describe this store is: eclectic. With such a varied mix of merchandise, it will be difficult to adequately describe the store, let alone review it.
(Note: there seems to be two separate Unilocal sites for this store. This «Bad Blanche» site and one for «Bad Blanche Collections». Both are describing the same store on Front Street. Hopefully the Unilocal gods will consolidate these two sites!).
If you are looking for a $ 2.99 «Grow your own Pirate» toy, you will find it here. If you are instead looking for a $ 4,000 sideboard, you too will find it here. And so many things in between, in every price point in between. How does one review this store?
There’s a lot of jewelry. And hats. And clutches and purses. Yes, there are bins of inexpensive scarves at the front of the store (2 for $ 10), but I found the women’s accessories and jewelry to be overpriced. There’s a very large assortment of household décor and accents — especially beach– and nautical-​themed pieces, and most of these were beautiful and unique and reasonably priced. I had never seen most of these home accents before. Very lovely. Then there are Asian-​inspired furniture pieces (chests, cabinets, a gorgeous bamboo ladder); these appeared to be in decent condition and well-​priced. There are many canvas plaques with stenciled sayings on them and other assorted wall décor, découpage ornaments, knick-​knacks, and small kiddie toys. All in all, quite the potpourri of stuff!
The store is long and deep and you can (and should!) spend some time exploring it. The lady at the cash was friendly; when we came in, she was singing along to the taped music. This is definitely a unique store that totally fits in with the Poulsbo scene. I look forward to returning.

Cute stuff everything from furniture to jewelry to toys for the kids and all reasonably priced. Unfortunately the staff can be a little over bearing. We went in and clearly stated we were just looking. Every time one of us touched something the staff was right next to us watching our every move, like we were going to steal something. Than they would begin to tell us every single detail about what ever it was we touched. Next came the high pressure sales. I’m not sure what part of we are just looking, they couldn’t figure out but I wasn’t having it so I left.

I love those hybrid stores where there are genuine antiques and then classy new merchandise that could be antique. (See also West Seattle for these types of stores, like Wild Rose). Found quite a few Asian-​inspired items in here but could only afford a handful. Will definitely be coming back when I have more money to spend on items for my home!
Check it out, it only takes a couple minutes and I promise you’ll find something you love :)