Mercantile Department

We’re the hot spot for sustainable household and garden wares.

Looking for easy ways to reduce your impact on our environment? Get our reusable water bottles, including stainless steel and corn-based varieties. We also stock reusable bags for your produce and groceries, and our recycled glass dinnerware is beautiful, functional, and good for the planet.

Because we strive to provide attractive, useful items that are healthy for us and the Earth, we prioritize local vendors. Check-out our beeswax candles from Big Dipper Wax Works in West Seattle, and our lovely soy/palm Ascents candles, handmade in Lake City. Our greeting cards are almost exclusively created by artists around the Puget Sound, and most mercantile items that must travel farther are fairly traded or ethically sourced.

And our book samplings include many interesting finds for every reader. We feature local, seasonal cookbooks by a variety of authors, and beautiful books and journals by talented Olympia artist, Nikki McClure.