Vintage Cottage- Soaps, Decor and other lovely
things.
Founded in 2003, Vintage Cottage is a nostalgia inspired buisness
founded by 27 year old Kandace Lichtblau-Tepley. Forever inspired by
her Grandparents, she found a need to re-invent and preserve the
craftsmanship of past artisans in a sometimes too fast paced modern
environment.
She grew up with her mother painting seasonal chalkware, her Grandma
Lichtblau making soap and cleaners from scratch, gardening &
frequenting auctions and her Grandma Ecklund's love of 'junking' and
collecting.
From this family commitment for a love of the 'finer' things in life, such as
lime encrusted gardening pots, fancywork linens and glitter glass dusted
figurines Vintage Cottage was invented.
Kandace currently resides in Lake City, Minnesota on the Mississippi
river with her husband, Christopher, 5 year old daughter, Naomi new
addition, 2 month old Colette and dog- Marley.  Kandace serves on her
local planning commission and heritage preservation commission, enjoys
 'junking', gardening, historical preservation, local and "creating lovelies".