New East Brainerd business Eclectic Cottage offers unique gifts, clothing, decor

Lyndi Blair stands in her new East Brainerd business, Eclectic Cottage, which offers works by local artisans as well as high-end clothing and decor consignment. / Staff photo by Emily Crisman Lyndi Blair stands in her new East Brainerd business, Eclectic Cottage, which offers works by local artisans as well as high-end clothing and decor consignment. / Staff photo by Emily Crisman

By Emily Crisman December 10, 2019 3 min read

In addition to providing shoppers with an eclectic mix of goods, Eclectic Cottage fulfills the dream of its owner and the needs of local artists.

After leaving the corporate world, owner Lyndi Blair decided she wasn’t quite ready for a life of retirement. So she set out to open her own business, Pretty Pineapple Monogramming.

She ended up opening six “shops” all housed within the Eclectic Cottage.

A wide selection of consignment clothing for babies and children is available at Eclectic Cottage. / Staff photo by Emily Crisman

Among those is ChattyArts, which provides a venue for local artists to display and sell their work.

Blair’s oldest daughter, Breck Stewart, manages Chattanooga WorkSpace, which rents affordable working studios to artists, some of whom Blair has met during the downtown co-op’s open studio nights. In getting to know them, she realized the need for more spaces outside of art and craft shows for them to showcase and sell their work, she said.