A style guru who made her name in California during the Seventies has opened a second shop in her home town in West Sussex.
Marsha Lofthouse, 82, opened furniture store Marsha's Loft in Shoreham High Street in April this year - 30 years after emigrating to the US.
Now she has opened Marsha's Vintage Pine, on the opposite side of the road, as part of the family-run business's rapid expansion into Sussex.
The new shop was completely renovated in just five days using reclaimed bricks and Quebec yellow pine.
A third store is planned for Horsham next month and Marsha wants to open another store in Hove where she now lives.
The day-to-day running of the business is now managed by her son, Steve Black, but Marsha still sources many of the items herself and keeps a close eye on developments.
She said: "Everyone has worked so hard to complete the new store in record time."
Wednesday July 21, 2004
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