Appalachian Spring (store)

Appalachian Spring (store)

Appalachian Spring is a retail company founded in 1968 by David and Paula Brooks in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. David and Paula Brooks began with the goal of bringing to the community a collection of quality American Craft. To find the products they looked to the artists and craftspeople that lived and worked in the Appalachian states of the United States, the region in which they had both grown up.

Appalachian Spring has five retail stores in the Washington, DC and Richmond, Virginia areas, as well as a retail website. Appalachian Spring buyers search for products that are of high quality, unique, and designed for both beauty and function. While most of the work is made in the United States, Appalachian Spring has added the work of craftspeople from other parts of the world.

David and Paula Brooks are founding members of the Craft Retailers Association for Tomorrow, David is chairman and Paula is a member of the Business Practices Committee.