The Ramblin' Rose

Passion and destiny collide when a Massachusetts shop owner turns a historic tannery into a marketplace bonanza filled with antique, vintage and repurposed treasures.

- Jo- Anne Coletti

Back in the day, the historical Norwood Commerce Center in Massachusetts was home of the Winslow and Smith Brothers tannery.

Today, with the vision of one woman, Sheryl Rose Elliott Glynn, it is a revitalized set of mill buildings devoted to warehouses filled to the brim with a variety of sweetly shabby and romantic treasures.

Sheryl Rose, named after her maternal grandmother Rose Murad Corey, was inspired from an early age to cherish old things. Surrounded by beautiful antiques her entire life, she has come to understand and appreciate the history and heritage of generations before her. Sheryl recalls sitting for hours with her grandmother while she told stories of each piece and what it meant to her. “I remember my grandmother would always let me pick a china cup and saucer from her small but unique collection and I always picked a rose motif,” says Sheryl. “From that moment on I’ve always loved roses.” Ironically, it would be that rose teacup that would lead Sheryl to her life’s purpose.