Shopping in Bluffton

Tom and Ryoko Nadeau founded Nadeau in 1991 with a goal of providing customers with quality home furniture and a wealth of product knowledge. The business quickly evolved into something larger: The duo now has 19 retail stores and a team of buyers who travel the world in search of one-of-a-kind, handcrafted pieces of solid-wood furniture. Nadeau has earned mentions from numerous media outlets—including the Washington Post, CBS Chicago, and Charleston Home magazine—for its unique selection, which includes a cache of more than 6,000 pieces ranging from rare side tables and chairs to dining sets. Pieces are never mass-produced, allowing customers to bring the flavor of different cultures into their homes or provide an adopted tree with a new friend.

Since 1989, The Carousel Boutique’s clothier Beth Anne Kenna has outfitted ankle biters with homespun and designer children's fashions in boys’ sizes newborn to 4T and girls’ sizes newborn to 10. She crafts matching doll dresses, polka-dot hair bows from grosgrain ribbon, and baby booties by hand. She also personalizes ensembles with custom embroidery or skull and smiley ribbons, which allows parents to distinguish the good twin from the bad one.

Baby Genius's award-winning children's products teach babies and toddlers essential skills through the power of music. Based on a bounty of research, the company's DVDs enrich the learning experience by merging classical pieces and familiar songs with vibrant images, keeping kids entertained for hours. Parents can sit back while animated animal educators teach pocket-size pupils better motor skills, dictionary-defying vocabularies, vampire-free counting, and nap-inducing dance moves that ready little ones for kindergarten and beyond.

A mother-daughter team happily helps clients craft stylish looks with colorful and creative blouses, dresses, and accessories that fit current junior and misses trends. Walls twinkle with a wealth of necklaces and earrings fitted with silver, turquoise, and precious stones. Racks and mannequins invite browsing in search of seasonal outfits ranging in color from earthy reds and browns to bright pastels and light bulbs.

Within a carpeted storefront flanked with mannequins rocking the latest looks, David's Tuxedos's ace personnel fits clientele with dapper threads, hats, and footwear for formal events and special occasions. Replete with accessories such as bow ties, cummerbunds, and studs, tuxedos embrace bodies with suits and vest styles tailored to wedding ceremonies, proms, or other school functions. A special selection of brightly colored tuxedos in 10 different shades is also available for purchase or rental in sizes up to 2X and in tall varieties.

Harbour Town Toys, a store as fun as its inhabitants, welcomes kids and their parents to play with a train set, felt food, and dollhouses. A friendly staff member stands by to answer questions and do the robot while kids load up plastic dump trucks or sit around a little table set for a tea party and discuss how to leverage the current lemon shortage for the highest profit margins at their lemonade stand. The shop shelves Playmobil, Melissa & Doug, and Corolle and is always bringing in new items to keep imaginations growing and choices fresh.