Shopping in Garner

Beneath sunny powder-blue walls and cheery decorations, Bee Mine Kid Consign showcases an eclectic stock of children's and maternity goods. Hangers dangle with consigned apparel for pintsize patrons 0–12 alongside original handmade headbands, quilts, and birth cloths. Maternity dresses garb expectant mothers, and toys, swings, and bouncy seats appease youthful energy. As adults shop, kids can feast eyes on the shop's flat-screen television, frolic amid toys in the play area and play kitchen, or visit the reading area to scour copies of Good Night Moon for grammatical errors.

Bright and feminine dresses, blouses, and designer jeans all mingle in Scout & Molly's chic showrooms. The boutique's on-trend clothing is stitched with classic attention to quality by designers such as Joe's, Kors, AG, Alice & Trixie, and Halston Heritage. This carefully curated selection helped Scout & Molly's to gain popularity and quickly expand its brand: fewer than 10 years after the flagship store's opening, four new shops sprouted up around North and South Carolina. Each branch has earned buzz from local press as well as national outlets such as OK!, Cosmo, and the Supreme Court's fashion blog. Every boutique is also dog-friendly and helps to support animal-friendly charities such as Saving Grace Animal Rescue and Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League.

The home-objects experts at TLG Home Furnishings pack their showroom with a selection of name-brand gear for domestic dining, lounging, and sleeping. For convenient decorating, TLG lets customers choose their home accents a la carte or cart home a multi-piece-package bedroom or dining set. Customers can solicit the sage design wisdom of the in-store staff or utilize the company's Create Your Own Space online tool, which allows shoppers to sample endless furniture combinations and try out different styles of ottoman toupees.

My Back Porch rewards deal-seekers by stocking gently used garments, accessories, and shoes from well-known brands, all of which undergo a thorough selection process to ensure they're in near-pristine condition. The shop invites leisurely browsing with its cheerful red and yellow walls and bright lighting, which illuminates the Ralph Lauren and Hollister tags peeking from shirt collars and the stitched names of Coach and Vera Bradley emblazoned across purse linings. Glass jewelry counters glint with a collection of earrings and necklaces, and leopard-print chairs face racks of shoes, beckoning guests to sit and ponder which pair of heels would work best for aerating their lawns.

Bespoke tailor Raj Bulchandani custom measures his clients, then crafts Egyptian-cotton shirts and smartly fitted suits in the tradition of the tailors of London's Savile Row. Discriminating human mannequins select from an array of Egyptian wools and cottons in more than 14 shades to create custom-cuffed shirts, and prospective suit owners take their pick of more than 350 patterns and fabrics from mills including Ermenegildo Zegna, Loro Piana, Fintex, and Holland & Sherry. Raj then takes a flurry of measurements to create a unique pattern for each client, rather than relying solely on one-size-fits-all models or futuristic space-suit prototypes.