Splurge by Robert Nicholas

03/14/2026

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12/14/2025

12/13/2025

09/29/2025

The year that reshaped our lives.
A year of deep growth, raw introspection, and unexpected courage.

While COVID divided and distanced us, Helene found a way to bring us closer.
Our businesses—Marquee, Uncommon Market, and Splurge—were swept into silence, shut down in a storm of destruction.

But one year later, we reopened with a storm of love—resilience, inspiration, and hope carrying us forward.

Through loss, we discovered determination.
Through tears, we found compassion.
Through struggle, we unearthed strength we didn’t know we had.
Through hopelessness, a new vision began to bloom.
Through destruction, we rebuilt—stronger, wiser, and more grateful.
Through loneliness, we learned to trust ourselves again.
Through community, we gained friends who became family.

We are in awe of the love, encouragement, and shared tears and cheers that have carried us through.
Our hearts are forever changed by the beauty of what we’ve endured together.

As this journey continues, may we keep choosing love, keep seeing the beauty in one another, and keep moving forward with open hearts.

Make love your goal. Always.

07/12/2025

Uncommon Market will host their 2-day Summer
Extravaganza at Battery Park Hall in the Haywood Park Hotel in downtown Asheville, 46 Haywood Street, from 10 am - 5 pm Saturday & 10-4 Sunday.
Admission is FREE!
Adoptable puppies with Mountain Pet Rescue.
This is an INDOOR market and service dogs only are allowed.
Adult beverages, coffee & food onsite.

12/24/2024

Happy Holidays

12/06/2024

Don’t Miss. this weekend (SATURDAY & SUNDAY) 10:4. New location 46 Haywood Street. 80+ Artists, makers and vintage/antique dealers. At the Haywood Park Hotel Event Space.

10/17/2024

We have so loved the culture that organically happened as a result of mixing together creatives and lovers of the arts and the unexpected that Marquee fostered.
The relationships that have been birthed through Marquee have been worth this journey.
Being immersed in the devastation of helping artists, antiques dealers and small businesses find something to salvage for almost 3 weeks Rebecca Goode Nicholas and I will be changing our scenery to recharge, dream and reimagine Marquee.
We have delayed this go fund me due to the massive needs that exists amongst the community that has so many needs.
Help us rebuild this creative community. Marquee was created as a highly curated art and design marketplace on Foundy Street in the heart of Asheville’s River Arts District. In our short three years, we were home to over 300 artists, makers, antique dealers and small business owners. This loss will have a huge impact on their lives and on Asheville’s vibrant, creative landscape. We want to rebuild! For all of us.

As Hurricane Helene made impact, flood debris crashed into the building tearing down the back walls and blowing through the entrance, while 15 feet of water inside the building destroyed everything — all of our interior buildout, custom gallery walls and enclosures, sales counters, office, shipping room, sculptural elements, etc. Of course, all of our artists lost nearly everything.

Your kind donations will go entirely to rebuilding the infrastructure needed to support our local artists, makers and antique dealers. With your support, we can again welcome our community through our doors and continue to celebrate Asheville’s unique art scene.

Please consider donating to our GoFundMe page created to help us rebuild (LINK IN BIO). Thank you for loving Marquee; we can’t wait to welcome you back.

09/13/2024

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