Be Yours - About

Maria Bosak opened Eco Chic Home in the spring of 2010 with a desire to bring natural and eco-friendly baby, mom and home products to the community of Fargo, North Dakota.

While this concept was noble, it was obvious about a year into business that what the community wanted was a place to find interesting and one of kind pieces of furniture. Often asked about her refurnished display pieces, Maria soon realized (with the help of her husband Tate) that the community was more interested in her furniture than they were in her assortment of cloth diapers.

The story has been told often of how Maria would arrive home at night to tell Tate that sales were sluggish but another customer asked to purchase the display hutch holding the cloth diapers, to which Tate finally exclaims "Sell the Damn Hutch."

It was this revelation that led Maria to start searching for more and more furniture they could re-purpose & re-furbish to sell in the store.

Late nights spent spray painting furniture in their garage led them to find a healthier (and more beautiful) way to paint furniture. It was about this time that Maria stumbled upon a blog talking about Annie Sloan Chalk paint.

In 2013 Eco Chic Home became the first retail store in North Dakota to sell Chalk Paint. It was at this time that Maria realized that Eco Chic was quickly becoming a destination for furniture and decor.

With the addition of Chalk Paint and re-purposed furniture the store was finally starting to gain some traction but wasn't out of the woods yet. It was this year that Maria was introduced to "junking" and the large national vendor shows that host these local junkers and artisans. With a desire to find something to draw more attention to the store, Fargo Junk Market was born. A twice annual event that started in the parking lot of Eco Chic Home grew from an initial 33 vendors to an arena showcasing almost 200 vendors.