Text by Elizabeth Czapski
The seeds of Feast Vintage, Eleanor Brooks’s online tableware and décor shop, were sown early on and in many ways. Eleanor Brooks discovered a passion for the retail industry at 15 years old, but also grew up around entrepreneurial examples. “You could say entrepreneurship is embedded in my genes,” she says. “Both of my grandfathers owned their own businesses. I have spent most of my adult life in the retail industry and spent most of those years dreaming of owning my own brick-and-mortar store.” This dream came full circle in an unexpected manner thanks to another enduring hobby—the hunt for vintage treasures—when Eleanor decided to start selling her finds on Etsy in 2013.
“I have loved vintage and secondhand goods since I was a little girl who used to ride her bicycle to neighborhood yard sales Saturday mornings,” she recalls. “That love has never waned, and thrifting has always been my favorite way to fill my surroundings with lovely things. I would always come across pieces that were amazing but didn’t necessarily fit into my home or aesthetic. It was either that I knew someone else would love the items or I recognized their…
