You'll also find music, instruments and handtuned wind chimes. Their store also serves as a Floyd County information center of sorts. New Mountain Mercantile rates as one of the outstanding handcraft stores in the entire Blue Ridge. They also have a branch store at Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke. You never know which bluegrass artist will be performing out front to lure you in.
Requests come in from the four corners for their old-time fiddle music and gospel albums.
An old three-story schoolhouse has been renovated and filled with everything from specialty fabrics to buttons and beads. What is amazing is how organized and well-grouped this massive mania of yard goods is. Out back, an extra building contains large reels of upholstery fabric, tapestry and some remnants. More than 50 categories of handcrafts are available from 30 working artists, with such original works as snake canes, baskets, quilts, pottery, birdhouses and wood workings. Also available are gallery paintings from local artists.