Painted Tree Boutiques - Raleigh — Local services in Raleigh

I WILL NEVER RETURN HERE. I don't normally write reviews,, but this required it. I'm appalled at how I was treated today.

My friend and I met up here this morning in hopes of doing some quick gift finding for our moms for mother's day. I'm a homeschool mom of 3 so I'm very used to taking my children with me wherever I go and they are well behaved. I have NEVER, I truly mean NEVER been treated more rudely or insensitively in my life.

From the moment we walked in with our kids we were glared at instead of greeted. We shook it off and continued to browse. IF YOU DON'T WANT CHILDREN IN YOUR STORE, THEN POST A SIGN.

Instead of kindly coming to us and talking with us about 2 of our kids running 1 time in the store and the other children gently touching items that they had brought their own money and were considering purchasing for their Mimi, a disgruntled employee came over and barked at my children to stop touching things and then just stood there and slowly walked behind me up the aisle eyeing every move we made clearly annoyed that we were there. I finally turned around and asked her to stop following us and told her I take full responsibility for my children and we will purchase anything that happens to break if that was to occur. She stormed off and told me she wasn't following me, but was "trying to make her way to the cash register". I then politely handed her the items in my cart telling her if we weren't wanted in her store we were happy to just leave. She huffed and stormed off leaving me there with the items still in my hand. I calmly took them to the counter and set them down and said goodbye. As a fellow small business owner I CANNOT FATHOM treating a customer - let alone a mom of young kids this way. I WILL NEVER...

I am absolutely appalled at how my friend and I and our children (ages ranging from 1-9) were treated here today. I love shopping small and local and this was my first time visiting here. We came looking for thoughtful gifts for Mother’s Day and some of our children brought their own money to make their own purchases. We homeschool our children so they are always with us and used to spending time in stores with us. They are not wild and obnoxious by any means, but they are children. At some point our boys were told not to run in the store, and they obeyed and stopped running. They were looking at items, touching/picking up things as anyone would who is looking to buy something. As we were making our way to the front to make our purchases, We were followed by an employee and essentially kicked out of the store because our children were too rowdy (i would not call their behavior rowdy. this place is not a library) My friend was spoken to in an extremely rude way by the store employee… practically reprimanded even after ensuring this employee that if something were to break, we would absolutely purchase it. This is NOT a kid friendly store. If you don’t want families to come shop at your establishment, please post signs. “No children allowed unless leashed...

Came in just I check it out and was mind blown from everything they sell, it’s a bunch of small shops like a flea market but you just walk around and browse . And get whatever you want and pay up front. Not recommended for kids running around , be mindful and respectful of the merchandise. Very nice clean location for everything you’re looking for or not looking for I’m sure you’ll find it. There’s so much Movie , furniture , decorations , snacks , art work , clothes , t shirts , dresses , plated jewelry, spices , baby toys , bed sheets , drink coasters , lanyards, keychains , candles , puzzles etc. . Definitely recommend stop in you’ll like it . Didn’t even know a place like...