About Withers Living - Fine Things for Horse and Home


	The grace and beauty of horsemanship is reflected in the style and décor of Withers Living, Fine Things for Horse & Home, conveniently located at Olde Lafayette Village. Owner Manya Albertson introduced the concept of a new tack shoppe in the summer of 2004 at the Sussex County State Fair, where she encountered nearly 1,000 customers. The move to the Village came soon after.

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“I have received great reaction,” she said. “People are so happy that there is a shop so close to the fairgrounds. The demand for the merchandise is increasing as new barns and both indoor and outdoor rings are on the rise”, she said.

Albertson, who had already had a successful floral business which she ran from home, loves retail and the equine industry. The shop, she said, is “kind of throw-back, an old-fashioned specialty shop. I’m able to use creativity in display and organizational skills on the business end.”

Special events at the shoppe include “trunk shows,” (contact us now to reserve your spring 2007 appointment) with exclusive use of the facilities for the evening by a trainer and his/her students; and a “Night at the Tack Shop,” with hors d’oeuvres and special discounts. Future shows are planned for the spring 2007 show season.


	Albertson became interested in horses when her then 7-year-old daughter, Regan, said she wanted to ride. Now 15, Regan she is a competitive rider. Albertson’s other children have different interests; 20-year-old Manya is a senior in Bowdoin College in Maine, and son Bennett will be attending and playing lacrosse for Dickenson College in PA this Fall.

	Withers Living Owner, Manya Albertson.

Albertson wants the store to be customer friendly, especially to mothers new to riding who may feel as intimated as she did on her first visit to a tack shoppe.

“Lots of mothers come in not knowing the difference between a bridle and a halter,” she said. “I feel my purpose is to guide, educate and make them feel comfortable with this unique passion their daughters have. I want them to understand that I once was one of those mothers.”

She is also asking horse farms, boarding stables and trainers to leave fact sheets on their facilities with her to add to a binder in the store that will be available to anyone coming in seeking information.

The staff at Withers Living encourages both the dedicated enthusiast and “fieldwear / adirondack loving” nonrider to visit the store and peruse the extensive variety of fashions, home furnishings and gifts.