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At the age of 10, Mayfair boutique owner Rebecca Avant already had a plan for her future business.
“I had made it out of paper and it unfolded and looked like a little shop,” she said.
Even as a child, she loved creating things, and now her handmade wreaths, photo frames and sparkly Christmas houses are sold in her store along with clothing, accessories and more.
Although being a one-woman show comes with its challenges, Avant loves what she does, including interacting with her customers.
She spoke with reporter McKinnon Rice about her 28-year adventure.
The interview has been edited for clarity and space.
Contact information:
Website: mayfairontheblvd.com
Facebook: facebook.com/mayfairontheblvd/
Instagram: @mayfairontheboulevard
Phone: 817-378-4278
Email: rebecca.avant@gmail.com
Address: 4630 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth
McKinnon Rice: Tell me a little bit about your business and how it got started.
Rebecca Avant: I started Mayfair 28 years ago. We’ve always had a presence somewhere along Camp Bowie, and for a while we also had a store on Main Street in Sundance Square. It was called Mayfair on Main Street.
I took a short break for about a year and did pop-up sales in my garage. I had it whitewashed and cleaned up and decorated, and it was the cutest little thing. I did that until I could find the new location, which I’m in now, and I’ve been here 10 years.
Mayfair, a boutique on Camp Bowie Boulevard, sells clothing and accessories as well as owner Rebecca Avant’s handmade items. (McKinnon Rice | Fort Worth Report)
Rice: What kind of items do you sell?
Avant: It’s a boutique, so of course we have a lot of dresses, clothing, jewelry, accessories, but my focus that I love the most are my handmade things. I do seasonal decor pieces for your home. They’re small and detailed, mostly frames, wreaths and, at Christmas, the sparkled houses.
Avant buys the houses premade and adds her own festive seasonal decorations. (McKinnon Rice | Fort Worth Report)
Throughout the year, I do all kinds of other crafts. Sometimes I dabble with jewelry or headbands, but mostly it would be wreaths for seasonal things, for your indoor decorations.
Rice: How did you get into creating things?
Avant: I’ve been living to make things since I was 7 or 8 years old and honestly had a plan for Mayfair when I was probably 10. I had made it out of paper and it unfolded and looked like a little shop. It was sort of something that I’d always wanted to do, and the minute that I was able, I opened it. My kids were spread out — I had little ones and I had kids starting college. It just seemed like a time where I could handle it, and it worked.
One item Avant makes is photo frames. (McKinnon Rice | Fort Worth Report)
Rice: What are some of the challenges that come with running a business like yours?
Avant: Of course, it’s always difficult to be the only person without employees. I have a couple of high school friends who back me up if I need to leave town, but as far as having actual employees, I have not done that in many years.
Back when I had bigger shops in two locations, of course I had to, but the challenge is just being married to it. You can’t just walk away. You’ve got to be here. I love it so much it has not really been a problem, but it’s just got to be something that you’re very committed to.
Lucrezia, one of Mayfair’s two cats, stands in the shop on Dec. 17, 2025. (McKinnon Rice | Fort Worth Report)
I just sort of laugh when people say, “Oh, I think it’d be fun to have a little shop.” Well, it’s not a frivolous thing. Although I enjoy every minute of it, you really better want to have a little shop if you want to make it work. You’ve got to really stick to it and be here for people, and not be a flake with a sign on the door saying, you know, “gone fishing.”
Rice: What is your favorite part about running a business like yours?
Avant: The customers, for sure. Making things, the creative end of it, and getting to know my customers. They’re the best, and some have been coming in from the day I opened, all these years.
Rice: What do you hope for the future of your business?
Avant: I would like for it to just stay steady. It grows a little bit every year and I’m perfectly happy with that.
I love being a presence here on the west side, and I want to continue to just spread some joy. People come in and say it makes them happy, and that’s sort of my goal.
McKinnon Rice is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org.
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