Archer General Store gets new owners and name

REXBURG-- A local couple is taking a historic store and revamping it.

"She’s (Aubree) always coming up with different ideas for our next flip or our next renovation, and she’s been talking about this store for a while, and so when it became available, she was very excited," co-owner Richard Mason says.

Aubree and Richard Mason, known as Bree and Bud, respectively, are the new owners of the Archer General Store.

“We’re actually going to call it White Sparrow Country Store,” Aubree says. "We’ve never done something like the General Store, so we just decided to take it on."

The two say they want to retain the General Store business located at 7875 South 1800 West but add a rustic farmhouse twist.

“We hope to open up the ceiling so that we have the exposed rafters, and we want to paint it. I know there’s another metal roof here so we've got to open it up and see what’s up there,” Aubree says.

The Masons have done many renovations and are excited to add their aesthetic touch. Aubree sees a lot of brightness and white in the store's near future.

"It will be a mix of country and modern. We definitely want to keep the old store kind of feel," Aubree says. "I don’t want to take that away from the community."

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