AFTER 11 years, Red Chair Boutique is set to have a new owner in the seat.
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Robyn Robertson put her store on the market in April after deciding it was time to slow down and be with her family.
With children and grandchildren spread out across Bathurst, Newcastle, Melbourne and Wagga, Ms Robertson is ready to close the Red Chair chapter of her life.
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"It's time to retire. It's time to spend time with my family and my grandchildren," she said.
"I put it on the market thinking it would probably take a couple of years and it probably will. I'm okay with that."
Being an image consultant, Ms Robertson has spent more than a decade colour-co-ordinating, organising and keeping up with the latest fashion trends to establish a good name for her boutique.
Her hard work will mean that the new owners will potentially be able to pick up exactly where she left off if they choose to do so.
"It's a really good business. It's got really, really good established brands that everyone loves," she said.
"It's not clothes that you wear once and throw away, it's really good slow fashion.
"The next person that comes along I expect that I would give them the keys on Friday night and on Monday morning they would open the shop and continue the business on as it was - with their own little take on it, of course."
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Within one week of listing her boutique for sale, Ms Robertson was contacted by an interested party who is still one of the possible contenders to take ownership of the local shop.
"My accountant has put a price on it and there'll be some sort of negotiation on stock," she said.
"There's always a price for the business and then stock goes up and down all the time and the new person has to decide on what stock they want to buy off me to keep the shop going."
Ms Robertson said she has really enjoyed forming relationships with her customers over the years and has loved the design aspect of running a clothing boutique.
However, she does warn that sitting in the red chair isn't easy.
"I'd say it's very hard work and you need to be on your game most of the time," she said.
"You have to be on top of what's going on in fashion and merchandise properly ... it [the shop] is always very streamlined and everything's perfect and in its place.
"There's lot's of room; we have lots of girls come in with prams and people with wheelchairs and walking frames. It's accessible and there's lots of space."
Ms Robertson is in no rush to sell, but she said she is looking forward to her next chapter.