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Rare Bird Interiors is owned & curated by Tallahassee native, Jackie Skelding. She opened her first shop, CURIO, located in Railroad Square Arts District in 2014 at the age of 21 and received her degree in Retail Merchandising, Product Development and Design from Florida State University the same year. She opened the first location of Rare Bird next door to CURIO in November 2021, creating an oasis for those looking for curated goods for self & home— two unique brands within one business. Rare Bird’s popularity rapidly grew amongst locals and design-savvy buyers throughout the south. Her expansion to a second Rare Bird showroom in Midtown opened at 122 E Sixth Avenue in Tallahassee on March 15, 2024.
Just a few short weeks later on May 10, 2024, multiple tornados hit Tallahassee and demolished her then fiancé’s shop, Talquin Trading Co and severely damaged her Railroad Square location. Rather than re-opening her RRSQ shops after the destruction, she chose to give up her Railroad Square locations so Talquin Trading Co could re-open in that location and both Talquin Trading Co and Rare Bird could flourish. Rare Bird is proud to have their permanent showroom on Sixth Avenue in Midtown.
In addition to curating for Rare Bird, Jackie also provides private sourcing, staging, and interior decorating services for residential and commercial spaces. She is a proud bonus-mom to two incredible kids and and owner of Skelding & Co., an antiquities and fine estate sales company that she co-owns with her now husband, Gregg Pla.