40-year-old interior store closes, big Baton Rouge sale | Business

Beth Claybourn Interiors, a four-decade-old business from a Louisiana-based designer, is going out of business, and all things must go. 

For the next week, the store at 17731 Highland Road will be open for a “wall-to-wall sell-off,” according to a statement from the store. 

Antiques, mattresses, furniture, rugs, sculptures, lighting, china and crystal and fine art are all for sale to both private and public dealers. Office equipment and vehicles will also be sold. 

“After 40 years, goodbye,” the business posted in a flyer online, “Thank you to all our loyal customers for the past 40 years.” 

Beth Claybourn has designed homes for notable politicians such as Edwin Edwards and successful businessmen, including Jim Bob Moffett, longtime chairman of Freeport McMoRan. She also has clients around the country.

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“I grew up in Carthage, Mississippi, and knew even when I was a child that I wanted to be a designer,” Claybourn said in an interview with Nola.com in 2017. “Daddy was so disappointed that I didn’t want to be a doctor or a geologist like my brother, but it’s what I wanted to do.”

Claybourn’s design work — and her late husband Garrett — brought her to New Orleans, where the couple lived for three years before moving to Baton Rouge and putting down roots.

Inventory from the store will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis and “all reasonable offers will be considered.” 

Beth Claybourn Interiors will be open this week on: 

• Friday, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
• Saturday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
• Sunday, July 13 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. 
• Monday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
• Tuesday, July 15 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
• Wednesday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.