Farm Girl Mercantile

The Mercantile is located in historic Downtown Franklin, Indiana. Set in an early 1900’s house, our shop is filled with home décor, antiques, furniture, boutique fashion from juniors to plus, locally made goods such as local honey, jams, salsas, candles and jewelry. We are your local retailer for Country Chic and DIY Paints, IOD stamps, transfers and moulds, JRV Stencils and RoyCycled decoupage papers.
We love our made in the US skincare lines by Farmhouse Fresh and Simple Goodness Goats Milk.
We carry the most beautiful Amish grown flowers spring to fall, juicy summer produce, big orange pumpkins in the fall and fresh greenery and trees at Christmas. We hope you will experience our nostalgic Mercantile in person to see all of our one of a kind items.

Voted Best Boutique of the Southside 2023 by the readers of the Daily Journal News.

Our History

The dream of owning my own shop began in childhood. I was a country girl raised on our family’s farm in Kokomo, Indiana. I’m very proud of my family’s agricultural roots here in Indiana and as far back as my ancestors in Ireland. We are a Sesquicentennial Indiana Hoosier Homestead Award Winning Family. Our farm survived 6th generations. This shop is my way of honoring that legacy.
I also grew up watching “Little House On The Prairie”. All my favorite episodes were those with Harriet and Nellie Oleson. They always made me laugh. I was especially drawn to the scenes shot inside the Oleson’s Mercantile. I loved all the antiques and how life was back then. Hence where our name came from and my love of history.

  • We Are A Family

    This shop is a team effort. We house many small businesses within these walls. Our online presence is only an extremely small amount of what’s in store. Most of our items are one of a kind or purchased in small quantities.

  • Outside Events and Workshops

    We love to throw parties not only in Downtown Franklin but here at Farm Girl! We have several outside events from May to November. We usually have outside vendors along our shop with live music.
    We also have DIY craft workshops, candle making or watercolor classes 1-2 times a month. Follow us on Facebook to sign up on our page.

  • Franklin Events

    Franklin has been voted the Number One Main Street and Charming Town in Indiana for many reasons. Besides the fact that we are home to around a dozen locally owned antique shops and boutiques, several cafés, restaurants and coffee houses, we also are a very active town. We have events nearly every month of the year to get folks downtown. We have a brand new beautifully constructed amphitheater for those long summer nights. We have downtown parks and trails. We are home to historic Franklin College and so much more! Come see for yourself and be ready to stay the whole day and even the night!!

  • Mothers Day Weekend Barn Sale

    Join us on May 13 as we celebrate MOM with a Saturday Barn Sale, locally made baked goods and permanent jewelry all set up outside with our gorgeous Amish grown flowers. It’ll be a perfect way to kick off mom’s special weekend. 10-4 pm

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A Little Bit About Our Vendors

  • A Little Birdie Told Me

    Lisa is a town local who loves to create one of a kind center pieces, Holiday décor, signs and owns the Fur Kid Mercantile. We love our pets here at the Merc! She creates all natural dog treats, pet balm and bandanas.

  • Maime’s Market

    Mary is a Greenwood native who loves and adores antiques and vintage finds. She has an eye and talent for finding just the right nostalgic pieces shoppers are hunting for. All our roots are based with our love of antiques. We try to preserve history for a new generation.

  • Mama Bear Blue

    Aimee, another Franklin native, has become a big social media influencer in the last couple of years with a growing following everyday. She provides simple DIY tutorials on YouTube and social media teaching folks how to craft thrift finds into beautiful works of art. She is our local stockist for JRV stencils, IOD transfers and moulds and RoyCycled decoupage.

  • Joyful HeArt

    Lisa is our local water color artist. Her watercolors are unlike anyone else in the area. They look like vintage postcards, very detailed and elegant. Lisa has beautiful renditions of our famous ArtCraft Theatre and Johnson County Courthouse.

  • Location and Hours

    Farm Girl Mercantile

    436 East Jefferson Street

    Franklin, Indiana


    Store Hours

    • Tuesday to Saturday 10:30-4:30
    • Sunday 12-4 Spring to Fall
    • Monday Closed