Miss Pixie’s Furnishings and Whatnot, a 15-year staple of 14th Street NW known for its vintage goods, bright pink exterior and zany window display, will be leaving the Logan Circle neighborhood by the end of March.

Owner Pixie Windsor says she’s closing her 14th Street furniture store because she wants a smaller, more affordable and easier-to-manage space as she nears retirement. Windsor already signed a one-year lease for a new location, though she’s not ready to publicly share it yet, she tells DCist/WAMU.

But she did say the new store will be in Northwest D.C., not that far from the original and close to her Adams Morgan home. She hopes to open it in February.

But she will miss her neighborhood of the last decade, she says. “It’s been my world,” Windsor says. “I feel very at home in Logan Circle, so I will miss that.”

Local blog PoPville first shared the news of Miss Pixie’s relocation.

Windsor, who will be 64 soon, no longer has the energy to manage a store as large as the 14th Street one, she tells DCist/WAMU. It’s only become harder to run in recent years, with everything being more expensive compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. She says her rent is her greatest expense and costs four times more than what she originally paid back when she opened in 2008. Utilities run her an additional $1,200 to $1,500 per month, she says.

She likes her landlord, a family group, and suspects they are charging her below market value. But she says making rent has still been a big challenge, so she’s tried to negotiate it down. But her landlord said a reduction in the monthly payment wouldn’t be feasible, according to Windsor.

The landlord’s property manager did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Miss Pixie’s is one of those stores that is synonymous with The District. Many locals have attended one of the store’s legendary holiday parties, or are in possession of a vintage find from there — or one its bright pink pens.

Windsor says many of her customers are regulars who live in the Logan Circle or U Street Corridor neighborhoods and drop by to browse.The 14th Street location was optimal for its foot traffic, whether grabbing people on their way from brunch or walking back from work downtown, she adds.

She doesn’t know what will replace her shop at the 14th Street location. But doesn’t know how a business will be able to afford such steep rent, which she agreed with her landlord not to divulge.

“I think what’s going to happen is it’s going to be a big-box [store],” Windsor says. “The beauty of 14th Street, I thought, was just the mix of small businesses and lovely neighborhood support and all that and that’s all slowly fading away.”

She hopes that her customers continue to visit at the new location, which is about a quarter of the size of the current store and thus will have less merchandise. She doesn’t know if her boxes of $1 photos and postcards will make the cut.

Expect deals next year ahead of the downsize. She also plans to throw a party at the 14th street store during closing weekend, which will be March 29-31.

Windsor has at least another year left in her, she says, but after that, she hopes to sell the store to one of her employees or someone else who would keep the business going. But a lot of that is up in the air, she says.

“I love my job, but it is 24/7 and if I ever get like more than four or five days off in a row, it’s a miracle,” Windsor says. “It’s kind of been that way for about 15 years. So I look forward to being able to relax a little bit and train and teach other people who want to do what I do.”