00:00 Hello, I'm Véronique for NTV and we are today at Cathy's, the eco-brog of Maisanges, in Maisangers.
00:08 Hello Cathy.
00:16 Hello.
00:17 We are delighted to do this interview with you in a place that we discover is magical.
00:23 It's a real Ali Baba cave.
00:25 How did you come up with the idea of setting up here?
00:28 I started in the large distribution.
00:32 I was store manager, I managed the decoration sector.
00:37 When I saw the abuse of products that were thrown away,
00:42 because they were broken, I said to myself,
00:48 I don't want that anymore, I want to manage my project and create my store with my values,
00:54 that is, no longer waste products that already exist.
00:57 Hence eco-brog.
00:59 Absolutely. Eco as in economy, ecology, and brog as in brocante.
01:02 And then Maisanges because we are located in Maisangers.
01:05 So I took a little tour, I admit, and I'm seduced because we have a lot of universes.
01:12 I thought I understood that you were highlighting your eco-brog by saying that it is a stylish eco-brog.
01:19 Absolutely. So why stylish?
01:21 Because they are products that I have chined before.
01:24 They are products that I have chosen and that are in store and we will find all the styles that exist.
01:30 It allows everyone to project themselves into their interior.
01:33 In fact, the concept is a bit like in a house.
01:36 We walk around and it allows us to discover a living room, tables, a room, the children's universe corner.
01:45 So it's a bit for everyone, as I said earlier.
01:47 Indeed, we have universes of colors, universes of materials.
01:52 Absolutely. So there is indeed wood, we will find laminated walls too.
01:57 There will really be all the styles of chairs that we can see.
02:02 I don't know if we can go around, but in any case, there will be everything that is bold and plasticized.
02:08 So that's the Scandinavian style. And then the wood too, which is apparent.
02:11 A piece that you are really proud of?
02:14 I would say that I am proud of all the pieces, in fact, because it represents everything that people can love, in the end.
02:21 And then, if I have chosen them, it is because I have chosen them.
02:23 So it's difficult for me to choose a place.
02:26 But then there is the cocooning side of the room that I really like, because it's a little cocoon.
02:30 We feel good.
02:32 And then, indeed, the room is the last universe that we see, in the end.
02:37 And so how do you go about choosing?
02:40 So we do research, so it's the second hand.
02:42 So I do all the possible research in the second hand.
02:45 So I go to all the products, the sites that sell second-hand.
02:49 And then I drive around 150 kilometers around Ancenis.
02:52 So it allows me to make turns on which I mark all the products that I will be able to buy.
02:57 You were talking about value earlier.
03:00 Yes.
03:01 Well, I understood, eco-value, ecological.
03:04 Yes.
03:05 Other values?
03:06 Well, it's also the wallet.
03:07 I also look at the values so that it is accessible to everyone.
03:10 Indeed, when we buy a product at the Eco-Broc des Mésanges, it allows us to save 30 to 50% less than if we bought new.
03:17 So that's already a value for me.
03:19 It allows the greatest number of people to change their interior and to make sure that they can change their decoration at a lower price.
03:27 At a lower price.
03:28 So, Cathy, we meet at the Eco-Broc des Mésanges.
03:31 A name of the place?
03:33 Yes, so it's Le Plessis.
03:34 Le Plessis.
03:35 It's Le Plessis, so in Mésanges.
03:36 And indeed, you will be able to see it on Google, on all sites.
03:40 So you'll be able to see me on Facebook, on Instagram.
03:43 And if you also put your address, you'll see me appear.
03:49 Okay.
03:50 And I'm sure it's a place that will attract a lot of people in the Atlantic Loire and also Frontier 49.
03:56 With pleasure.
03:57 I'm waiting for you.
03:58 Yes, I think there are really a lot of people for all tastes.
04:02 And in fact, there are a lot of… there is a huge choice.
04:06 When do we come to visit the Eco-Broc des Mésanges?
04:10 So, we come to visit it on Wednesdays.
04:13 So I have schedules that are from 10 to 1 p.m. and then from 3 to 7 p.m.
04:17 The same for Friday, Saturday, same schedules, so 10, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 p.m.
04:23 And on Sundays too, I'm open.
04:25 So that's interesting.
04:26 The great walk on Sundays.
04:28 That's it, absolutely.
04:29 And there, on the other hand, it's 10, 10.30 p.m. and 14, 17 p.m.
04:33 That's it.
04:34 Ah, that's great.
04:35 So for the Chinese, on Sundays, the Eco-Broc des Mésanges.
04:37 It allows you to meet friends, family, who sometimes meet here.
04:42 So it's very nice, it's a social link.
04:44 It's a place of life, it's a social place too.
04:46 Yes, absolutely.
04:47 In your image.
04:48 I love it.
04:49 I love it.
04:50 When you had this project, did you really start on your own?
04:53 Did you come to seek a little comfort, understanding, challenge somewhere?
04:59 So I didn't start on my own because I'm someone who likes to prepare his project.
05:03 I got help from the Entrepreneurial Space.
05:06 Ah, from the Entrepreneurial Space.
05:07 Absolutely.
05:08 And indeed, they had set up a personalized support, since there was still a person, a sponsor.
05:14 With Act 44, right?
05:15 Absolutely, it's Act 44.
05:17 And it's Daniel Nuo.
05:18 Daniel.
05:19 Yes, that's right.
05:20 We know Daniel.
05:21 We know Daniel very well.
05:22 Who follows me and sponsors me.
05:23 Very involved.
05:24 Who sponsors me.
05:25 And it's really a great collaboration.
05:27 We have an extraordinary follow-up, especially at the beginning of the project and then after the project, for three years.
05:34 So we did the switch.
05:36 You met Daniel as part of Act 44, before your project.
05:40 Absolutely.
05:41 And we went to Initiative with the support, the sponsorship of three years, right?
05:46 That's it.
05:47 And a donor, maybe.
05:48 Yes, and also a donor.
05:50 You benefited from a donor.
05:52 Yes, who contributed to the establishment of my store.
05:56 The rehabilitation and then the whole project.
05:58 Yes, because indeed, we see that it is all freshly renovated and with taste.
06:03 And what does it bring you to see Daniel regularly?
06:06 It's a support because when you're an entrepreneur, you're alone.
06:10 You're alone in your project.
06:12 And it's a real support.
06:13 A person who is there, who will show me a lot of things, who taught me things.
06:17 Because we have our experience, but the experience of others is also important.
06:21 And it also allowed me to consolidate my project.
06:24 And then move forward step by step.
06:25 We also had the discovery of all of Daniel's experience.
06:29 Thank you, Cathy.
06:30 Thank you.
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