About Us
Our Story
Poplar Point is a husband-and-wife shop built on a simple belief: the things we live with should be made well, made honestly, and made to be kept. Some of it we make ourselves. The rest we choose by hand.
The Owners — Jess & Landen Arnold
A Nashville couple who turned a shared love of well-made, lasting things into a storefront. Landen first imagined a shop of his own in late 2024; within months, the two of them opened Poplar Point's doors together. It's family-run in the truest sense — right down to their dog, Mo.
Landen — Co-Owner & Founder.
Landen dreamed up Poplar Point and built it into a business. His background runs from mountaineering to law enforcement — a life spent valuing gear that holds up and work that means something. That ethic shows in what the shop carries, and in his hope to make Poplar Point a place of community and support, especially for veterans and those in public service.
Jess — Co-Owner & Design Director.
Jess is the maker behind the quilts. With a background in interior design, she designs and sews every Poplar Point quilt by hand, in-house, on our longarm machine — a workhorse the shop calls Betsy. When she isn't at the machine, she's usually sewing, knitting, or journaling. Her eye sets the tone for everything on the shelves.
A Maker's Home in a Maker's Building
You'll find us in Marathon Village, inside the historic Marathon Motor Works building at 1200 Clinton Street — built in 1910 as the first automobile factory in the American South. More than a century ago, things were made here by hand and made to last. We're proud to keep that spirit going, in smaller and more carryable form.
Poplar Point began in Wedgewood-Houston's May Hosiery Mills before finding its home at Marathon — but the idea never changed: quality goods, made or chosen with intention, and a real commitment to the makers and community around us.
In The Press
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Nashville Voyager
Full Story HerePoplar Point, the Nashville heritage-goods shop that began as a maker of rugged, outdoor-ready quilts, sat down with NashvilleVoyager to share its story.
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City Lifestyle
Full Story HereWhat does success really mean in 2026? City Lifestyle sat down with six of Nashville's boldest entrepreneurs—creators, builders, and disruptors—to find out how a new generation is rewriting the rules of business.
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City Lifestyle
Full Story HereHeirloom quilts built for the outdoors, high-end vintage watches, and a fierce commitment to slow fashion—Poplar Point is bringing handcrafted, American-made goods to Nashville the right way.
