A Kenilworth upcycling furniture shop is set to close this month, but it is not the end for the business.

Funk It Up on Warwick Road is set to close on Saturday 30 August for the final time after a decade in the town centre.

Explaining the reason for the closure, owner Sharon Sword told Nub News: "The footfall has definitely fallen and I can only be in the shop Saturday and Sunday as I still work full time.

"Some weekends I haven't had anyone in at all.

"There are a lot of overheads and when you add it all together, it just isn't worth it."

Funk It Up first opened some 10 years ago (image by Alison Insley)

She added: "It was okay when the shop was paying for itself, but just recently, although I've still been getting commissions and that, it doesn't always pay for itself."

While the

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