Hi! My name is Katie Rementer. I am the owner and operator of Cedar Mill Lane! Since you’re here, I suppose I should tell you a little bit about myself! I grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. I met my husband, a Cape May County native when I was 14. After graduating high school in 2010, I attended Kutztown University as an Art Education Major – luckily, that didn’t pan out for me. I have worn many hats, in many different fields, but nothing ever felt quite right. Anywhere I found myself, it felt like a “just-for-now” job, but I assumed that’s how everyone felt about careers. Just a means to the next phase of life. I assumed the ‘suffering’ that came along with a 9-to-5 was just par the course – a right of passage, if you will. I’ve since been proved wrong and I’m so glad I was.

 I always had a love for decorating, furniture & making a space my own. During my first year of college, I remember staring at the furniture making studio that was located near my drawing class & longing to walk through those doors. But, making a living that way seemed pretty unrealistic at the time & I never made my way into that class. It felt like a pretty distant fantasy. Again, I’m happy to report that I was wrong.

 In July of 2015, when I was pregnant with our first child, my husband and I bought our first home. We were 23 & 25 and, after making settlement, pretty tight for cash. We had a pretty specific vision in mind for our first home, but no realistic way to achieve it, financially. So, what does one do? You DIY the heck out of it! Being that I was already 7 months along when we were finally handed the keys, we had a lot of work to do and very little time. My husband, his father and I managed to practically gut the house and start over fresh. We pulled it off in 2.5 months and not only did we succeed, we realized how much we loved doing it. We were officially living in the house for four days before I went into labor. Talk about cutting it close! The majority of our furniture was left behind from the previous owner, donated to us or (my all time favorite) trash picked. I got to work, in all my inexperienced fervor, and the house slowly became our own. I realized how much I enjoyed refinishing furniture and what began as a necessity became a hobby which, eventually, turned business.  Today, my husband Justin and I have 2 little ones – Jax & Ren. My business has not only grown with me, but has been a major contributor to my personal growth as a partner, as a mother and as a woman. I have learned SO many lessons over the few years since this started – mostly good and sometimes Cedar Mill Lane seems to have taken on a little life all its own. My business has brought some of the most amazing humans I’ve ever known in my life and I am beyond grateful for the amount of love and support our community has shown us these last few years. I look forward to continuing to serve my friends and neighbors in our quiet little corner of Southern New Jersey- but most of all, I’m looking forward to meeting you.