A Brief History

The Pitner Family opened The Coastal Cupboard, “the Lowcountry’s most complete kitchen store”, in August 2005. John and Lori Pitner had owned and operated clothing stores in northern Colorado since 1982. After selling their business interests in Colorado, they moved to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with most of their eight children. They weren’t in town long when the retail bug bit them once again and they decided to pursue a different type of store concept. John called his friend, Carey Hewitt, who owned a kitchen store called The Cupboard in Ft. Collins, Colorado. John had always considered Carey one of the greatest retail merchants he had ever met and his store is still simply “the best”. Carey was quick to give John assistance… and “The Coastal Cupboard” was born! Now the Pitners and all of their eight children and their families live in the area. Over the years, each has contributed their time, effort and energy, in a variety of ways, to the start-up and running of the store.