Help us build SE London's coolest stationery store

Aim

We’re tripling the size of our tiny Peckham store to create London’s coolest stationery shop, with books and a coffee bar. Help us build it!

What's currently going on?

If you've ever visited our flagship store, you'll know it's small but mighty. We've always dreamed of doing more with it, but space has been (very) limited.

For the last 5 years, we had our warehouse onsite where we fulfilled all our orders. We recently decided to move it offsite, meaning we now have TRIPLE the retail space and finally the chance to completely rethink it into our dream stationery-bookshop-coffee spot.

At a time when life feels dominated by screens, speed and AI everything, we're creating something (deliberately) slower where you can disconnect, discover cool new things, and accidentally spend two hours after popping in for a notebook.

We're hoping you can help us bring this vision to life.

What's the plan?

Firstly, our new space will have a new name to go with it: Etc.Paper, sitting nicely alongside our sister store across the alley, Etc.Store.

But why a new name? Well, this new chapter marks the beginning of our wider “Etc” universe. What started as an in-joke (“extra The Completist”) has become something bigger for us - meaning we're more than one thing.

We’re embracing the idea that we can evolve and grow. So yes, we’re making a stationery store that’s also a bookshop with a coffee bar. Because honestly, why not? 

And have some big plans for the new space, including:

• More stationery brands. And they won't be your usual ones. We have our eye on some brands we've loved for a really long time from all over the world that we can almost guarantee you haven't seen before.
  
• Curated bookstore space. We're acquiring quite the collection from independent publishers and hard-to-find titles that we can't wait to share (let's just say you won't find airport books here).
• Our very own coffee bar. Because how perfect while you're looking through the books, right? Plus, a multibrand store with a coffee bar just feels right. Especially one where you could have your daily coffee with Peckham's most desirable celebrity cat duo, Marmalade & Dadelade.
• New Etc.Lates events programme. This is something we've wanted to do for ages but couldn't quite work out how. Weird crafts, talks, brand launches, book clubs. We're already in planning mode and finally get to share this with you in a new space!

Our space needs some love

In order to have the best home for our new ideas, our space desperately needs some TLC and upgrades. 

We need to:

• Add 2 new windows. Let's bring the light in!
• Patch up and repainting/refinishing the floors.
• Add a small stockroom space
• Tidy up the ceiling and redoing all the lighting
• Make/upcycle/repurpose store fixtures (getting creative!)

And yes, we’ll largely be doing it ourselves. Just give us power tools and an idea.

Over the next few months, you’ll probably see us covered in paint, attempting DIY jobs we’ve never done before, and slowly bringing Etc.Paper to life.

Go on, you want to be part of SE London's best stationery store, right?

And here's where you come in: we need your help to get this over the line! 

We really believe physical spaces matter more than ever right now - and we want to turn our new store into London's best kept secret. 

We see ourselves as part of Peckham’s thriving creative community, and our events programme will find new and unexpected ways to bring people together - from crafting to book clubs, launches, talks and everything in between.

Being on a shoestring means we need as much help as we can get, and don't worry, we've got some great rewards for when we do relaunch (oh yeah, that's important - we're relaunching the space in mid-September). 

So, if you love what we do, we'd love your support. And if nothing else, South East London deserves its own stationery store - right?

Paper people, unite!

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 6th August 2026 at 9:56am