The Find

the dealers were quite nice but not completely informative about some of their offerings. i bought several good quality antiques there three years ago but one month ago i returned and found some of the pieces were of questionable quality. they have mounted a lot of new and so so pieces on high quality lucite and are selling them for exorbitant prices. it looks like some of their pieces are from homegoods and tjmaxx freshly mounted on lucite with price tags of over $ 400. i cringed when i saw some of their objects they are passing off as quality antiques. the store is so full of merchandise i see no reason to have questionable merchandise. there was a brass tea caddy they claimed to be english with a price tag pushing $ 200 but i knew otherwise. if the tea caddy was the real thing it should have been double the price –to match the fake designer stuff. another case in point was the abalone fish mounted on lucite. the fish is literally worth 30 bucks and i have seen it in many thrift shops. with all this being said there are some quality objects and the store is a welcome break from those previously mentioned antique malls.

Beautiful little «boutique» with some really great mid century finds. Everything is well edited, well displayed, clean and tidy. Priced closer to the «designer» market than the «antique malls» on Broadway. Pieces are ready to go for a designer, no additional stops to have things, cleaned, rewired, refinished, etc., so I think the pricing is appropriate for what you buying & you would feel fine about taking a client there as this store has already done all the work.

This cute shop is a great place to look for that unique piece for your home. It’s a great, well edited collection of vintage, new but loved, and perhaps some new finds from across the decade. They have a great variety of pieces from furniture like ghost chairs and giant desks with gold accents, to dainty lead crystal boxes, art, and accent pieces like those vintage glass grape sculptures.
The shop is quiet, and you’ll most likely be the only one there, but the woman at the shop let us browse by ourselves. But it’s definitely worth a visit on a vintage thrifting shopping day or if you’re looking to decorate. Go next door to the Painted Lady too!
Now, if only I had more than one bedroom to decorate.