about us and our store

We purchased our first bedroom set just before we married, more than 10 years ago. We bought it at a nationally-recognized furniture store and paid a good amount of money for it. We were so proud of our purchase, the young and savvy up-and-comers that we were! As it happened, an older neighbor was visiting us when our grand purchase was delivered, and we were quick to show off our acquisition. Our neighbor was very polite, but the first thing he said was, "Oh, that's good. The drawer fronts are made of wood." We were a bit dejected and wounded by his indirect slight about our new furniture. We quickly realized then we weren't as savvy as we thought. He was right. The drawer fronts were made of wood but the sides & backs were medium density fiberboard (MDF) covered with a cheap veneer. The bottoms were low density fiberboard, also veneered. MDF is a fancy way of saying compressed sawdust.

Thus began the learning curve of fools and their money soon parted. Over this past decade, we've made plenty of hasty purchases which, in hindsight, have been educational. Assuredly, though, the next time we purchase bedroom furniture, it will likely come from an estate sale or an auction house. It will be all wood, have great lines & characteristics, all for a fraction of the cost of newly-made junk that's sold today.

The whole experience of the bedroom set purchase was the eye-opening beginning of our profound appreciation of antiques, vintage goods and retro goodies. Things were typically better made in days gone by. And the world moved at a slower pace too. You could unwind at home by listening to easy breezy tunes on your Edison phonograph while experiencing three-dimensional photos of exotic places through your Stereoscopic Viewer or View Master.  Magazine ads were fresh and clever, luring your eyes away from the articles for which you bought the rag in the first place. Nowadays, it's difficult to even blaze a trail through the forest of humdrum advertisements to get to the stories nestled somewhere inside your favorite magazine.

Welcome to our store, where you'll find those pieces of the past that give you comfort from a world spinning just a bit too fast. Welcome back to your childhood or to another lifetime entirely, where time stands still.