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Friday, April 18, 2014

Favorite Store in the News!

I speak often about my favorite store for great estate finds in my area.  I was so pleased to see an article in out local paper about the store. Not only is this store an excellent Sunday afternoon browse, but the people behind it are some of the nicest people you will ever find in this type of business.


When my husband and I bought our new (to us) Victorian home, we were faced with a few problems in furnishing it.  First, it is much larger than our previous home, and second, we wanted to restore it to some of its previous Victorian era glory.  We turned to Chris at Tops.


This chair was found in the basement of the store!


These lovely and comfortable chairs had just come into the store the day before we made one of our nearly weekly visits!


My husband fell in love with the Victorian era armoire and the heavy four poster bed.


We found this Victorian birdcage soon after buying the house, as well as the side-by-side secretary below.


 Almost every stick of furniture in the house was obtained from Chris, all at fair and reasonable prices.  Had we gone to snootier antiques dealers, we would not have been able to afford all of the wonderful furniture we now enjoy (not to mention my two wonderful vintage Singer sewing machines!!!), not to mention the many other non-furniture decor items we purchased there.



Please visit Chris at Tops! See the link to the article for store location and hours.  What's your favorite source for new old stuff?

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