July 2, 2022 We’re ALMOST back on track with our newsletters ( ) and appreciate your patience as we went on vacation. An antique store we visited in Sarria, Spain had a couple gorgeous clocks, so this newsletter will focus…
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June 2022
May 23, 2022 You’re probably wondering why you’re getting another newsletter already. There are two reasons: much is going on over the holiday weekend that may be of interest and we’re going on a vacation that will have us…
May 2022
May 2, 2022 It’s finally May, so perhaps we’ll consistently have nice weather for a while! 😊This month’s featured product is just the thing if you want to check out your look before you step out the door. Dating from…
April 2022
April 7, 2022 Your eyes aren’t deceiving you on the date. The newsletter is late! One of the reasons is that we were in Florida. While there we visited the Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Ft. Myers. If…
March 2022
March 1, 2022 As many of you know, Bob is a clock guy. By that I mean we stop at clock museums when we travel, he always looks at the clocks in antique stores and auctions, and he has…
February 2022
February 3, 2022 As we’ve been doing a lot of reupholstery work lately, we thought we’d share the photos below of a tufted chair. Tufting became popular in Victorian England when it was originally used to keep the stuffing of…
January 2022
January 3, 2022 Happy New Year! This month’s featured product is the sugar chest shown below. It’s made of poplar that has been painted to look like pine. Sugar chests—also called sugar stands or sugar boxes—have long been made in…
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December 1, 2021
And just like that it’s Christmas time once more! (Isn’t that from a song? If not, it should be.) Every year we intend to be ready early—with cards and gifts to be mailed and decorations for both inside and outside, so that we’ll be able to just enjoy the season. Yet despite our good intentions, we see others with their trees up already and we’re still trying to figure out a day when everyone is available to get one. There must be some sort of time contraction the closer we get to the end of the year . . .
We managed to find time last month for a field trip to Monticello. It was already decorated for Christmas (of course!) and was gorgeous. I expected the greenery on the fireplace mantels, but hadn’t anticipated it’s use elsewhere, such as around the punch bowl or the giant ball of holly hanging from the light in the entry hall. We got some new garland this year for our front porch; it looks great, but as it has lights, isn’t exactly traditional. (It gets dark so early, though!) It was fun seeing how beautiful another house looked when it was decorated and of course we admired the furniture, all of which was antique. Somehow though, I suspect if there were big screen TVs when Jefferson lived there, he would have found a way to tastefully disguise it.
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Here’s hoping your holidays are everything you want them to be! We’ll be closed for Christmas and New Year’s Day, both of which are on Saturday this year. Since we’re already closed on Sundays, the next newsletter will be sent on/about January 3, 2022. Until then, we look forward to helping with your antique furniture needs!
Bob & Lynne McCann
November 2021
November 1, 2021 This month’s featured item is the cheval mirror shown below. Used as a dressing mirror since the large glass allows you to see your entire outfit at one time, cheval glass or a cheval mirror got its…
October 2021
October 1, 2021 Did you make it to the Bluemont Fair? The weather was great and it was a lot of fun, but all isn’t lost if you didn’t get there as there are several other annual local fall events…