The imposing structure of Byrd High School tends to command the attention of anybody who drives past, so it might be easy to miss the unassuming old-school antique emporium just across the street.
Those in the know are rewarded, however, since Antiques on Gladstone has been at its current location since the turn of the millennium and provides shoppers with plenty of goods to choose from.
“We try to make it look like it flows all the way through,” said Kaye Reilly, one of the eight women who own and operate the place with a co-op-type arrangement, about the way the store is set up.
“This is not a flea market,” added Betsy Malone, another of the co-owners. She saved up some money and became a dealer about two years ago, and she’s slowly built her business since.
“We try to look at everything with a decorator’s eye,” she said.
Textiles, art, mirrors, collectibles and jewelry are available, and those are only a sliver of the shop’s offerings.
“One thing that’s neat about this place is that it has the look of an old grocery store,” said Reilly, who notes that people still come in who remember visiting it during their childhood. She is also proud that real wood furniture is for sale, something she thinks you don’t find a lot of today.
Meta Bowen, another of the proprietors, relishes relics of yesteryear because of the memories they can hold and wishes more people shared her affinity for old items.
“Family memories can be passed on,” she said. “And it’s an opportunity to repurpose something that is already there.”
Those in the know are rewarded, however, since Antiques on Gladstone has been at its current location since the turn of the millennium and provides shoppers with plenty of goods to choose from.
“We try to make it look like it flows all the way through,” said Kaye Reilly, one of the eight women who own and operate the place with a co-op-type arrangement, about the way the store is set up.
“This is not a flea market,” added Betsy Malone, another of the co-owners. She saved up some money and became a dealer about two years ago, and she’s slowly built her business since.
“We try to look at everything with a decorator’s eye,” she said.
Textiles, art, mirrors, collectibles and jewelry are available, and those are only a sliver of the shop’s offerings.
“One thing that’s neat about this place is that it has the look of an old grocery store,” said Reilly, who notes that people still come in who remember visiting it during their childhood. She is also proud that real wood furniture is for sale, something she thinks you don’t find a lot of today.
Meta Bowen, another of the proprietors, relishes relics of yesteryear because of the memories they can hold and wishes more people shared her affinity for old items.
“Family memories can be passed on,” she said. “And it’s an opportunity to repurpose something that is already there.”