I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR ANTIQES.....ITEMS THAT WERE CRAFTED WITH SKILL AND PURPOSE. THEY ARE TRULY THINGS THAT WERE "MADE TO LAST." A PERSONS PERSONALITY CAN SHINE THROUGH THE OBJECTS THEY HAVE COLLECTED AND/OR INHERITED IN THEIR HOMES. I HAVE HAD MANY COLLECTIONS OF THINGS THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND AS I GROW OLDER, I HAVE STARTED NEW COLLETIONS. SOME THINGS GET SOLD ONLY TO BE REPLACED WITH OTHER ITEMS I ADMIRE. 

     THIS IS WHY I LOVE WORKING IN THE ANTIQUES BUSINESS. I FIND THINGS FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. IT IS A GREAT ADVENTURE IN THE TREASURE HUNT EVERY DAY. THE FEELING I GET WHEN I FIND SOMETHING FOR MYSELF, THE EXCITEMENT ON CUSTOMERS FACES WHEN THEY DISCOVER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND THE APPRECIATION FOR FINE CRAFTMANSHIP ALL MAKE IT WORTH IT.

     THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I SEARCHED FOR THINGS THAT I WANTED IN THRIFT SHOPS, YARDSALES AND ANTIQUE STORES UNTILL 2003. I STARTED WORKING AT HOME AGAIN ANTIQUES IN CORNING, NY AT ONE OF THEIR STORES WHILE THEY OPENED A SECOND STORE. I MANAGED THE STORE, HELPED PEOPLE WITH CONSIGNMENTS, CONSIGNED THINGS MYSELF, REASERCHED PRICING ON ITEMS, DID THE WINDOW DISPLAYS, ETC. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY MARRIAGE TO THE ANTIQUES BUISNESS.

     I TOOK A SHORT BREAK FROM ANTIQUING AND WENT TO COLLEGE. AFTER COLLEGE I MOVED TO ITHACA, NY IN 2008. I REALIZED AT THAT POINT THAT I HAD COLLECTED AND/OR INHERITED ENOUGH THINGS TO FILL ABOUT 6 HOUSES! DECIDING THAT AN IMMEDIATE DOWNSIZE OF MY THINGS WAS NEEDED. I STARTED SELLING IN THE FLEA MARKET AT ITHACA ANTIQUES IN THE SUMMERS. AT THIS TIME I ALSO STARTED SELLING ON E-BAY.  

     A FEW YEARS LATER FOUND IN ITHACA ANTIQUES OPENED AND I WAS EXTATIC ABOUT HELPING OPEN THE STORE AND HAVING A BOOTH OF MY OWN THERE. I LOVE EVERYONE AT FOUND AN LOOK FORWARD TO MANY YEARS OF SELLING AND WORKING THERE.