See Our Brand new Store

Yes . . . 

I'm back to blogging again

following a hiatus 

while I recovered from the best show I've ever had!

Old Glory 

Rocked

!!!!!

The new venture I've been working on was premiered at the show:

Dwell Antiques & Home

It was a huge success, and the compliments were awesome.

SO,  
MY ANNOUNCEMENT:

With new partners Kellie Brown and Melanie Everhart,

Joy will be opening
 a second shop!

DWELL ANTIQUES & HOME

While I continue to grow and upgrade my inventory 

at

PATINA ANTIQUES & HOME

in

Greenwood Village, Colorado,

we three will create a fresh and innovative shop

in the same neighborhood.

(Yep - Joy will be at both locations)

As you may imagine, this is quite a challenge

with the beautiful boutiques and antiques shops already in the area!

We're working hard to design a store you'll want to visit on a regular basis.

We want to energize and excite you.

We want to be the place you visit whenever you have the urge to be inspired!

It is our dream to present you with a joyful environment
where you can breathe in the ambience
and release all the stresses

bask in a peaceful and pleasant
shopping experience

and have your spirit refreshed
*!*

We are juggling the brick and mortar facility

and

our website/online store

as

we prepare
this
special place.

There are weeks and weeks of preparation before we'll be ready. . . 

but

we're working hard for you!

Travelling

Buying

Inventorying

Designing

Painting

Sewing

Sanding

Polishing

(you get the picture)

I'll keep you posted, right here . . . 

and,

you can follow us at the
Dwell blog

http://www.dwellantiques.com

Come Visit!

http://www.dwellantiques.com

Don't Miss The Fun

Joy says:

"Find a way 

to get to the show!"

Old Glory Antiques Fair

this weekend

Clement Park

Colunbine neighborhood

Friday 9-5

Sat 9-4

(I'd get there at 8:30 Friday morning, 

if I was you)

Best Show!!

Best Dealers!!

Best Antiques!!

Best get there!!

Don't miss the fun!!

What Is This Woman Up To Now???

It's a little confusing, but I'm just one person, 

attempting to do several things at the same time, 

and to do them all correctly

 I've become something like an onion.

There are suddenly many layers of Joy.

My legal business status

 is my limited liability company

called

Antiques by Joy.

(Hence, the blog you're reading . . . 

http://antiquesbyjoy.blogspot.com)

and 

Antiques by Joy

on facebook. 

As 

Antiques by Joy

I do business in several locations.

I have a delightful shop in a sweet neighborhood 

in which I sell all the treasures I search out and drag home.

The shop is called

 PATINA ANTIQUES & HOME.

(you may follow Patina on facebook . . . )

My friend Deb and I have filled Patina

 to the brim

and

it's got it's limitations.

Size-wise,

and parking lot-wise.

We have the perfect clientele,

and we love them oh so much!

They support us and love on us

and 

it's a happy

life.

But growth,

in this case,

requires additional space.

The landlord said, 

"no . . . you may NOT raise the roof to add a second floor".

"No."

So, 

I am opening another shop called

DWELL ANTIQUES & HOME

{like us on Facebook too!}
not so very far away from

 Patina.

Now, 

Antiques by Joy

will be doing business 

in

two locations.

That's not so complicated.

You'll have even more fun shopping in 

two stores

that are filled to the brim with

found objects

naturals

antiques

home furnishings

and

luxurious treats!

******

There will be two new partners joining

 Joy

at 

Dwell Antiques & Home.

Melanie Everhart

and

Kellie Brown

which gives

 Dwell

 a new and exciting flair

......and......

 a fresh slant on providing

 an awesome shopping experience for you.

We believe you're going to like what we three are cooking up!

and . . . you can follow us 

on facebook 

and on our blog.

Until we're open in our brick and mortar shop,

you can see us at the 

Old Glory Antique Fair

Friday June 15th and Saturday June 16th

at

Clement Park

in the Columbine neighborhood;

and keep up with us at

dwellantiques.com

Hunting and Gathering

It's early, but I'm on the road again

to seek and gather

some timeworn 

mellow

patina



It's what I do.

dwell antiques & home

The news is 

big

and it's good!

I have been working alongside

 my friend

 Melanie Everhart and my friend, (and daughter), Kellie Brown,

for some time,

 to develop a fresh design concept 

and venue

called

DWELL

We are proud to share our joyous news

with you today . . . 

dwell antiques & home
@

dwellantiques.com

For the moment, dwell is a concept, 

without a brick and mortar

home,

but our new location will be announced very soon.

We ladies have put together a business plan we're proud to share,

and we hope you'll follow us on facebook

and on our blog

until our sweet shoppe is open.

We're out collecting and compiling and editing,

(and doing our happy dance)

and

will share more details with you in a day or two!

Thankful!

Moving the Goods

I'm working 

16 -18 hour

days now

 in a final countdown to the annual

 Old Glory Antique Fair 

show.

I am treasure hunting, 

dragging home wonderful pieces, 

cleaning, repairing, repurposing, altering, painting, oiling/waxing/staining, 

sanding,

 tagging,

 staging, embellishing, inventorying, 

wrapping, packing,

 stacking 

and

 storing.

The sequence is amazing!

A simple piece of merchandise is found, 

handled and moved

 approximately 10 times before it is presented

 at a show.

It goes from it's original site to my truck, to my house to be cared for and prepared.

I have sent a full trailer load out to be worked on by other craftsmen,

 so those are reloaded and transported and unloaded

 and repaired or altered in some fashion. 

 They return to my truck, and then to my warehouse . . . 

then to my big truck or trailer . . .

transported to the show and placed in a stack,

moved under the tent

and finally displayed the way you'll see it.

Many hands touch and define the beauty

 and usability of a piece

before it's worthy of being in my shop

 or a show I'm doing.

Time is short and I have to get to work -

See you at the fair!

Transformation at Patina: Part 1

Late Thursday afternoon we began the daunting (but exciting!) task of completely re-doing Joy's half of the store at Patina.

Have you ever had an amazing, brilliant, wonderful idea that didn't quite work out? Well that was pretty much how the paint job went. Joy envisioned a wall that looked as if it had been painted a dozen times over a hundred year period, with layers peeling off and various colors and textures showing through. Beautiful, right?

We started by adding gray ("squirrel" was the name) over the original taupe and Joy tried her hand and blending it all together, but it was looking a little too sponge painted.

So a brown color was added on top of that...

...and more mixing ensued.

 

 But after many patient attempts and advice from a few late-afternoon customers,

 the wall was painted "squirrel..."

 ...then distressed with sandpaper and wallpaper brushes.

By the end of the night, we realized not much of the wall was left showing anyway, so I think the right decision was made. I absolutely love the color!

Have you been into Patina to see it yet? What did you think? Big difference, right!?

(More to follow on the transformation!)

~Kellie