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January, 2019 The Antique Shoppe Page 29
Vintage Finders Warehouse Selling More Painted Than Brown

North Port— As other decorating trends utilizing vintage finds have come and
gone, in Southwest Florida, chalk-painted furniture is still going strong – even getting
stronger. Chalk paint renders a vintage-style finish, and requires no priming or prep Echoes of Yesterday
work other than cleaning.
At Vintage Finders Warehouse in North Port, customers come from all over
Sarasota and Charlotte counties to buy pieces rescued from death-by-brown-wood by A Mall for Antiques, Collectibles & Yesterday’s Items
owner Diane Castellano. These are pieces that are not high-end antiques, but middle- Historic Downtown Area
of-the-road furnishings from the 1920s, ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s that were mass-produced 109 Broadway, Kissimmee, FL 34741
and haven’t stood the test of time aesthetically.
In fact, Castellano paints furniture in two general categories: Wood furniture that (407) 847-2300
sat unwanted in her shop for too long, and pieces brought in by customers who have
inherited something that doesn’t appeal to them, but which they feel guilty about Mon-Sat 10-5 (Fri 10-4)
consigning to the garage. Visit us on Facebook:
A recent example also demonstrates how painting furniture can bridge the gap Echoes of Yesterday Antique Mall
between generations. A customer bought an old desk that Castellano and crew had
turned into a blue-green fantasy piece with crystal drawer pulls and transfers that 2
look like lush, hand-painted roses on the drawer fronts. The piece sold the same day
it was shown on the Warehouse’s Facebook page. The customer was so thrilled, she
turned right around the brought in for an update, an old vanity that had been her Antiques
grandmother’s, which had been living – of course – in the garage. The machine-carved primitives
flourishes and dull brown finish just never appealed to anyone in her family.
But the “new” vanity now matches the desk, and will be given to the customer’s collectibles
granddaughter – with whom modern, pretty colors resonate far more than did great- furniture
great-grandma’s old brown piece. Militaria
Furniture painting, including highlighting decorative details with darker colors, shabby chic
and adding transfers and stencils, is popular across the country, though high-end vintage jewelry
decorators declare the trend over. Even they, however, admit that saving a piece from
the landfill is better than trying to restore a wood finish that’s never going to recover Vintage Toys & Trains
its youthful beauty. Vintage Clothing
At the moment, painted pieces are moving faster than brown pieces at the
Warehouse. Shoppers can check out the trend themselves by visiting at 1075 97 Geneva Drive • Oviedo, FL 32765
Innovation Ave., Unit 106, North Port. The Warehouse is open Thursday, Friday PH: 407-366-7705
and Saturday or by appointment, though Castellano is almost always on the OPEN 7 DAYS • MON.-SAT. 10AM-6PM & SUN. 11AM-4PM
premises … painting. Call 941-423-9000 for that appointment or visit facebook.com/ www.thecoopantiques.com 3
vintagefinderswarehouse or the shop’s website: VintageFindersWarehouse.com.

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