On our recent day trip to Harrisonburg, we had a tip that Hess Furniture was an antique store. So we thought we might stop by. Little did we know what we were in for - it looked like that warehouse in Wall-E, only less organized (and more dangerous).
When you enter the place, you do see a lot of furniture here and there. Pretty much, any open space has been taken up by all kinds of storage units, old coffee tables, dining room sets, etc. It's really the eclectic source for furniture. I understand that there is more upstairs...
As you venture further back in, there are all sorts of "collectibles" - old records, shown here in the "flat" storage mode...there were even 8-track tapes. One title I noted was Supertramp. Then you get into this silverware department.
Finally, way back in the back, there were 20 bags of old golf clubs...I happened to be interested in a persimmon 3-wood, but really couldn't get close to these golf bags because of all the other items stacked up in front of them.
So we have this photo of stuff that is just out of reach.
We did find a couple of items of interest there, and we bought an item. We bartered, but even though the owner encouraged it, he really didn't give very much. I think we've made our one and only visit.
1 comment:
Jim:
I can't believe you don't like that store. It is exactly the type of place I would frequent (can't say I agree with their mistreatment of vintage vinyl, though).
I love the idea of a little bit of "controlled chaos"...
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