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Grimsby Antique Show returns to Peach King Centre June 9-10
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It was a simple tool — a hand-cranked coffee bean grinder — but for Evelyne Ordubegion it represented a tie to her past.
Ordubegion was born and raised in the countryside in France, leaving for Canada in 1957 shortly after marrying her Iranian-born husband, Megerdoon (Mack).
She went back to visit her parents on occasion and would often bring old fashioned housewares back with her to Canada. On one visit, Ordubegion asked her father if he knew where the old coffee grinder was.
Her father didn’t know. He had since purchased an electric grinder and had no use for the old one.
“He said ‘What do I need that for? I’ve got an electric one,’” Ordubegion said, explaining her father was like many people — for him, modern appliances meant progress.
“For them it was a step up,” she said. “For me it was nostalgia.
“There I was wanting that coffee grinder, and he couldn’t care less.”
Ordubegion maintains a love of old household items, farm tools and furniture to this day; except for the couch and bed, everything in her and her husband’s St. Catharines home has been bought at auctions and flea markets and restored. In 1980, she started an antique dealing business she called ‘Pastimes’, a play on words that points to both the historical and hobby nature of her business.
She started collecting primitives — old wood, cast iron, graniteware — and found it was a buyer’s market; farmers were practically throwing these old implements away.
“When I was buying these things, nobody cared,” she said. “And I think that’s how we lost a lot of our heritage — nobody card.”
The way Ordubegion looks at it, the stuff she bought and sold, the things her husband spent a great deal of elbow grease to strip the old paint off so they could be properly restored, are now available for future generations.
“So much was lost. It’s a shame,” she said. “Whatever we finished up and sold, it was saved.”
Pastimes is now a much more relaxed pastime for the Ordubegions, as the work involved in travelling to antique shows is becoming a bit too arduous for the retired couple. Last year, though, they found a new local opportunity in the Grimsby Antique Show, which the Rotary Club started after being challenged by publisher of The Upper Canadian Antique Showcase, which is also based in Grimsby.
Sophie Bond, who issued the challenge with husband and co-publisher J. Herbert Bond, said the show the Rotarians delivered in June 2011 was everything they hoped for, with high-quality dealers who filled every available slot. Others were put on a waiting list.
“For having only one show under their belt — it’s unheard of,” Bond said. “It was a beautiful show.”
Niagara, with its variety of tourism and visitor opportunities, is an ideal location for such a venture. It’s not too difficult to imagine people coming to the antique show, spending a few hours there, and then heading out to a winery on the Beamsville Bench before sitting down for dinner in Grimsby. Or perhaps, they’ll take in the show one day, book a night at a bed and breakfast, before heading over to Niagara-on-the-Lake or Niagara Falls.
Mike Hahn, who is one the show committee, said the region’s connection to early Canadian history, including the War of 1812, make a show featuring antiques — physical ties to the past — very complementary.
“We live in an area that’s very rich in material heritage,” Hahn said.
And that’s perhaps the main appeal of antiques; they’re a link to an earlier time.
Bond said it’s okay if a piece of furniture’s been scratched, or has a mouse hole in it. That’s part of its history, its story.
“It tells a story. It has feeling.”
Also popular are usable antiques, the ultimate in recycling. From dishware to furniture, people are looking for something outside the big box store experience.
“You can get a piece of furniture that will last another 100 years, not a piece of particle board.”
Or, like Ordubegion, you might pick up an old hand-cranked coffee grinder, which, after some digging around her parent’s house in France, she eventually did.
“It wasn’t easy, but I did find it,” she said.
The Grimsby Antique Show returns June 9-10 at Grimsby’s Peach King Centre at 162 Livingston Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $6 or $5 with a coupon that can be printed off from the show’s website www.gasniagara.ca, which has detailed information on the show, including a list of 44 dealers.
Source: www.niagarathisweek.com
Antique show in St. Louis city appraising, buying old toys - KMOV
(KMOV)—An antique toy show is in St. Louis for two days allowing people to get appraisals on antique toys and sell them on the spot.
The FX Antique Show will be at the Hampton Inn on Oakland Avenue Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The staff will appraise any toy from the 1970’s and older.
The appraisers will then offer an on the spot, cash offer for participants’ toys.
The toy does not need to be in the original packaging.
Source: www.kmov.com
Roy's Furniture, ruined by fire, will rebuild - Crain's Chicago Business
Roy's Furniture was demolished Tuesday at midnight after an extra-alarm fire gutted the building, said the store's chief operating officer, Johanna Parra.
The fire started shortly after 3 p.m., when approximately 20 to 25 people were in the store, Ms. Parra said. No one was hurt.
"It started as a small fire inside of our warehouse and (then) they opened the garage," she said. "That was apparently the worst thing to do, and within a minute the whole place was in flames."
Ms. Parra, reached by cellphone this morning, was still coughing from the smoke. She said she didn't know what caused the fire.
However, the fire department's Office of Fire Investigations determined it was most likely caused by "careless use of smoking materials," according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune reports it was a 3-11 alarm fire that required more than 110 firefighters. The flames were under control by about 6:30 Tuesday evening, but the fire wasn't extinguished until 9:45 p.m.
The 33-year-old Roy's, at 2455 N. Sheffield Ave., will be rebuilt in the same location as soon as possible, Ms. Parra said. She couldn't estimate the monetary value of the store's merchandise.
"It's a great loss," she said. "That's all I can say."
"The building was demolished yesterday, but the whole process takes a week," she continued. "Then we need to get permits to rebuild. I'm hoping insurance cooperates and we can get started rebuilding within a month."
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Source: www.chicagobusiness.com
Beds, Sofas and Sectional Sets Arrive at Wholesale Furniture Brokers' Canadian Warehouse - PRWeb
Wholesale Furniture Brokers
Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) May 30, 2012
Wholesale Furniture Brokers' container importing program has expanded with the arrival of new beds, sofas, and sectionals at their Canadian warehouse. "The new stocked products add more choices our Canadian customers can order with shorter shipping times. We're also introducing the products at prices close to our US prices as we're able to save on shipping costs bringing them to our warehouse," says Matt Holmes, Wholesale Furniture Brokers' Marketing Manager. On order are bunk beds, bedroom sets, memory foam mattresses, and sofa sets.
The Mirabel platform bed by True Contemporary is available in queen size and is upholstered in espresso faux leather. It is also designed with double baseball stitching and solid wood legs. The bed retails for $399 in Canada.
The Taylor sofa set by Coaster Company includes a chocolate microfiber sofa and loveseat. A matching chair is also available. The set is constructed with a coil spring cushion and rounded arms with pillow-style padding. The sofa set retails for $899 in Canada and $889 in the US.
The Lodi charcoal sectional sofa by Urban Cali includes a reversible chaise and loveseat. The sectional can be assembled with the chaise on the right or left side. It is designed with solid wood legs. It retails for $849 in Canada and $649 in the US.
The Calgary bunk bed by True Contemporary features twin and full size beds that can be separated into two beds. It is made with solid pine wood and finished in dark oak. It retails for $699 in Canada and $689 in the US.
Wholesale Furniture Brokers has also restocked the Burbank, Sunnyvale, and espresso and black Sacramento sectional sofas at their Canadian warehouse.
On order and expected to arrive in June are the Fraser kids bunk beds, 8", 10", and 12" memory foam mattresses, Divine sofas, and Retro II bedroom sets.
"The products we've been stocking in our Canadian warehouse have been quite popular with our customers due to their value pricing, ability to ship quickly, and free home delivery," states Holmes.
About Wholesale Furniture Brokers
Wholesale Furniture Brokers offers price leading furniture with free shipping to online customers direct from the manufacturers in the USA and Canada. World-class customer service is provided to customers by telephone, email, and chat. Shoppers can choose from a growing collection of traditional, modern, and contemporary furniture styles for inside and outside of the home at Wholesale Furniture Brokers. Consumers do not need to pay a membership fee to buy from Wholesale Furniture Brokers.
Source: www.prweb.com
The International Rustic Home Furnishing Color Contest Will be Held in Guangzhou, China - Yahoo Finance
GUANGZHOU, China, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The International Vintage Home Furnishing Color Contest officially started at the Guangzhou CAC exhibition hall on April 21st, 2012. The theme of this contest is "Appreciating creative antique colors & demonstrating the variety of household styles", which reflects the typical antique home furnishing colors of different eras and shows the integral effect to the audience in the form of antique-imitation color swatches. We have invited 350 professional buyers from all over the world to comprise the Scene Appraisal Committee. The color swatch that receives the greatest number of votes will be the winner and become the new "if" color for international home furnishing.
The focus of this contest is the pre-distressed chic color and style in home furnishing. There are a variety of methods for antique-imitation such as wormhole, file mark, earthworm trace, hammer mark, spray dot (can be in black or dark coffee color, transparent or non-transparent), fabric imprint (can also be called radiography which will be used to increase the levelled effect of furniture color), etc. There is no universally accepted model for antique-imitation skills. These skills require very strong technology and R&D ability with the need to improve & innovate constantly. This contest is a landmark for antique color research & historical methods of global imitation antique home furnishing.
The sponsor for this contest is Luckywind Handicrafts Company Ltd., this time they will bring more than 10 world-class rural artists and colorists to present various kinds of color swatches. While stepping into the exhibition hall, the motley aged imprints, irregular file marks and the old French grey paintings will take us back to the remote past as if passing through the history tunnel. The purpose of this contest is not only to promote the research and development of faux-antique color assortment, but also to provide a communication platform and chance for global demands to further stimulate the development of faux-antique home furnishing.
The Luckywind Handicrafts Company Ltd. is world renowned for manufacturing vintage-style home furnishing and decorations. They have conducted unique advanced research in material choice, color matching and design innovation with annual investment of 500,000 U.S dollar in antique color research. The European country-style home furnishing products they produce are not only of a natural, coordinated, classical and aesthetic style but can also be custom-made according to buyers' requirements. Most of the materials they use are from old recycled wood. After combining this with other new materials, they can achieve the unity of antique-imitation, environmental protection and culture. Luckywind also invites well-known international rural artists to present strict quality control for their production, which will assure the conscientiousness, quality workmanship and eco-friendliness for every end product.
General Manager Mrs. Trisha Huang says: "Antique/vintage handicrafts are a reflection of our historical feelings and cultural quest. European and American consumers are no longer satisfied with the practical applicability and appreciation of home furnishing products. They have higher requirements for a product's cultural feeling and historical sense. This may be a reflection of Heidegger's 'poetic living' and this raises an upsurge in antique home furnishing products. It is also the primary reason for holding this international color contest."
About Luckywind Handicrafts Company Ltd.
Luckywind Handicrafts Company Ltd. Fuzhou is a manufacturing trading company established in November 2003 with rich experience in manufacturing and exporting faux-antique home furnishing & garden decors. It is the first inland manufacturer for this industry, organized with "Style design Department", "Production Department", "After-sale Service Department" and forming the enterprise culture of "update quickly, progress timelessly". It has established long-term stable partnerships with European & American customers and become their demand assessment and research base in Asia.
Luckywind Handicrafts Company Ltd.
Address: 3rd F, block 39, Juyuanzhou Industrial Zone, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Contact Person: Trisha Huang
Tel: +86-591 83747113; Fax: +86-591-87578803
Mobile: +86-13705016389
E-mail: trisha1@luckywindco.com
Website: www.luckywindco.cn
Source: finance.yahoo.com
Roy's Furniture Company Fire in Chicago: More Than Just a Furniture Store. - ChicagoNow
Chicago, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. To some, the fire that destroyed Roy's Furniture Company (2455 North Sheffield Avenue) yesterday was just a commuter's inconvenience. To others, the fire at Roy's was more personal.
The fire which broke out around 3:20p.m. shut down the CTA's Brown, Purple and Red Lines during rush hours and as the nearby Cubs game was letting out. The mass congestion and confusion with Chicago commuters went on for several frustrating hours.
The commuters, long since, have found their way home and now that part is history. But in the ashes lies what, to many, was more than just a furniture store. As crews tear down the remaining parts of the building today, others are feeling a strange emptiness. To those feeling the loss, Roy's was where they bought their first sofa, their kitchen table, the unfinished wood chest that they brought home and finished themselves. Your mom and dad may have purchased your crib at Roy's, now, perhaps, you just bought your first piece of furniture there.
If you were or are 20-something in Chicago anytime since the early 1980's, Roy's was your go-to place when you first starting living independently. You could take your time, casually walking though the mass of rooms filled with various styles of furniture in the vast four-story building. You could buy or just browse, no problem, no pressure. Voted #1 best affordable furniture store in the Chicagoland area in a 2010, Time-Out magazine survey, the store offered everything needed to get started at a reasonable price point with warranties and friendly service.
For over twenty-five years, Roy's was there. Now it's not. What made Roy's special is that is was a family business. The store was opened by Roy Warner, who passed away and left the business to his five kids. His only son, Roy Warner, Jr. ran the store and it became part of his life as it was for many Chicagoans. Roy's is where typical Chicago singles and newly marrieds went to furnish their first apartments and often continued to rely on Roy's as they started their families even if they moved to the suburbs.
Brian Lighty, who lives across the street from Roy's Home Furniture put it this way, "It's more than just a furniture store that's burning there,"..."There's a lot of history, and a lot of know how."
Others chimed in on Facebook...
"My heart is broken over the fire yesterday! My daughter and I have been customers for about 10+ years...most of our furniture has come from your store. We hope you will find a way to recover from this! Wishing you the best!" Roseanne.
"I hate what I'm hearing on the news right now. Roy's is my favorite furniture store ever and anywhere. And I know my furniture stores." Jean.
"I saw the news report about the fire and looked around my house at all the wonderful furniture I've purchased from Roy's. Hope everyone is safe and that you can rebuild quickly." Michael.
"With much thoughts and prayers to the Roy's Furniture Family during this untimely loss of your business. For the Past 25 years, I have been a loyal customer and vistor who will miss my monthly visits to check out "what's new". I'm happy learn everyone got out safely. Best Wishes for a Speedy Come- Back." Trish.
"So sorry about the fire, please rebuild soon, so I know where to buy my furniture!" Bryan.
Source: www.chicagonow.com
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