Antiques, Primitives & Shabby Chic Style Home Decor...We bring new life into old furniture!
Erie's Original Candle Shop! Offering 100% Pure hand poured Soy candles. Our shop has many other items such as primitives, antiques, authentic barn wood furniture and several other home decor items. We carry many unique Shabby Chic style furniture items. Vintage Chandeliers, & many industrial pieces for your home. We bring new life into old furniture! Offering Wholesale & Fundraising promotions combined with a retail store front. Stop in today, were more than just candles!
Keywords: Antiques, Primitives, Shabby.
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
1999 & Still growing!
What is your primary product or service?
Hand poured soy candles, Antiques & Vintage Decor, Erie's original Chic line of Re-purposed furniture.....
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
I used to work in a floral shop that sold antiques~~I fell in love with it..I had a passion to be a shop owner!!!!
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Personality, that's what it takes, you can have the most beautiful shop around but if your not a personal person, customers will not come back. You have to make people feel welcomed all the time. To me it's not about making money, or doing this for a living, it's about social contact, learning what people love for their homes. The best thing is knowing that all of our hard work (my husband & I) have completed in hand painted updated furniture, freshly poured Oregon candles, our one of a kind vintage home decor items, are going into someone elses home...
I love to be able to feel the accomplishment of hard work and knowing that someone appreciates it.
I am different because I am true.
When customers walk through my shop door I am happy to know they are interested to see what we have...I am grateful for that, without customers I would not be here today:) I have seen many places around me come and go over the years, you have to be true to your business and work hard every day to stay above. 14 Years and still growing, that is what I tell people...And I thank everyone who has supported me for all these years!
Erie has one of the best little welcoming shops around....and that is mine, come visit today:) VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE LIKE US TODAY: OREGON ANTIQUE BOUTIQUE
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
One, I love where I am at, I own my building it is close to my home. I have a great pull in parking lot for easy access, just enough retail area, perfect work area for all our painting & pouring. I think that can be a downfall to the smaller business if you grow to big too soon, your overhead can hurt. I have stayed original, our prices are the best around town, avoiding costly overhead. That is a downfall for the smaller business man, you move from a location to expand, that means everything expands...you can loose customers that way. I have no plans at all for expanding.
Provide detailed directions to your location
Oregon Antiques
3436 West Lake Road
Erie PA 16505
What type of payments do you accept?
Master Card, Visa, Debit, Cash.....
Which areas do you service?
USA
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Me...I am always there!
What are your hours of operation?
Sunday's by Chance~~ Mon-Fri 11-5 Sat 10-4
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
Wow, that's a hard one, we get lot's of compliments on many things, I guess it would be the sight of seeing someone so happy for what they have found in our shop:) I love to see the photo's of what they post on their facebook page of the furniture when it goes from our shop to their home. I love to hear people say "I love these Oregon Kandles" .....there are so many compliments we get, I love them all this is way to hard to find the best one!