Do you ever dream of faraway places, artifacts, and treasures? Do you feel like you have entered a different time and place as you stroll your way through a beautiful store? There are so many things to see, you don't know where to look first. Just when you think a room ends, there's a doorway to another stunning room filled with more treasures.
If you want your dream to become a reality, visit the Antique Stop at Preston Road and Parker Road. Step inside and you will immediately know the dedication Mark and Rose Lafferty have for interior design showroom that feels more like a trip around the world, than a trip to your local home furnishing store. "We turned our love for travel and art into a passion for interior design selling home decor with antique pieces sure to warm up any environment, " Lafferty says. "All of our collections and pieces are unique; we pick each of them with our personal touch."
Antique Stop features pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries. A hand-carved fireplace mantel from the early 1700's is 14 feet tall and has a 6 feet wide hearlth opening. "I found this in a cilla in Italy," Lafferty says. "We have a mid 1800's hand carved, spectacular curve glass. It's crafted our of Natural semi-precious Malachi stone and features the original Dore bronze trim."
The Antique Stop specializes in interior design, custom window treatments and bed covering, along with shutters and shears adding extra privacy in your home where needed. A large selection of fireplace screens and hearth accessories are also available.
Treasures line the walls from florr to ceiling. There are in-stock and custom floral pieces and accessories for every room of the house. Antique Stop specializes in holiday decor for your decorating needs. Lighting includes lamps for the table top and bedside, chandeliers, along with custom lighting options. Antique Stop has an extensive collection of destinctive antique Persian and imported handmade rugs, kithen accessories by Gracious Goods and room fragrant oils by Lampe Berger with beautiful decanters to choose from. They also carry an imported European Pillow Sleep System made from Hungarian Goose down that includes pillows, comforters and duvets along with Italian loomed, 600 and 1000 thread count, sheets made with Egyptian cotton.