More young people are seeking out vintage furniture for statement pieces in their homes, according to an antiques dealer.
Julie Parte (58) has been running the Potting Shed in Clogherhead, Co Louth, for the past four years. Her collection of antique and vintage homewares are drawing an increasingly younger customer base, she says.
“More younger people, especially in recent years, are starting to appreciate well-made furniture and having that one unique piece in their home that no one else will have. It’s no longer shiny and new but old and vintage.”
Her interest in antiques was sparked young. As a child she held jumble sales, selling off her sister’s Tiny Tears doll and her mother’s perfume, “all of which I had to buy back”, she says with a laugh.
Julie Parte in The Potting She
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