Linda and Dennis Elmore, like so many of the antiques dealers out there who are married couples doing what they love to do, exemplify what it is to be entrepreneurs.
Linda will tell you that their adventures into the antiques business started over 30 years ago when her husband had an extended business trip in Manchester, England.
Linda, a housewife at the time, was along for the trip to enjoy the countryside and shop for some furniture for their home. What comes next is a familiar story to many, the dealer convinced Linda to take a few more pieces to defray the cost of shipping just a few. Not only did Linda like the stripped antique pine she was buying for herself, she saw the opportunity to open a small business back home.
Once her container of stripped pine 18th and 19th century furniture arrived she took out a full page ad in the NY Times, and in two weeks she sold everything!. That was 30 years ago. During the next 14 years the Elmores transitioned from light stripped pine to darker woods such as mahogany.
More recently as the dollar has fallen and the price of fuel as increased Linda said they have transitioned once again to American furniture, and have included some mid century Danish. I saw Dennis wheeling two Danish end tables out of their booth when I stopped by to interview Linda.
Linda loves this 19th century Italian dresser. I love the lamps as well.
Linda can be found at www.elmoreantiques.com .
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