Debbee Antonelli and Alison Rose, who operate the popular antiques store The Garage, downstairs at their space at BackHome Antiques in Tuxedo, NY.
There’s a growing trail of antique shops that meanders from a roadside garage in Suffern through Sloatsburg (think Blue Barn) and up into Tuxedo, stopping off at BackHome Antiques.
Word-of-mouth has made The Garage Antiques in Suffern a very popular spot to shop for shabby chic items at reasonable prices. And now proprietor Alison Rose, along with business partner Debbee Antonelli, have teamed up with BackHome Antiques in Tuxedo to expand services and items for both businesses.
“We sell antiques and painted furniture,” said Alison Rose, who operates The Garage in Suffern, NY. Rose said the store buys and sells all sorts of antiques, as well as paints custom shabby chic, white distress furniture.
“The garage can’t open in the winter and we wanted to expand our business,” said BackHome co-owner Stephen Hoefer. “We’ve partnered with Alison and Deb – it allows Backhome to stay open an additional day a week.” BackHome has expanded store hours to Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Garage is open in the winter for appointments only, due to lack of heat.
BackHome Antiques occupies a nice corner on Rt.17 in Tuxedo across from the Tuxedo Train Station that looks small from the outside. But the rambling store covers two stories and is packed with all sorts of interesting items, from collectibles and art objects to jewelry and mid-century modern and fine art.
“What we’ve done is bring dealers in who have experience,” Hoefer said about his and partner Darrell Frasier’s recent expansion that has continued to grow BackHome’s rich customer experience with the addition of multiple expert dealers within the shop’s lower level.
The Garage in Suffern has grown rapidly as well into a funhouse of antique and painted furniture delights that rotates inventory often and is open by appointment or through checking out the store’s popular posts and stream of updates on Facebook. In the spring and summer months, The Garage’s inventory spills out along the drive and sidewalk at its spot next to Scarr Funeral Home just off Orange Avenue.
Alison Rose said that they do everything at The Garage. “We sell antiques and painted furniture,” Rose said. “You can get just about anything: shabby chic, white distress.”
“We do custom paintings and sell at very reasonable prices,” addeds business partner Antonelli.
“We sell antiques and painted furniture at the Garage in Suffern and we’re dealers here,” said Rose about their BackHome effort, speaking rapidly and practically finishing Antonelli’s sentence.
One thing The Garage is not is a consignment shop.
As the weather warms up toward springtime, look for Rose and Antonelli to start keeping longer hours at their Suffern store, where the drive will pile up with distressed tables and tables, delicate china, candlesticks, and fine-framed mirrors.
