Blue Spruce Antiques a hidden gem on Dunning Rd.

STAR STAFF – Blue Spruce Antiques is one of those hidden gems in Cumberland that very few people know about unless they are an experienced antique hunter.

If you drive south along Dunning Road between French Hill and Colonial you will pass their sign on the right, or west side of the road.

Lorraine Seguin is the owner of Blue Spruce Antiques. She bought the business, which included a farm house and 49 acres of land, in 2006. Before that she was a regular at flea markets across the region including places like Stittsville, Masson and Lachute for years and had already built up a sizable collection of her own. In fact, it took her a year to move every-thing from her old house in Orléans to the new property on Dunning.

Since then, she has only added to the collection.

In the early days, she was selling almost as much as she was purchasing. More lately, the tables have tipped in favour of new acquisitions, which Seguin admits is the best part of being an antique dealer.

Seguin keeps most of her antiques in a large