Lucille’s Antiques and Treasures Opens its Doors

Lucille’s Antiques and Treasures Opens its Doors

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

Downtown Vegreville now has another original store, Lucille’s Antiques and Treasures which is located on 50 Street and 51 Avenue in a building that is over 100 years old as it was built in 1913. This building used to have a theatre upstairs in it where casts used to perform live plays and the downstairs was the legion.

The Owners, Dean and Lucille Throness live in St. Albert but they have a son who lives in Vegreville and the Managers, Jennifer and Darrell Ramsay live in Vegreville.

This store sells antiques and collectables, but they are also doing everything locally, so they support local artists and people who create handcrafts, as well as, they take items to sell on consignment.

The owners/managers said they decided to open and run a store like this one because it is fun to see all the unique items from the past. Dean Throness said there was a space at this spot and Vegreville doesn’t really have a consignment store that he knows of. They came across an antique store so they bought it. They felt a store like this would be a good service to the downtown as it will make the area more vibrant. This store compliments a large department store like WalMart because it is different. There are a lot of artists, handcrafters, and artisans in town and this will give them a venue to display and sell their wares and masterpieces. Also, they wanted to have a place where people could market their items from an estate.

They feel antiques and collectables are special because everyone loves them as they are nostalgic.

Future plans include having a coffee and snack bar also set up in the store.