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Jeff’s Warehouse they arrange midcentury modern furniture and pieces from other eras in vignettes so you can better visualize how your purchase might look in your house. The 35,000-square-foot Jay County Antique Mall in Portland is housed in a factory building that still keeps its historic ambience. Owner Pat Daniels offers everything from painted furniture, midcentury modern collectibles and jewelry to soaps and candles for shoppers on a budget. She says they often get tour buses filled with people who are all looking for something different. “I work hard to keep a mix of items because not everyone likes the same thing,” she said. “I want to keep it interesting for everyone.” The Original Treasure Mart Mall in Kokomo is located in the historic Diamond Plate Glass building, which affords four floors and space for 70 vendors. Prices of
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articles on consignment are reduced by The original owners of The Antique 10% each month, so returning shoppers Market in Michigan City opened their find new items and new prices every time store on their own property with 40 they go. The Treasure Mart Antiques vendors in 1990. Since then the building Mall also has 70 vendors in 25,000 has had multiple additions, and the square feet on one level. Studio Black number of vendors has grown from 40 to Antiques is not a mall per se but rather 140. They’ve won several “best antique a large, quirky antique store that locals say is a must-see. Vintage Treasures Antique Mall in Fort Wayne covers some 20,000 feet in a brightly lit open-concept space. Along with antiques and collectibles they offer vintage relics that they take pride in seeing their customers refurbish and put to Michigan City’s Hoity Toity features “fine to funky” merchandise. new use. PHOTO: Hoity Toity
