Seventh Anniversary!!!!!

We are celebrating seven years of business. It seems like yesterday and yet a life time ago too!
Over seven years ago my Dad called to say he had found a likely spot to start a business. My Mom called asking me to talk my dad out of buying this place. I went in open to both their ideas, but it did not take long for me to realize that my Father was right again. The building was huge 8,400 square feet. The roof leaked. The floors were filthy, and it was very cold inside and dark. We could only see the far back room with a flash light. It was in February. The plot span from Main Street to School Street. There was room for parking and a drive in the rear. There were two display windows. The roof had to be replaced, as did the heating and air conditioning system. All the walls needed paint, the electrical system needed checking. The floors were a mess. But what a space, and a prime location in our little town.
Dad had been in the art business for almost fifty years. I had been in the antique business for several years. The only immediate answer was to open an antique mall with a Gallery section up front. Dad only lived a year longer, but he fully enjoyed being in business again. My Mom has been with us the whole time acting as our official greeter. We are truly a family business.


We were strict requiring our dealers to actually have antiques. We followed this plan for six years. Last year after occupying more and more of the mall, we took the final plunge and made the decision to really become one large shop. It might not have seemed like a good idea in a poor economy to enlarge, but when times are tough sometimes are the best times to change. And change we did.

We got a loan. Lewis had studied the market, and was wise as to what his generation wanted. We jumped in buying with both feet. We had been on the web site Bond and Bowery for almost two years with our own items. This had worked fairly well for us allowing us to sell to people and designers across the country.
There was a flaw however, our name. We called ourselves Main Street Fine Art & Antiques. That was a great name for an Antique Mall, but not for an individual shop on line. So after much thought and consideration we changed our name to our names. My maiden name Lewis and our last name Trimble. Then we needed a catchy logo that's when our moon face came into being. In November we went with the prime web site 1stdibs and here we are thriving!!!!