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Luxury Heads North
We are thrilled to report that design maven, Deborah Gore Dean, who opened the decadent and delightful mini-department store, Gore Dean Antiques, in D.C. three years ago, has set up a second shop at Mount Washington Mill. Find divine linens, bath accessories, both new and antique furniture, crystal and porcelain—lighting and fabric as well. Take note: They are the only retailer of John L. Strong stationery in Maryland. The owners, Deborah and husband Spider Pawlik, are hoping to make Baltimore their home and say they’re excited to house the store in such a historic location. Gore Dean sells its own line of furniture and textiles but will also represent 217 vendors. Search before you buy at goredean.com. Store hours are every day from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. 1340D Smith Ave., (410) 323-7470
Antique Exodus
Hampden receives another injection of stylish sophistication this summer when husband and wife team Tom and Wesley Finnerty’s remarkable Antique Exchange relocates from Roland Park to Chestnut Avenue. The new shop, stationed only three doors from another favorite, In Watermelon Sugar, offers the same reliable antiques as ever, plus imaginatively upholstered pieces intended to lure a younger market. “You can always find a great chest of drawers and tons of tables,” Wesley says. “Now we’ll take a great [mid-century] couch that most people would say, ‘Trash it!’ but fix it with really cool fabric or nailheads along the arm. We’re aiming to broaden our age limits.” Opens June 1st. 3545 Chestnut Ave., (410) 532-7000
Everything’s For Sale
Grapevine tells us that interior design guru Stiles Colwill will open a new store this summer near his beautiful Hunt Valley Halcyon Farm. Leave it to Stiles to make a store a home. He purchased a charming 18th-century restored farmhouse and is in the process of decorating every room with antiques and accessories he finds in his work. The BMA trustee and Maryland State Arts councilor knows decor. Appropriately dubbed Halcyon House Antiques, the store will offer one-of-a-kind items and unusual gifts. We understand (from Stiles himself) that the litmus test for placing an item in the scrumptious store is as follows: “If he would own it himself it can be sold.”