Well, that was different, after 15 weeks closed to instore shopping, we had customers in the store this past week. After so long in lockdown we got used to being closed. It occurred to me that this was the longest period of time The Barn has been closed since 1969. Things are still far from back to normal, as we are operating with a maximum capacity of 10 customers at a time. But, it’s a step in the right direction.
We’ve had a lot of frustrated customers over the last few months, who were not pleased with not being allowed in the store to shop. We are located in Peel, but are close to Halton so many customers told us that we should be open during lockdown. Stores just a few blocks away in Halton were allowed to open. Unfortunately, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and we were not permitted to open, but we are now.
We are booking appointments for Mondays and Tuesdays, closed on Wednesdays, and open 10am to 5pm, Thursday through Sunday. Amazingly, we received our first request for an appointment ten minutes after premier Ford announced a date for Peel’s return to the grey zone. We would like to thank our many customers who have waited patiently for the stay at home order to be lifted.
We would also like to return to normal weekly updates on new arrivals on this page. So, to get started in that direction, here is an update on some recent arrivals.
Antique new arrivals included: lots of lamps in various styles, 2 cast iron lanterns, wooden ladder, 2 oak whisky barrels[3’high, 22”round top], hall tree, nice vintage wooden floor lamp, dough box on stand[would make a great outdoor planter], box of 50 LP’s, iron base marble top hall table, pair of oak folding bookcases, bicycle planter, mid-century metal chair, iron & wicker plantstand, 6 cups & saucers, 10piece Limoges tea set, pine suitcase, 2 box planters, vintage walnut lamp table, marron leather swivel desk chair, period rectangular marble top coffee table, 2 tier leather top lamp table, half-moon wicker hall table, 3 foot round kitchen table with cast iron base, and more.
And of course, yet another batch of replica tin signs arrived.
We will post a full update on new arrivals next week!
