Location serves as one-stop shop for antiques, vintage items and Pinterest project enthusiasts

LANDRUM – A new shop offering antiques, collectibles and artisan items is now open in Landrum next to Brookwood Park..

Known as Rustiques, the shop had a soft opening at the beginning of August and, according to shop manager Emily Provchy, is expected to hold a grand opening in mid-September when the weather begins to cool down for the fall.

Provchy said her best friend Genevieve Scribner, along with Scribner’s husband Steve,

owns the shop and a number of items can be found there from an old Atari system to comic books to rustic furniture.

“Every time they would drive by, they would see that this place was for sale and they thought it would be a quaint place to have a shop and it’s been a desire of theirs,” Provchy said. “It’s also been a desire of mine to get into the antique/vintage world. Genevieve and I came together, Steve bought the place and did all the woodwork and it was kind of a mess at the beginning.”

The commercial building was acquired by Steve Scribner a few years ago, according to Provchy, and he needed to redo the walls with pine woodwork and recreate the left side of the building, which at one time had nothing but a dirt floor and dilapidated walls.

“Genevieve and I were both working full-time at a bank, and it took time to remodel but here we are,” Provchy said. “Steve, as a builder, has always enjoyed going to garage sales and going out to find things like on ‘American Pickers,’ and the chase of it as well as being able to put it together. Genevieve is the creative one who can put things together.”

Recycling and “upcycling,” which Provchy describes as the repurposing of a vintage item, are two ways the store is going to utilize its inventory. Provchy said people are also welcome to bring in their items they think could be sold.

Going out to find items that people can use for their home projects is something Scribner said she does and said although Rustiques has a lot of antiques available at the moment, the store is also geared towards those who are looking for affordable items for their projects.

“We do the shopping and kind of have a central location for our shoppers,” Scribner said. “I know there are thousands of artists and thousands of antiques, and this is a place where people can go for their home décor. Even though we have a lot more antiques right now, we have a lot of people coming in for their homes as well.”

Scribner added she wants to eventually expand the market at Rustiques by adding food vendors and currently has Tyrone Perry and his “Java Up” mobile coffee truck on site every Friday from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m.

“We want to be dog friendly because we know a lot of dog owners and so we’ll try to get some treats for dogs in the store,” Scribner explained. “We would also like to get some kind of food there too, like something quick along the lines of a hot dog stand, where people can get a hot dog and run if they want to or shop.”

Projects at Rustiques can be done in multiple ways, according to Scribner. For example, Scribner said stained glass projects could be accomplished either by having a special in-house artisan take on the project, by sending a window off to be custom-made or by having the buyer do it themselves.

According to Scribner, the store was inspired by the projects she had been seeing on Pinterest, the website where users can post “pins” on their boards of unique projects for others to try.

“I want to offer more to the community,” Scribner said. “My friend was collecting and selling on eBay and every woman, and some men, love Pinterest and so that’s kind of the idea behind this. Rustiques is a place where people can go for their home projects if they want to make something unique. A lot of people get their ideas from Pinterest and so we want to offer vintage items, paints and something that is affordable for people.”