Greetings All,
I wanted to tell you all about one of the most lovely antique malls I like to visit anytime I am passing through the Charleston area, the name is Terrace Oaks Antiques. I went in this mall originally looking for the perfect item for my new parents-in-law as a thank you for all that they did for me and my husband during our wedding festivities. If you have ever been to Charleston I am sure they you have passed by several antiques stores when walking down King Street. The antique stores you see on King have gorgeous things, but the prices are outrageous. All it takes to find beautiful quality at reasonable prices in the Charleston area is to drive out to West Ashley.
Terrace Oaks is a large place with many rooms and tons of different dealers. One can find old books, beautiful antique silver, great vintage and antique oil and water paintings, and more. An important thing to note, is that you can find a lot of items that are truly southern antiques. Often times large antique stores have many vendors who shop all over the world to fill their booths and one doesn’t feel any local flair, but here, you get the sense that many of the vendors start their search at the local level to find items that were truly used in homes in the low country.
The ladies who run it are extremely kind, knowledgeable, and very helpful at helping you find the perfect item. Recently I visited looking for a wedding gift for some great friends. I knew I wanted antique sterling silver within a specific price range. When I told them my price point both of the ladies began to walk the store peeking in booths trying to help me find the perfect item. We ended up finding a pretty sterling silver ice scoop, to be used when serving cocktails while entertaining and these friends of ours do have wonderful parties. Sorry no picture for this because it is already wrapped!
Terrace Oaks has wonderful items and the quality as mentioned above is lovely. I now have both my in-laws and my parents dropping by there anytime they are in the Charleston area. One of my absolute favorites in South Carolina!
I’ll post again soon!!!
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