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7 HOME& GARDEN

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Unique antiques add visual apoeal

By Deana Lancaster

Contributing Writer
deana@nsnews.com

AN ancient stone statue
hidden behind leaves, a
graceful balustrade, a
whimsical chimney pot.

Small touches like these
add magic to a home's garden
and exterior,

Joan McCreesh makes it
her business to locate and pro-
vide these unique pieces to
gardeners and homeowners,

McCreesh signed un, Fler
company, Herttage Garden
Antiques, is now Shantz’s
B.C. supplier and offers a con-
stantly changing selection of
Victorian shop lights, gothic
balustrading, authentic saddle
stones, ancient water troughs,
chimney pats, finials,
Corinthian columns and
more.

The company can also
locate pieces on request,

“If people are looking for
something — a particular
fountain for instance — we

can source that out.
We'll have our buy-
ers in England find
it for them.”
McCreesh is also
proud of the com-
pany’s grcen-ness.
“It takes three days
to demolish a build-
ing and — three
months to disman-
“dle one.”
When we buy these
things, say's
MeCreesh, there’s a
reason to dismantle
instead of demolish.
“Ir goes beyond
recysling, because it
means these arti-
facts are being
saved. Orherwise
they'd be thrown
aut,”
She says reclaiming

in

‘Photo submitted — thie dismantled
ARCHITECTURAL antiques such = building materials
as this crown-top chimney pot also saves cnerpy,

add character to any home.

“My father used to collect
antiques, [ve always been
interested,” she says. “Bur
these are so fascinating — as
soon as | saw some of them I
instantly fell in love.”

She'd been introduced to
Julia Shantz of Calgary’s

 Uniquities — an importer
specializing in Georgian,
Victorian and Edwardian arti-
facts from Europe.

mineral resources,
forest and architee-
tural history.

She — recently — moved
Heritage Garden Antiques
from tie dea of her home in
Port Moody to its new North
Van location on West 3rd
Street. .

The office is open
Wednesday to Saturday from
10 aan, 10 5 p.m, Call to set
up an appointment: 980-
¢

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