Huron Expositor, 2016-06-08, Page 7Wednesday, June 8, 2016 • Huron Expositor 7
Antique shop opens up in Seaforth
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
In three short years of call-
ing Seaforth home, the
Paget's have renovated a
house and sold it, purchased
another address and remod-
eled it as well. Now they are
opening up an antique ven-
ture on the town's main
strip.
Say hello, to Paget's
Place, a store that special-
izes in historic furniture,
china, silverware and one
of their most desired items
- hand -made crafts. The
married couple, Peter and
Liz Paget hailed from the
metropolis of Toronto to
embark on a dream that's
been piling up on their
property since the pair
retired. Through estate
sales and auctions, a lot of
these special items reached
the surface. A common way
of making the discoveries is
when folks get older and
they choose to "downsize,"
said Peter, who previously
owned and operated an
antique furniture store for
11 years in Toronto.
Out in the barn at their
second dwelling in the
area, a Victorian -style dom-
icile is where they kept all
these possessions. The ini-
tial idea was for the busi-
ness to be located there.
This would be made possi-
ble because of the commer-
cial zoning by-laws, which
would allow them to open
up shop on their property
without having to follow
specific business require-
ments. The Paget's recog-
nized that using the back-
yard hangar as a launch
pad for the new enterprise
would be quite demanding
and rather taxing on their
private life.
"We thought there are so
many stores that are still
empty, why don't we just
leave our home our home
and rent a nice building,"
stated Liz.
The vacant location on
14 Main St. South caught
their attention, after a
presentation by the own-
ers; the Paget's found a
place to begin their
life-long passion. It took a
month or so to revamp
through new carpets,
painting and putting up
signage. Once those for-
malities were out of the
way it was time to unload
the packed barn and trans-
fer the treasures. By June 1
the hours of operations
were posted up and a long-
time vision was turned into
a reality. It's something Liz
considers a combination of
the couples "addictions."
"Peter is the knowledge
base, I just have a love for
anything hand -made (or)
handcrafted, things that are
visually beautiful," Liz said
on June 1.
As well as providing the
community with the knack
of collecting artifacts such as
military articles, medal
awards, badges and decora-
tions, they also invite any
person 21 or older to stop in
for a trade for cash.
"We buy gold and silver,
along with old jewelry, we
don't care what condition
they are in because we are
just melting (it) down,"
Shaun Gregory
On Seaforth's main strip, Peter and Liz Paget pose in their new store called Paget's Place.
explained Liz after coinci-
dently tending to a cus-
tomer who came into
inform them that she had
certain bits and pieces for
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"This gives the local com-
munity an outlet," added
Peter.
"There is a really nice
interchange between us and
them (locals)," concluded
Liz. "It's a win/win
situation."
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