Activate map
Yes | |
Street |
No | |
No |
Specialties
Contessa’s Home and Garden is a traditional «retail» shop in the village of Del Ray in Alexandria, Virginia. We specialize in affordable Antiques, Art & Collectibles, Garden Accessories, Jewelry, Wedding Gifts, Seasonal Home Décor, Occasional Furniture and «Green» Housewares. Our merchandise is purchased at auction houses or at the New York International Gift Show, which we attend twice a year. Contessa’s does not currently accept consignment items.
We carefully select our new products and many of them are eco-friendly or sustainably produced as well as made in the USA. Our antique and vintage products range from as-is collectibles to repurposed or painted furniture.
History
Established in 2008.
Contessa’s began as a dream in my 20’s. I lived in New England and traveled all the states by car visiting small antique and gift shops. I always saw an owner outside sanding a piece of furniture or painting something for their shop. I would spend summers on Cape Cod and would go to all the antique shops, estate sales and garage/yard sales to purchase things for my apartment in Boston. «The Find» became my passion. Years later I opened Contessa’s, after working for a well established retail business in Alexandria for ten years part time. During this time I was working a full time job. It was the best thing I ever did to prepare for shop ownership.