It was awesome having the rents in town and sharing with them our life here in St. Louis. It's a different experience having your parents come visit you in your world. Loved it.
My dad is a minister of worship and appreciates all things music.
My mom's dad played the sax.
Mix those things with an antique district and you get:
A very cool, oh so unique, probably very sought out (by all sax enthusiasts) store/repair shop.
The following picture is of a local St. Louis music instrument factory, circa. early 1900's. Pretty sweet.
As we continued down the street we visited 2 more memorable stores.
(Many of the stores are closed on Mondays FYI...so perhaps look the row up on-line before making the trip to make sure all the stores you are seeking out, are open).
One of these memorable stores is:
Remember Captain Kitty? Yeah, this is his place.
The beauty of Lady Jane's, is that it has every type of stain-glass window, door-knob, or fireplace mantle you can imagine.
So, if you are looking to re-do that awesome row house down in Tower Grove or you need some Victorian accents for that fixer-upper in Kirkwood, this is the place for you.
The last high-lighted store of Cherokee Row is one who's name I missed. That's sad. I'm sorry.
BUT, you can't miss it. Because this:
Is in the storefront window.
Yep, this is an old Victorian coal stove.
My mom's grandmother had one of these in her farm house. She said that she was always deathly afraid of going near that stove because her grandmother, aka. "Big Mama" scared all of the grandkids with stories of getting burned...it's so pretty that, that seems like a mistake.
But no, really, it will burn you.
This is a 1940's stove. Completely refurbished. The rockin husband and wife duo who runs this shop, are very picky about which stoves they take and refurbish, resulting in some awesome products.
They have stoves ranging from the early 1800's to the 1970's.
They had some crazy ideas of a stove back in the day! (including a retractable one... sounds a little unsafe to me.)
I'm telling you, Cherokee Row really has some great stores with fair prices.
And, as my parents pointed out, they have different antiques...you won't find the same things you might in the South or on the East coast.
It offers a great picture of what the Midwest offered years ago. Antiques always tell a story.
Your Mother's Mom sang alto and played the piano very well. Your Mom does come from musical folks. Your Mom's Mom used to play the piano in their living room when I would spend the night. I remember it well and have very fond memories. Desiree
ReplyDeleteVery cool Desiree! Thanks for sharing
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