Our Latest Treasures In Our New Location (Just In Time For The Holidays)

Home & Design
Written By Amanda Mertins

Time flies when you’re having fun, and that has certainly been the case for Patina! As we prepare to celebrate 10 years and a recent move to our new location, we reflect on our journey to this point. Patina Polished Living was born out of a desire to create a home décor store with quality furnishings, interesting accessories, and vintage items. Our new location at 111 S. Columbus Street affords us the opportunity to create vignettes in each room that allow our customers to imagine the furnishings in their own home. My business partner, Kim, and I recognized the beauty of this amazing building and knew that if we couldn’t make it look remarkable, then we were in the wrong business. With the help of our amazing staff, we packed, moved, unpacked, and set-up the shop in less than three weeks!

We just returned from the High Point Furniture Market in North Carolina. It’s the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world with over 2,000 exhibitors. We placed orders for new products and brought home a truckload of vintage items!

Here is a peek at some of our latest treasures:

Soon, we will be decorating the shop for the holidays and we can’t wait for you to see how we transform our beautiful 1785 townhome into a Christmas wonderland. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and sign-up for our Friday emails so you don’t miss any Patina news.

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Patina Polished Living was created 10 years ago by friends Amanda Mertins and Kimberly Weiler. 

Amanda Mertins was born in Ohio and graduated the University of Maryland with a degree in Economics. She started moving and editing furniture and accessories while in grade school and hasn’t stopped since. She enjoys baking desserts and playing with her grandchildren.

Kim Weiler was born in Pennsylvania and graduated the University of the Arts with a degree in graphic design. Upon graduating, she was immediately hired by one of her professors at the Katz Wheeler Design firm. She loves design, gardening, sweet tea and all French bulldogs.

Amanda and Kim are excellent complements to one another-one could even say the Yin and Yang of design. Being very different people but with interconnected forces is the reason their partnership continues to flourish.

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