Antiques & Art On First — Local services in Slidell

Can’t recommend this place. It’s been about a year since we shopped there and I was so upset I couldn’t ever write a review because it hurt to think about. It still does. But I feel like other people should know. We were scammed by the elderly woman who was left in charge the day we were in. We were told the owner was out of the country in Scotland. We saw a beautiful table we loved, but couldn’t really afford it, the price tag said $925. As my husband and I debated whether we could make it work, the old lady said, “and that price includes everything on the table.” Which were gorgeous Candelabras and a rose China set, along with little items that weren’t of much value. Like plastic dollar store charger plates, and what not (Which were priced at $3.50 per plastic plate when those exact ones are at the dollar store for $1.25, so another rip off in itself). Of course, we jumped right on that price because with everything else included, it was a great deal. The table itself had issues, a terrible DIY upholstery job where you could see the fabric underneath and the staples, it wasn’t in good enough shape to be sold for $925 on its own(in my opinion) but I saw it had potential, so it made it believable that it would be a reasonable deal to get all of those things together. I loved that woman, She was sweet as pie and we had a great conversation. As we were talking and laughing, she ran our card. My husband signed the handwritten receipt and went home. We planned to come back the next day to pick up the table with our truck. But when I went to stick the receipt in a safe place, I realized she charged us $1900.. not the $925 we discussed. I immediately went back and told her we could not afford that and that we needed a refund. She told me they don’t do refunds, even though we hadn’t left with a single item. I was literally in tears telling her that we cannot afford that, We put the purchase on a credit card as it was. This is what makes me think she purposely scammed us, (or she was covering her own butt in front of the owners daughter who showed up) but she kept insisting that we repeated it to her that it was $1900, which is not true. Yes, we signed the receipt, but it was handwritten and we were having such a good conversation with her, my husband signed without any thought. Long story short, she told me she was unable to make any refunds. Her machine wasnt able to, so she said. I continued to cry cause I have twins toddlers, we cant just afford to drop that about of money. I repeatedly told her there was no way we could afford $1900. The owners daughter said the best they could do was refund me $300 making it a $1600 deal. I graciously took that thinking that must be the only option. But the more I think about it, they obviously had the power to refund me because I sat there and watched them refund that $300 amount to my card. It was just a terrible experience all around. We learned a very valuable terrible lesson that day, and we will never shop in that antique store again. Which is a shame because I know it wasn’t the owners fault and it was...

Nice little antique place, had plenty of selections to look around at. It had quite a few different rooms to go in and each one had different things. Some crafty things, some antique stuff, a little bit of everything. The people that were working there always seem very nice and helpful. Really enjoy going to just see...

I always make it a point to go into this antique shop during the Slidell street fairs and festivals. It's cozy, filled with antique and modern items, and even has freshly-made pepper jelly and jams! The owners and their daughter are kind and helpful. Would definitely recommend you swing by next time you are...