The Barn On Country Club — Local services in Winston-Salem

I visited the store one time, because I frequent a lot of antique and consignment furniture stores. I used to live up the street from them. It was okay, some cool pieces but I felt everything was overpriced, or it was not priced appropriately for what it was. However, that’s not what has inclined me to write a review. What I witnessed today is why. I was visiting the Habitat for Humanity in Winston Salem looking for a kitchen table and eyeballing a few other pieces. I saw their truck pull in and there was a few of them in there. They looked like a pit crew trying to look at all the inventory, loading furniture onto a Dolley faster than anyone could try to pick something out. I was trying to decide on a couple of pieces that I did feel were very unique, and because of how they were just grabbing as much as they could, I felt the need to linger around said items so they wouldn’t just grab them before I had a chance to get them. Maybe it’s just me, but I have a problem with any establishment buying DONATED items to flip, and flip for overpriced numbers at that. I’m aware they do some refinishing to pieces, but literally every other consignment or antique store I frequent acquires their inventory by either a) someone selling their items to the store directly, b) letting the consignment store represent their item and they take a cut of the price when it sells, or c) they set up vendor plots for people to sell their own goods. Habitat is not a place for people to buy stuff cheap just to resell it for extravagant prices, it’s there to help others that can’t afford high priced items be able to have furniture and other items. People don’t donate their items with the idea that someone is going to resell it (or I should say buy it with the intent to just resell it).

I had wanted to stop in to check them out again because since I drove by it literally everyday up until last week when we moved to Lexington, I have seen some cool vintage decor pieces sitting outside. However seeing what I saw today left a really bad impression, and they made me feel like I had to hover over something I wanted to possibly buy because of the way they were “hunting” for pieces to buy for resale. Maybe next time you should go there with an unmarked van so people don’t know why...

UPDATE! Went back in to give it another try. As I was checking out, the owner asked if I was Lorrie and I said, yes, I am. She politely spoke to me and stated that she values our comments and my comments can hurt the store's appearance, and that she was sorry that I had a problem, she said that she always tell her girls to great customers when they arrive, then to ask if we need help and bid them a cheerful farewell and ask to return. She was kind and polite. I am glad I gave them another try. I did buy paint and purchased other items this time.

I have been there two times to buy paint, I also looked through the store, and pricing seems high to me, and I felt like they follow you around at a distance. I have plenty of money to spend, and I could buy anything they sell there, but chose not to buy anything but paint, because of pricing and I didn't feel like a valued shopper. My advise would be to loosen up, value your customers, lower your prices so we feel important to your business, and more comfortable shopping...

Passing by this when leaving Dominos, I had no idea what this place was at first, I kinda thought it was just some building with alot of random junk that someone collected and was selling, a quick search on Google told me it was an antique shop. I thought id find all kinds of different things from the past; I was hoping to find things from the 90s for nostalgia purposes. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything like that, this place definitely sells antique items, but 98% of it is antique furniture, which I have no interest is, which is the reason for my rating. Theres also some old maps/brochures/a few books and records scattered throughout the building, but that's it. Also, It looks pretty small on the outside, but there's 2 big floors, and a third smaller floor. So if you're a big fan of antique furniture, then this is a really good place...