Smith Station Antiques

If you are headed up to Blue Rige, you owe it to yourself to check out Smith Station Antiques....

This antique store is quiet and unassuming but a treasure trove of photographic goodness.

The owner is a gentleman by the name of Neal Smith and he started Smith Station Antiques 18 years ago with one truckload of eclectic items.  Neal is a former school teacher and was a photography
enthusiast in his college years.

He runs his store with the help of a local man named Blaine.  Blaine does not know his birthday and cannot read or write.  He does however have Neals information memorized in the phone book and can find it immediately if needed.  Blaine sells brooms and walking sticks outside the store.  He is a very sweet man and I was glad to learn that Neal looks out after him .

This mannequin in the bathtub was in a Southern Living feature ...