8B The Virginia Gazette April 21, 2010

the virginia gazette • williamsburg, virginia april 21, 2010

Featured Success Stories

Spring is In Bloom at Aladdin . . .
Aladdin Consignment Furniture
7131 Merrimac Trail
Williamsburg , Virginia 23185
757-206-1665
It’s Never the Same Store Twice
www.aladdinconsignment.com
Whether you’re buying or selling, you’ll appreciate the warm, eclectic
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A Logo For You
Embroidery, Screen Printing & Promotional Products
atmosphere and ever-changing inventory at Aladdin Consignment.
100 Stafford Court, Williamsburg By K.H. Queen
757-220-9259 • www.alogoforyou.com

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Auto Haus
101 Greene Drive • Yorktown, VA 23692 F
irst house, last
house or in
between —
with a picture of
my item. When
Mary Ann gives it
757.898.1200 • www.autohausva.com
you’ll want to shop the nod, I know

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Capital Carpet & Upholstery Care
1540 E. Penniman Road • Williamsburg
early and often at
Aladdin Consignment
where you’ll find high
when I load it and
bring it over there
that it’s going to
757.564.8000 phone • 757.564.8025 fax quality furniture for sell. I appreciate
capitalcarpet@cox.net • www.capitalcarpetcleaning.net

• every home and budg- that Mary Ann is

et. Here you can find equally as con-
Carpet Pro the big names in qual- cerned about the
Carpet and Oriental Rug Cleaning ity furniture — Kindel, person who is sell-
7218-C Merrimac Trail • Williamsburg
757.566.1469 Henkel Harris and ing as the person

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Colonial Center for Hearing
Jude Liptak, Au.D.
Hekman — priced fairly
to sell quickly. Just
starting out? Come to
You’ll find high quality furniture for every home and
who is buying. She
is honest and fair
about what the
337 McLaws Circle • Williamsburg
Aladdin to see beauti- market will bear.”
757.229.4004 • www.williamsburghears.com ful, affordable furniture budget at Aladdin Consignment.
If you’re look-

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Computer Concepts of Williamsburg
757.564.3996
and accessories that
have already lasted for years.
“For the same price that you
“The baker’s chest sold in 10 minutes
… to someone from Michigan,”
ing for a certain
special item, let Gist know and she’ll
add you to her wish book. Heads up:
5124 Center Street Gist exclaims.
www.ccwilliamsburg.com might spend on new, low-end when she calls to tell you she has

• furniture, you can get much higher Haramis appreciates Gist’s honesty. ‘your’ piece in the store and to come
quality pieces at Aladdin that will last “What I liked about Mary Ann is — quickly, she means it. “We were look-
Custom Gardens, Inc. for decades,” owner Mary Ann Gist she’s very straightforward,” Haramis ing for a dining set,” Gaudreaux says.
Landscape Contractors says. “You’re getting higher-end says. “She talked about how she prices “She called me on a Tuesday to tell
337 Redoubt Road • Yorktown
757.833.8110 • www.customgardens.com furniture for less money.” me about it and said,

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Fleet Imports, LLC
Granite & Marble Distributor
Since opening in 2007 on Merrimac
Trail one block past the new WaWa,
Aladdin has gained a reputation beyond
‘You ought to get in
here quickly because
someone else is in
Portsmouth 757.465.9720 Williamsburg as an upscale showroom here who is interested.’
Richmond 804.743.7404 with high-quality decorator furniture I thought at first it was
WHOLESALE PRICING DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC just a sales pitch. I came
www.fleetimports.com and accessories at reasonable prices.

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Hatchett Design Remodel
Remodeling Homes Since 1960
Buyers travel hundreds of miles in
search of treasures here. One recent
consigner has hired a moving company
in on Thursday and
the table had sold
Wednesday. When she
to bring a whole houseful of furniture says, ‘Come quickly,’
757.229.4777
www.HatchettDesignRemodel.com from three hours away. If you’re buying, she means it.”

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Michael J. Hipple Builder, Inc.
Williamsburg’s Premier Green Builder
you can also browse online at
www.AladdinConsignment.com.
If you’re selling, you can
Gist is friendly, but
she doesn’t pressure
customers or push
757.565.1725 things, what her procedures are. I had
email pictures to aladdinconsign- browsers to buy. When you walk into
www.mjhbuilder.com no questions because she shared every-

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Innovative Financial Solutions, LLC
Your source for revenue recovery
757.903.2396
www.colonialbilling.com
ment@gmail.com. Aladdin Consignment, you’ll be greet-
thing with me.”
Spring is in bloom now at ed at the door no matter who you are
Part of the appeal for buyers, or how busy the store is. Then, you’ll
Aladdin. Come to find quality wicker
consigners and regulars is how quick- be left alone to shop and admire the
furniture, patio sets as well as furni-
ly the store turns over. Most regulars furnishings and other items.
ture and accessories you’ll use inside

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stop by at least once a
all year long.
week. “I go in there
Interested in consigning your and I’m always amazed
Integrative Chiropractic & Acupuncture
Wade Quinn D.C. own treasures or family heirlooms? at what Mary Ann has
1318 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg You’ll appreciate Gist’s fairness,
253-1900 • www.integrativechiropractic.com and the way she has

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honesty and the 60-40 split she gives it arranged,” Sue French
to consigners — compared to an says.
Iron-Bound Gym industry standard of 50-50. “We’ve
Gist and her staff
featuring Pilates with Reformer consigned furniture as well as
4325 New Town Avenue rise to the challenge
757.229.5874 • www.ironboundgym.com
purchased furniture at Aladdin,” says
daily of rearranging

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Kitchen Tune–Up
Beautify Your Kitchen
Tom Gaudreaux. “Throughout the
whole process, we’ve had a very
and redecorating to dis-
play each
item, each
Mark Levy, co-owner grouping
757.221.0999 • www.kitchentuneup.com and the

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Nelsen Funeral Home & Crematory
The Cremation Specialists • On-Site Crematory
entire showroom off to
best advantage.
Gaudreaux, French and others say
they like to stop by just to chat.
“I enjoy the environment,” French
“I love shopping
3785 Strawberry Plains Rd. says. “It’s relaxed — not a pushing
757.565.1141 • www.NelsenCares.com there because it’s

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Palentino Plumbing
never the same place
twice,” says Elizabeth
Washington. “You’re
environment, very eclectic. I feel very
comfortable in there. It’s just a friendly,
agreeable place.”

in focus...
Williamsburg’s Master Plumber always in for a surprise.
757.259.7352

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Thomas Nelson Community College
Historic Triangle Campus • 757.253.4300
Hampton Campus • 757.825.2700
www.tncc.edu
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Williamsburg Salt Spa
Old Colony Professional Ctr
1111 Old Colony Lane • Williamsburg
757.229.1022 • www.WilliamsburgSaltSpa.com
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WindsorMeade of Williamsburg
3900 Windsor Hall Dr. • Williamsburg VA 23188
warm reception. Mary Ann is very
down to earth. She priced our pieces
fairly so they sold quickly. In some
cases, she has been able to get more
than we anticipated.”
Dorothy Haramis has recently
sold a Kindel bedroom suite, a Kindel
dining table and eight chairs, and a
baker’s silver chest made for the
Historic Charleston Collection,
She’s always moving
everything around so it
looks fresh. She situates
everything in the store
where it looks good. Mary Ann has Aladdin
great lighting. She enhances my
pieces to make them look like a mil-
lion dollars. She always gets me a
Consignment
Furniture
good price.” 7131 Merrimac Trail
French always starts with Aladdin Williamsburg , Virginia 23185
when she has items to sell. “I feel very
confident with her dealings with con-
signers,” says French, who has a
757-206-1665
www.aladdinconsignment.com

757.941.3615 • toll free 866.403.5503 among other items, with Aladdin. houseful of antiques. “I go over there
www.windsormeade.org

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