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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock N«w* Staff Writer
Sperryville has a mini-mall offering items for sale that are far more unusual than those * found in the malls of Northern Virginia.
Roberta Gray brought her “Antique Mall and Folk Handcrafts” business from Luray to Sperryville in time for the Memorial Day weekend festival. She was busy settling in that weekend and now is really looking forward to the Apple Festival in the fall.
Shirley, a manikin just inside on the left, is dressed in 50’s garb, complete with a poodle skirt and saddle shoes. Mrs. Gray says for the fall festival her daughter will wear that outfit and help bring customers into the store.
The shop, in a former general store building on Main Street across from the Appetite Repair Shop, includes consignments from 16 dealers in one building.
"We have something for everyone here,” Mrs. Gray said. Her husband Roy Gray restores antique furniture and makes reproductions on sale at “Gray's Elegant Furniture and Cabinets” to the right just inside the door. Included is a hutch made from wormy chestnut boards found in an old flour mill in Luray.
At the opposite corner "Spirit Trail Trading Post” includes handmade knives and native American crafts made from old trading beads and porcupine quills.
Other mini shops within the mall feature new and old stuffed toys, handmade linens, handmade baskets, hand tinted black and white photographs, and many other items usually described as “collectibles. ”
Mrs. Gray said she fnoved her business from a large building next to the police station in Luray because of the high rent she was paying but also because customers came into the shop and said, “This is a wonderful store. It ought to be in Sperryville.”
So far she is pleased with the move. “People here are great,” she said. “They really make you feel welcome.”
Children in the area can expect some surprises at Halloween. “We had a haunted house in Luray,” she said. “I like kids,” the mother of two teenagers and one younger child added. The Grays live six miles outside Luray in Page County.
The mall is open every day, from noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. other days.
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