Tallassee antique dealer shares extensive knowledge to sell period pieces
Tallassee’s Kim Stackhouse can never quite be sure how her day might unfold when she descends the steps from her second floor downtown apartment to District Nineteen, the antique shop she opened with her husband, Isaac, last year.
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