In addition to home decor, Quarry Hill Antiques also offers design consultations, custom pillow and window treatments, and prop rentals.

IT’S OUT WITH THE NEW AND IN WITH THE OLD AT MILL VALLEY’S NEWLY BOWED QUARRY HILL ANTIQUES.

The almost 130-year-old Mill Valley Lumber Yard is the perfect setting for exploring the new Quarry Hill Antiques’ vintage decor, antique furnishings, one-of-a-kind pieces and monthly art shows curated by Bettina Stiewe of Upstart Modern. Inspired by the sellers at the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, a flea market just north of Paris, and antique shops on the East Coast, the store is a curation of years of treasure hunting, and, like many, a new venture courtesy of a pandemic-related pivot. “Antiques have a patina and a story to tell,” says founder Hilary Sessions. “They instantly add warmth and uniqueness to a space,” says the Bay Area design industry vet, who believes that a year of being confined to our homes renewed our love of all things retro—from the Tiffany lamp to crafting, canning and cocooning. What was once considered old-fashioned, we now find comforting and new again. “It’s the thrill of the hunt,” shares Sessions— and we couldn’t agree more.