Best of Arlington 2020
Stylish Patina
DIY Classes
The concept of “making old things new again” was instilled in Kelly Millspaugh Thompson’s mindset early on—her childhood home was a Falls Church fixer-upper filled with antique furniture. She started sprucing up her own vintage pieces in college and kept at it as a hobby while working as a management consultant in the years after she graduated. Eventually, though, word got out and friends started encouraging her to sell her goods—and share her secrets. So she started a blog and in 2010 launched a retail business, Stylish Patina, in Falls Church. Today the shop doubles as a DIY classroom, offering crafty courses such as furniture painting, sign making and flower arranging. A recently licensed real estate agent, Thompson this year hopes to partner with other local creative types to offer workshops in areas like jewelry making, whole-food cooking, photography and calligraphy. –Rachael Keeney
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