Antiques are wonderful additions to any dorm room, home or office to add character to your space. Personally, relish strolling through antique stores around the Charlotte area. Wandering aimlessly in an any of these stores below is wonderful pastime if you enjoy finding hidden treasure and losing yourself to a captivating eclectic atmosphere.

1. Circa Interiors and Antiques

Circa prides itself with a cluster of fine European pieces. In this antique furniture shop, there are unique styles for various chests, mirrors, and desks. You will fall in love window shopping and walking about imagining your dream home filled with eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century English and Continental antiques.

2. Fifteen Ten Antiques

Established in 1998, in the historic Plaza Midwood, Fifteen Ten Antiques features merchandise from the 1800’s to mid twentieth century. There is a definite eclectic mix of decorative art, light fixtures, clocks, watches, china, quilts and thousands of rare collectibles.

3. Acquisitions

You can be the talk of the town with antiques imported from England, France, Spain and Sweden. Acquisitions identify its look as “a sophisticated, casual blend of new and old world pieces." You can find a multitude of carefully selected accessories, including quilts, mirrors, needlepoint pillows and lamps.

4. Windwood Antiques

Housed in a cottage tucked off a side street in the heart of Myers Park, this antique shop offers one of the city's best selections of 18th and 19th century French and English antiques. Charming French chairs, period light fixtures and elegant dining tables barely begin to scratch the surface of what this shop offers.

5. Rococo

Rococo may not look like much on the outside on Selwyn Avenue, but the inside presents customers with extensive selections of lighting, marble topped chests and garden gate coffee tables.

6. Rooney Robinson Antiques

Add some history and refinement to your home with antiques from Rooney Robinson. The staff offers a new take on antiques by offering brilliant ideas of adding a new purpose to items such as hat boxes as centerpieces and candlesticks as jewelry displays.

7. Interiors Marketplace

Find your “must-have” item in the Interiors Marketplace. This is a unique destination with an extensive collection of lamps, mirrors, decorative pillows, vignettes of jewelry and also a collection of bath, body and fragrance items.

8. Granville

Granville is a quaint shop located in Phillips Place in Charlotte. There is a sense of class and elegance to this shop that exhibits soft eighteenth and nineteenth century French and English antiques.

9. Sterling Manor Antiques

Find something fancy as you stroll through Sterling Manor Antiques.This shop specializes in continental furniture primarily from 1720 to 1830. Porcelains, rugs, tapestries, chandeliers, paintings and much more are available here. Each antique has been personally selected for quality, authenticity, and appeal.

10. The Catawba River Antique Mall

Yes, this one is not exactly in Charlotte, but it is worth a bit of the drive anyways. The Catawba River Antique Mall is located in a historic building that is 107 years old and was originally known as the Majestic Mill. The main floor is 360 feet long with high ceilings that invite the visitor to explore each nook and cranny of the area.

11. Sleepy Poet Antique Mall

This award winning antique mall is a neighborhood favorite. The Sleepy Poet has been rated “Best Antiques in Charlotte NC” every year since 2011. This 55,000 square feet of space is packed with fine art, vintage clothes, antique furniture and mid-century modern and classic home décor. Free popcorn is an extra in-store quirk that draws customers in to explore.