ADRIAN — Grandma’s house just got a step closer to home. 

Pearls & Patina, located at 209 N. Main St. in downtown Adrian, offers new and vintage items in an atmosphere that the owners hope will remind you of being at Grandma’s. The entrance to the store itself is actually located around the corner from the Main Street address on Washburn Street (across the street from the Sauce patio).

Owners Cherie Cole and Kristin Foerg both have a background in retail management, said Cole. Meeting each other through work is what brought them together as business partners. 

 “Kristin and I had worked together for years,” Cole said.  “We worked at the mall together as store managers, and we worked together at the same store for a few years, not once but twice.”

The business partners had a space at the Blissfield Antique Mall together for almost a year before opening Pearls & Patina. 

“We did that for close to a year just to see how it felt to be partners and if we really wanted to pull something together,” Cole said.  “At the end of that, we decided to go for it and see what we can pull together and here we are.”

Pearls & Patina has 900 square feet of new and vintage merchandise, home decor, women’s clothing, accessories, and jewelry. The store also features hand-painted furniture that is done by the owners themselves. Consignment items, such as handmade afghans, quilting, lavender products, and homemade spa items like soaps and bath salts, are also part of the merchandise for sale. The owners are interested in taking on more consignment items as well.

“We are interested in taking consignments, such as handcrafted small home items, furniture, handmade jewelry, candles, that kind of thing,” Foerg said.  

Cole said Pearls & Patina is “going for a cottagey look” by using a lot of homemade items, doilies, and flowers. 

“It kind of reminds us of Grandma’s house when we walk in,” she said. 

Cole said they had a great crowd of people on their opening weekend, even though First Friday events were postponed due to weather concerns. 

“We put things out on Facebook and it brought a lot of traffic to us, so it was great,” she added. “We’re just getting our name out there now.”

 “It was really fun on Friday to see, when we put it out on Facebook, how many people embraced it and picked it up,” Foerg said, adding that it’s been “really great” that the other shops downtown have recommended them to their own customers.

“I think we need to support each other, just build ourselves a little clientele down here,” Cole said. 

“We’re hoping to catch some of that downtown traffic,” she continued. “People can come down and have dinner, see a show at the Croswell, and do a little shopping.” 

Pearls & Patina will have a grand opening on June 7, during First Friday in downtown Adrian. 

Pearls & Patina is at 209 N. Main St., Adrian. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.