After three decades of moving antiques, estate finds, and custom furnishings through a series of Baltimore storefronts, Antique Exchange Interiors has settled into a new home: 6119 Falls Road. Owners Wesley and Tom Finnerty relocated the business from its longtime spot in Hampden, trading a cramped rowhome for a Falls Road location with room to breathe — and, crucially, somewhere to actually park.
A Third Address in Three Decades
The move marks the shop's third location since it first opened on Wyndhurst Avenue in Roland Park, according to I95 Business. From there, the Finnertys — who acquired the business and later expanded it into estate clean-outs, interior design, consignments, and appraisals — moved the shop into a converted rowhome at 3545 Chestnut Avenue in Hampden, a stretch of its history also documented by Baltimore Magazine. Wesley Finnerty told I95 Business that parking is much better at the new Falls Road site than it ever was in Hampden, a practical detail that mattered as much as square footage in the decision to move.
The new building sits within the Bare Hills Historic District along the historic Falls Turnpike corridor. The district itself encompasses roughly 90 properties tied to the industrial and residential history of the Jones Falls corridor, placing the shop's new storefront in a setting with its own layered past near Ruxton and Roland Park. Locally, the property's shift from residential to commercial use also drew administrative attention: the conversion included a Comprehensive Zoning Map Process request reviewed by the Ruxton-Riderwood-Lake Roland Area Improvement Association, whose committee records note that the neighborhood group actively monitors development and traffic along the Falls Road corridor.
From Period Antiques to “Classic Meets Current”
Antique Exchange's Hampden years were defined by a deliberate mix of old and new. The shop stocked contemporary brands like Worlds Away, Jonathan Adler, and Dwell Studio alongside 18th- and 19th-century European antiques sourced at auctions and estate sales, Baltimore Magazine reported in October 2019. That blend continues in the business's current identity, which Voyage Baltimore described in an April 2024 profile under the tagline “Classic Meets Current.”
Tom Finnerty brings a background in retirement community sales and psychology to the business's estate liquidation work, helping families navigate downsizing, household merging, or settling an estate, according to the same Voyage Baltimore profile. Estate liquidation became a core service line as the shop grew beyond simple consignment. Wesley Finnerty and her husband purchased the business in 1997.
Pandemic Pivot and a Changing Industry
Day-to-day operations fall to store manager Amy Sells, who built an online product catalog during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, supporting web orders and curbside pickup.
The Falls Road move also lands amid a broader surge in secondhand home furnishings. The U.S. thrift, consignment, and resale industry generated $53 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow to $74 billion by 2029, with younger shoppers driving more than 70% of that secondhand market growth through 2030, according to industry data published by Vintique. Rising retail prices and trade anxieties have pushed more consumers toward the secondary home furnishings market this year, increasing demand for pre-owned wood furniture and mixed-era decorative arts, per industry surveys from the Asheford Institute of Antiques. For a shop that has spent 30 years blending classic pieces with current design trends, the timing of its biggest move yet lines up with a national shift back toward exactly that kind of mix.
