Marisa Gaggino

The look is just right for the down-to-earth market setting, and it is the work of Marisa Gaggino of the Heritage Co. in Royal Oak.

Marisa Gaggino, owner of the Heritage Co.II, 116 E. Seventh St., Royal Oak, has assembled a dream team of designers and antique dealers specializing in new and old furniture, accessories and garden art.05/07/05

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Left to right: Peggy Allgeier, Julie Leonard, Marisa Gaggino, Eileen Marsh, Carol Black, Jane Jones and Tammy Grube scour the Midwest in search of antiques to restore and sell at Heritage Co.
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"It took some time to assemble this group of new and veteran antiques dealers/decorators," says Marisa Gaggino, owner of Heritage Co.II.
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Marisa Gaggino helps her son, Wyatt, 3, attach crystal droplets to a vintage chandelier that's being rewired.Gaggino says the hottest finds today are anything metal or iron from old office buildings.
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"Nobody works harder than Peggy to comb the Midwest for terrific looking pieces that are affordable," Gaggino says.
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As for Marisa Gaggino, who lives in Royal Oak, she continues to ferret out the funkiest new finds, adding to her considerable collection of architectural artifacts (columns, fences, windows).
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Metal letters and commercial furniture (desks, storage units, laboratory tables) sell well at Marisa Gaggino's space, Architectural Artifacts.

"What's hot right now is anything metal or iron, from commercial office desks to medical cabinets and tables," she says."I just acquired from Schoolcraft College a collection of metal laboratory tables, and I also bought some Simmons Beautyrest metal motel furniture -- they manufacture more than mattresses, you know."Gaggino spruces up the gun metal items with a wire wheel brush and then lacquers them for a handsome finish."It's a fresh, new, modern look that mixes well with antiques," says Gaggino, adding that the look especially appeals to single men who like the "space age, Jetson feel."There is a special feel to the Heritage Co.II building, too, which is located a stone's throw from the Grand Trunk Railroad tracks."Originally, this was the Lawson Lumber building, built in the 1920s," Gaggino says.