Longtime Unadilla resident Jackie Carey is giving old things, and an established business, fresh life.
Carey launched Vintage Variety, an expansion of the Green Giraffe, in late November. She transitioned Green Giraffe from outside the village to the 16,000-square-foot historical space at 179 Main St., Unadilla. The building was most recently Joyce’s Furniture Store but, Carey said, has been “a staple in this community for almost 200 years.”
Carey said the space will offer goods for which the Green Giraffe, established in 2010, became known, alongside new offerings.
“We house a sewing and fabric store, (Threads Past to Present), that gives sewing lessons and a vintage clothes section — the Vintage Closet — and both of those (vendors) have been with me for a while, but we didn’t have…
