Anna and Ron Woodstock bought a 5,000-squarefoot log home and square-timber barn  on 13-acres in Stittsville. Their daughters named  it The Ponderosa. After renovating a horse stable next to their house, it became the antique store named  Ponderosa's Barn.

         If you are looking for  Canadiana furniture, vintage bone china, silverware and whimsical country decor they stock it.

        Open since July, Ponderosa's Barn isn't the first stab at the retail business for Anna a diehard antique collector.

        In the '80s, Anna and Ron operated an antiques store in Orléans, but found it difficult at that time.

       Regulars at antique shows and many different auctions across the Ottawa Valley and Van's Auction Service in Kingston, it was a smooth transition after 30 years of buying, selling and collecting antiques, to start the operation of an antique store  once again in the newly renovated "Ponderosa's Barn".

      Now the commute is hard to beat. with the business on the property, and Anna working part time at the nearby kennel.  

      Retired  45 years as a financial planner, Ron  get his hands dirty stripping  paint from old dressers, dining tables, china cabinets that he picks up at auctions and estate sales or through pickers. Or if we don't have something, (what customers are looking for), we'll try to find it for them.

         The Barn has a second-floor loft filled with beautiful furniture as well, but since it  isn't heated it will only be open until the weather gets to cold.