02-26-2023 Harford Magazine - Flipbook - Page 51
Best of Harford
Jennifer Lane owns
Belle Patri, the
Jarrettsville design
store that sells both
new and consignment
home décor.
SHOPPING
Belle Patri
Best furniture and Best Consignment/Resale
3725 Federal Hill Road, Jarrettsville, 21084. www.bellepatri.com
KENNETH K. LAM
From farmhouse style to modern and
midcentury, Belle Patri does it all.
The Jarrettsville design store sells both new
and consignment home décor, and lots of it.
The 9,000-square-foot shop has hundreds of
thousands of pieces in stock, spanning furniture
to “little knickknacks,” says owner Jennifer Lane.
Lane started the business 15 years ago as a “fun
way to have a creative outlet and do what I enjoy,
which is decorating.”
Since then, it’s grown to include a second
location in Columbia as well as a roster of
services like furniture painting classes and design
help. Lane has also pulled her family into the
business: her husband takes care of tech for Belle
Patri, her son runs deliveries and her daughter
manages the Columbia store.
The past few years have been busy. The
pandemic brought a renewed interest from
customers in home décor, and Lane had plenty of
consignment furniture in stock while other stores
had monthslong waiting lists.
“As people have gone through the pandemic,
they’re at home more,” Lane says. “They’re
actually enjoying their homes and refreshing
them.”
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