What began as a construction workers habit of picking up furniture at local auctions eventually grew into a 7,000-square-foot antique shop on South Sheridan Road in Tulsa. That is the origin of L and J Treasures: Les, drawn to auctions through his background in construction and real estate, kept bringing pieces home until his own house could no longer hold the collection, and he and his wife Janette started hosting neighborhood yard sales just to make room. From there the business moved into a rented booth, then expanded through a series of larger spaces before settling into its current dedicated storefront, a growth path that mirrors how many family antique businesses in Oklahoma get their start as a hobby before becoming a full-time trade.
Today the shop is still a family operation, with the couples daughter Kayla and her husband Cody helping run day-to-day operations alongside Les and Janette. The inventory leans toward furniture, kitchen and household items, tools, and general home decor, with furniture in particular singled out by shoppers as a strength of the collection. What sets the shop apart from a typical resale store is the hands-on treatment every piece receives before it reaches the floor: items are hand-washed, inspected, and repaired by the family rather than sold as-is, and anything tagged it works has been personally tested and comes with a 24-hour warranty, a level of accountability uncommon in secondhand furniture shopping where buyers usually take mechanical or functional items on faith.
That attention extends to the shopping experience itself. Staff are known for helping customers track down specific items, wrapping fragile purchases for the trip home, and offering care instructions so a restored piece holds up after the sale, the kind of personalized service that comes naturally to a small family crew rather than a large retail operation. Because inventory turns over constantly as new estate finds and auction pickups arrive, regular visitors describe the shop as feeling different every time they stop in, which keeps a rotating base of repeat customers coming back to see what Les and the family have found most recently.
L and J Treasures is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday, and located at 1565 South Sheridan Road in Tulsa. Shoppers can reach the store directly at 918-949-4404 or follow along on Facebook and Instagram for previews of new arrivals between visits. For anyone in Tulsa looking for furniture and household antiques that have been personally cleaned, repaired, and warrantied by the family that found them, rather than sold straight off an estate sale floor, L and J Treasures remains a dependable, hands-on alternative to big-box resale, run today by the same two generations who built it one auction trip at a time.
