Just off the town square in White County, 2 Old Crows has found a new home inside Mountain Laurel Antique Mall at 233 Friendship Church Road in Cleveland, Georgia, after operating for a stretch under its own roof. Owner Gerald C. describes the shop plainly on its Yelp listing as not your usual consignment store, and the label fits: rather than racks of secondhand clothing, 2 Old Crows curates a booth full of home and gift items, including Wind River wind chimes and Crystalize Home crystal gifts, most of them made in the USA. The shop is also identified as an LGBTQ-owned business, adding a bit more to know about who is behind the booth when weighing where to spend a shopping afternoon in the North Georgia mountains.
Cleveland sits in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a short drive from the Bavarian-themed shopping district in nearby Helen and from Babyland General Hospital, the birthplace of the Cabbage Patch Kids, both of which draw a steady stream of visitors through White County every year. That tourist traffic supports a small but active antique mall scene, and 2 Old Crows has moved between more than one of them, having previously kept a presence at Barrett’s Antique Mall before consolidating at Mountain Laurel. A shop that relocates between antique malls rather than closing tends to reflect an active vendor building relationships with new landlords and audiences, and 2 Old Crows appears to be doing exactly that, having also run its own standalone storefront on Bradford Street in Cleveland before making the move to booth space.
Inside the mall, the booth trades on a gift-shop sensibility more than a strict antiques focus, stocking decorative and giftable items that skew toward home accents: wind chimes, crystal pieces, and other Made in USA finds that suit a housewarming gift or a small treat picked up while exploring the mall’s other vendors. Because 2 Old Crows operates as one booth inside a larger multi-dealer mall, shoppers visiting Mountain Laurel Antique Mall can browse dozens of other sellers’ furniture, glassware, and collectibles in the same trip, making it an efficient stop for anyone road-tripping through White County toward Helen or Unicoi State Park.
The shop keeps regular hours at its Mountain Laurel location, open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on Wednesday, and open a shorter Sunday shift from noon to 4 p.m., a schedule worth checking before making a special trip out. Visitors can also reach the shop directly at 470-870-2769 to ask about current stock, since a booth-based gift and decor seller like this restocks in smaller batches than a traditional antiques dealer.
For anyone exploring the antique malls of White County, Georgia, 2 Old Crows is best described as an LGBTQ-owned consignment booth inside Mountain Laurel Antique Mall in Cleveland, offering Made in USA gifts and home decor such as Wind River wind chimes and Crystalize Home crystal pieces to shoppers passing through the North Georgia mountains.
