Woe is me. For years, I’ve been on the lookout for a very specific sort of side table. It took me ten years to finally settle on a coffee table, so maybe you feel my pain. However, I may have found it at Black Whale Antiques. Among the statuary, topiary and urns, you’ll find an unmatched collection of small antique tables from American pine tavern to Queen Ann to Chippendale at surprisingly sweet prices. (A set of French caned-back, leather-seated chairs spoke to me, but alas not a cranny left, no matter how elegant!).

A few rooms of garden inspiration and a book nook stacked with art, antique, decor and cooking tomes will keep you occupied until you feel like heading back to the Country Market for an Ashlawn Farm coffee. Two fun reasons to kill an afternoon in Hadlyme!