Hi! Welcome to Camlen Antiques Online! Cameron and Helen Brown began Camlen Inc. in 1982 as an antique shop and a Christmas store in a growing tourist town. The business grew steadily with three expansions added onto the existing Victorian building. The Christmas store became well known for its unique items and its comprehensive and creative Department 56 displays. The antique business grew steadily also, as Cam expanded his network of antique pickers. In 1996, after wholesaling antiques to one large American customer for more than a decade, we began to expand our wholesale client base. We increased to about eight different antique dealers in Ontario, Bristish Columbia and the New England states. In the process, we expanded our workshop from one full-time employee to four full-time people and began to manufacture 'antiques' with old wood to keep up with the growing demand for furniture to suit people's modern needs. Over the following three years, our operation continued to expand steadily and we began to make solid pine furniture from new wood.

At the same time, we were buying and selling 150 year old log cabins and using their interior wood for furniture. In January 2000, we attended our first trade show in Toronto, Canada where our product was very well received. In the fall of that same year we moved and subsequently sold the Christmas store, in order to be able to streamline our business to furniture.
Our wholesale client list has grown incredibly as we reach new clients each year at The Canadian Home Furnishings Market. Through the website and other sources, we have established a greater presence in the U.S.and we are continuing to expand into that market.

We now have a workshop of about 36 people repairing, restoring and refinishing furniture as well as several other cabinet makers building our reproductions. Our retail store is open 7 days / week all year long. There, you will find a great selection of all of our furniture as well as giftware for home decor and garden.
Whether your needs range from a small bedside table to furnishing your own store, Camlen sells wholesale and retail all over the world. With well established pipelines to the U.S. east and west coast, and constant shipping to the maritimes and the west, Camlen has the expertise in all aspects of transporting, building, refinishing, and even tailor making the right "antique" for you.
Look on, and discover a company that has reinvented the antique business, and set new standards for honesty, workmanship, variety, value, and convenience.