Fellenz Antiques

Walked in showed bill a picture of the types of doors I needed. He walked over show me two styles to choose from and even helped me laid them.

First off– you need to note that this isn’t a typical antique shop– this is an Architectural Salvage shop. And an amazing one.
If you recently bough an old house, and need to replace a banister, tin tile, door, ironwork– then this is the perfect place.
Bill, is a nice old guy who has a plethora of various knobs, grills, and odd ends– everything you would need if you are fixing up an old house.

First off don’t got here… because I want to keep it all to myself.
This place is more of an architectural salvage store and not an antique store. Bill the owner has been there for over 53 years.
I Bill to be found him to be EXTREMELY NICE and HELPFUL! Lots of great stories and showed my wife around the store because she was looking for tin ceiling tiles.
Yes, they don’t like to haggle, but that’s because things are priced to move.
I live in Chicago and WISH I had a place like this! Prices are about triple (at least) in Chicago to give you an idea of how lucky you are to live close to this place.
Boo-​hoo you get a little dust on your fingers, and it’s not a fancy-​pants antique store — GOOD I hope this place stays around for another 53 years. Whenever I’m in town I will be sure to visit.
Bill also gave our dog Charlie treats from his lunch. Will visit every time I am in town. Treasure this place St. Louis folks, you have a real gem.

I don’t know of any other architectural salvage shops in STL with a selection like Fellenz. One of the best places for that reclaimed project.

Interesting little shop, packed to the brim with salvage. Some of it is very nice and hard to find. Be warned: it will be expensive and they don’t like to haggle. In fact, the way they don’t haggle makes no sense to me. Most salvage places overprice things so they can haggle. This place overprices them and then keeps the price high.
They had a lot of ornate metal when i was there, some decent doors, a decent hardware selection, a couple of lights but not that many, some nice stained glass pieces, fireplace mantles, etc.
The man behind the counter (not the owner), was a little grumpy and didn’t seem to like his job. The hours were difficult to deal with.
Worth checking out once. Probably not a place you would return many times.

Well I’ve only been in here once and quite frankly I wasn’t so sure as to what I was stepping into when I stumbled in here on Saturday morning. The owner sat in front of a desk in a cold, cluttered warehouse with antique mantles, summer screens, doors, and many other household items.
The place has a lot of beautiful works that the owner has collected over time, but the prices were enough to keep you from leaving with much.

If you have an old house and can’t find the _​_​_​you need, THIS is the place. I’ve been looking for a fireplace insert for 9-​years with no luck. Fellenz has HUNDREDS. That said, the help is less than minimal, the hours are inconvenient, the place is less store than warehouse and you will get dirty.

Fellenz gets some mad props from me. The guy has quite a collection of architectural salvage items, mostly from stately old St. Louis homes. Also, he has a dipping tank and carries quite a few doors, windows, and other pieces of woodwork that has been stripped for a pretty good price.
This is not a frou-​frou antiques store, in fact the place is dusty and dark and there is just stuff stacked on top of other stuff clear to the rafters. it doesn’t help that the building is pretty small and chocked full. However, there are treasures to be found with persistence.
The negatives from my perspective: First, the hours here totally suck. I would imagine the best days and times for a business like this would be weekends, but they close up by 2pm on a Saturday. Sometimes earlier, depending on how he feels. Not the best way to get customers. Second, some of the stuff isn’t in the greatest shape and it isn’t helped by being piled up on and tossed around because of the cramped space. Third, pricing on some items is super cheap and others seems really high. I chatted him up a bit and caught on quickly that prices weren’t really negotiable. I’d like to know if anyone had better luck with this.
Bottom line, a good place to seek out that elusive piece for your house or just to see some historic St. Louis artifacts.