Miss Pixie, in With the 14th Street Crowd

Miss Pixie has joined the party on 14th Street.

Pixie Windsor, who has sold vintage furniture in Adams Morgan since 1997, recently moved her pink awning and her store, Miss Pixie's Furnishings & Whatnot, to join the growing mix of independent retailers clustering around 14th and U streets NW.

Known for her eye for finding Shabby Chic-style sofas ($300 to $500) and mid-century lamps ($45 to $150), Windsor and business partner Geoff Dawson, a local restaurateur, have opened a more spacious location in a former car dealership. "I can carry more and bigger pieces, like rock crystal chandeliers, pairs of sofas and garden furniture," she says. (And stay tuned for a possible food component to the business.)

As before, her new shop at 1626 14th St. NW is open Thursday through Sunday. The rest of the week, Windsor trawls auctions in Delaware, Pennsylvania and their environs for wicker furniture, dice-theme fondue forks, purple-goth fireplaces and orange-tufted wing chairs. She once snagged the leftovers from the estate of Katharine Graham, the late publisher of The Washington Post, including several dozen pink-and-green Christian Dior padded clothes hangers.

Shoppers who live within a four-block radius get delivery for $20 in Miss Pixie's 1969 orange Chevy pickup. For more information, call 202-232-8171 or visit http://www.misspixies.com.

Jura Koncius