Anne Healy spent years imagining the antique shop she would open someday. Not someday soon. Just someday. Then, after a couple of years of letting that dream take shape in her mind, she decided she was done waiting.
She wanted to build it now.
That decision became Fife Antiques, a business built around sourcing charming European pieces, currently from England with plans to expand further across the continent, and bringing them to the desert Southwest. Anne’s goal isn’t just to sell antiques. It’s to offer old-world beauty in a part of the country where those pieces are genuinely hard to find.
As the business took shape, Anne knew a garage wasn’t going to cut it. But she didn’t need a massive warehouse either. She was looking for something in between: a space large enough to support a growing inventory and showcase her pieces, but not so large that it felt like she was getting ahead of herself.
That’s what made WorkBay the right fit.
Anne says WorkBay was the “sweet spot” she needed. She appreciated the range of unit sizes, which meant she could find a space that matched where the business actually was without overcommitting to something bigger. But what stood out most was the unit itself.
Specifically: the windows.
Anne is also a photographer, and natural light matters to her in a way it might not to everyone else. She didn’t want a space that felt like a storage unit. She wanted something that could function as a real shop, a place where she could photograph pieces beautifully, welcome customers warmly, and let the inventory breathe.
That mattered because the Fife Antiques brand is about helping people see how antiques can fit into their homes. Anne wants customers to feel inspired when they walk in, to picture how a piece might live in their own space. The natural light, tall ceilings, and overall warmth of the unit all help make that possible.
When people visit, she says they are often a little wowed. And that reaction is important. The more the space feels like a home rather than a warehouse, the easier it is for customers to imagine these antiques as part of their everyday lives.
For Anne, WorkBay has helped make the business feel more legitimate. It gave her a place where Fife Antiques could grow on a slightly larger scale without requiring the leap into a huge industrial space. It created room not just for inventory, but for vision.
Fife Antiques is still growing, but the foundation is clear: beautiful European antiques, thoughtfully sourced and warmly presented in the heart of the desert Southwest.
For Anne, that’s the dream she carried for years. Now, it’s no longer something she plans to do someday.
It’s something she’s building now.
Find Your Sweet Spot
Not too big. Not too small. WorkBay micro warehouse units are sized for small businesses that need real space without paying for square footage they do not use.
