About us

About Us

In A Nutshell was founded in 2014. We sell a variety of antiques and interior pieces, covering a wide range of eras and styles. Every piece we sell is carefully selected for its style, quality, originality and character.

Our shop is situated in the historic Dartmoor town of Ashburton in the beautiful Devon countryside. You can visit us 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm

We work with private customers, trade buyers and interior designers. If you're working on a project and are looking for certain items please get in touch with us - we have large store rooms and we are out on the road buying every week.

An integral part of our business is our workshop. We pride ourselves on the quality of the pieces we sell and every item we sell is meticulously checked and sympathetically restored so you can be sure it is ready for the home. 

With over 40 years experience we cover every aspect of restoration from traditional French polishing to colouring, wood turning, metal work and upholstery.


Buying Service



We are always looking to buy antiques and offer a comprehensive buying service from single items to full house clearances. If you’re considering selling your antiques contact us to find out how we can help.

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Valuation Service


Our experienced and knowledgable team are able to provide valuations for Probate purposes covering all contents including antiques, jewellery and other chattels. We know Probate can be difficult so we always approach valuations in a sensitive and confidential manner offering easy to understand assistance every step of the way.


We are also able to provide professional valuations for Insurance purposes from single items to whole contents.




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In A Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ashburton Devon Dartmoor

Lydia writes a fortnightly column "Moor Antiques" for The Moorlander Newspaper, sharing her experiences and top tips from life in the Antiques Trade

We are proud members of Ashburton Antiques Trail - a group of Ashburton based dealers who work together to promote Ashburton as an antique shopping destination.


With over 10 independent antique shops in one town it's recently been described by The Telegraph as “Devon's best destination for antiques shopping”!

“Great folks to do business with and very efficient. Good and varied stock"
D.Stockley
 “We bought a selection of furniture & accessories which are all beautiful and great quality but what makes them particularly exceptional is the outstanding service they provide. They sent all the photos we needed to be happy to go ahead and they did everything they could to ensure we got the items on time, even at short notice.
M.Cooper
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