Small Business Resolutions: Occoquan Antiques Now a Boutique

Owner Gudi Bignotti now has the freedom to be more selective about her merchandise.

Occoquan Antiques owner Gudi Bignotti is done with retirement. After nearly closing the shop in 2011 and closing it to retire in April of 2012, Bignotti has downsized and moved her business from Mill Street to Union Street.  "My husband saw that I was not happy after we did all the traveling that you do after you retire, that's supposed to be so wonderful," she said. "We did it all, and that was the end of it. I could not stand it anymore. I said, 'Pete, I have to open another store.'"  "We are in this for the long run," she added. Her husband now works two days a week at the shop.  She signed the lease Nov. 1 last year, and opened Nov. 15 to catch holiday business. She calls the store an "antique boutique," and hopes to catch the …

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