- July 9, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Wantagh resident Nicholas Sarnelli’s bedroom is reminiscent of a curiosity shop. Nineteenth-century pipes and pocket watches are scattered across his dresser, an antique Singer sewing machine and an old box camera sit on the floor, and a book filled with yellowed newspaper clippings about World War II rests on his nightstand.
Sarnelli, 32, who lives with his father on Jerusalem Avenue, said he collects these curiosities from local flea markets and antique stores, often at marked-down prices. He has always been drawn to “all things peculiar,” he said.
Some of these items, as well as many others in Sarnelli’s workspace in his garage, have been or will become the subjects of his artwork: antique-style lamps, light fixtures and home decor sold through a business he calls Out of the Dark Into the Light.
Sarnelli started crafting lamps and other interior decor around Halloween 2018, after a friend…
