AMHERST — As a teenager, Skye Wellington frequented Kelly’s restaurant, a nearly 30-year mainstay of a College Street business plaza until closing near the end of 2022.

Almost exactly 24 months later, with the 314 College St. space just down the hill from Amherst College remaining vacant, Innovintage Place, Wellington’s vintage and artisan collective that opened on Black Friday six years ago in Greenfield, has moved and reopened in that spot.

“It’s so exciting. I’m hopeful that it will be good for us. Right now it’s still [too] early to tell,” she said, “especially since it took me six years to develop the business ... and the customer base in Greenfield.”

Wellington said that an issue with the landlord of the 76 Hope St. building forced her to move late last year. She had a soft opening in the new Amherst spot a week or so before Christmas and into the new year, with a visit from multidisciplinary artist Genevieve Gaignard. Innovintage Place then held a grand opening two weeks ago.

Going from 4,000 square feet at the Greenfield location to 1,200 square feet at the Amherst site is a challenge, but she is trying to make it work. She mentioned, though, she was able to retain only two of her vendors.

Still, Wellington is enthuasiastic. Though another restaurant called The Corner Cupboard was to have taken the place of Kelly’s, even getting a sign in place, that business never opened. Yet, the plaza is still active with Mom’s House Convenience Store and Talon Furniture and Mattress.

“There’s a wonderful business community, especially in that plaza,” Wellington said. “And Amherst is really excited to have us, too.”

The Greenfield native had a brush with national television in 2023 when she appeared on an episode of the reality TV show “Pawn Stars Do America.” Wellington traveled to The Endicott Estate in Dedham and appeared for 90 seconds on the episode “Beantown Bargains,” declining pawnbroker Corey Harrison’s $100 offer for a copper boiling pot she said is from the Victorian era.

She had better luck when Ed Bourbeau — who maintained a booth at 76 Hope St. and followed Innovintage Place to Amherst — sold a set of bagpipes to pawnbroker Austin “Chumlee” Russell for $800. He had asked for $2,222 and was told by Wellington, who got the pipes at an auction in Orange, not to accept less than $400.

Despite the bumpy road, Wellington said she adores being a small business owner.

“I love it so much because it gives me the opportunity to travel and meet a lot of people, and I also have a knack [for] bringing home decor and vintage into people’s lives,” she said.

Wellington said one of her biggest clients is Yankee Candle, which she said buys vignettes to use as backdrops in photo shoots.

She also maintains an active Facebook page for Innovintage Place. Current hours are Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Reach Domenic Poli at dpoli@recorder.com or 413-930-4120.