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Da Barn

If you're at all interested in antiques, we have one word of advice, regarding Da Barn: Go. Located less than two hours from Chicago in New Buffalo, Michigan, this old barn is a scavenger's heaven. ...

Urban Totem

A shop focused on true eclectic tastes - in the form of antique chandeliers, mirrors, artwork, and furnishings. The Evanston shop boasts, "1910 prams, a carousel horse, outsider art shelves, toys, ex...

Reviews or Insight about GoAntiques.com?

We stumbled upon this site today, and although there's some seemingly great stuff, we were pretty blown away by the high prices. Does anyone know what's up with GoAntiques.com? Anyone purchased anythi...

Chicago Architecture Foundation Store

Located on Michigan Avenue across from the Art Institute, the Chicago Architecture Foundation Store is in the middle of a tourist hub. They have a wide selection of guidebooks and Chicago paraphern...

Al Bar Wilmette Platers and Wilmette Hardware

We just bought a vintage industrial oven/stove secondhand. It needs a thorough clean-up, including refinishing a front panel. After deciding to get the panel plated in nickel, Wilmette Hardware came ...

Shopping in Chicago: Pagoda Red Warehouse Sale

Pagoda Red has some of the best Chinese antiques in Chicago, so when we heard about their warehouse sale (listed on the CHI Sales Calendar) we had to stop by. To inaugurate their new West Loop wareh...

Shopping in Chicago: Broadway Antique Market (BAM)

Wooden salt 'n pepper setOver the weekend we made one of our semi-regular stops into the Broadway Antique Market. While much of the stock hangs around for months and months, here are a few things we h...

Wilmette Hardware

This one is a reader tip: We got an email from Tom last week about Wilmette Hardware... "I have been working with a great shop in Wilmette, Il. Al Bar Wilmette and Wilmette Hardware.com provided t...

Ravenswood Antique Mart

We finally stopped in the Ravenswood Antique Mart recently, a place that looks so good from the front windows. Inside it's good too: clean, organized, open for browsing without knocking things over, a...

Olde Good Things

New to Chicago is a branch of the NY-based salvage company, Olde Good Things. We have not visited the shop yet, but are intrigued by what is available. Antique wood flooring, iron work, mantels and...

Architectural Artifacts

Architectural Artifacts has popped up in conversation countless times; many people have been to the enormous atrium for fundraisers and parties, others have stopped in looking for the perfect rare fin...

Urban Archeology

The stately, steeped-in-history Merchandise Mart is a fitting home to a brand new NYC import, Urban Archeology. When the first Urban Archeology shop opened in Soho in 1978, they salvaged and sold or...