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Deluxa: Brooklyn Vintage

click thumbnails for larger pics Deluxa is a well-stocked vintage store in Brooklyn with everything: clothing, furniture, housewares, home accessories and vintage art. You can literally outfit your en...

Baltic Bazaar

Baltic Bazaar is a great fabric and thrift shop in Brooklyn Heights. The shop features vintage clothing, accessories, collectibles and some furniture, as well as a huge selection of fine fabrics. T...

News: Housing Works' Revamped Auctions

We hadn't checked in on Housing Works' auction website in a few weeks, and were surprised to see it had been completely redesigned; "housingworksauctions.com" has become "shophousingworks.com", with...

Billy's Antiques & Props

Welcome to Laura! One of our six bloggers trying out for a NY spot. Comment away... >> Enter Slideshow...

Build It Green! NYC

Address: 3-17 26th Ave. City: Astoria State: NY Zip: 11102 Phone: 718-777-0132 Website: http://www.bignyc.org/front-page Think BIG. If you are looking to renovate using recycled resources or...

AT DC: Community Forklift - Salvage and Donations

This is from DC finalist, Caroline. Comment away! >> Enter Slideshow Just across the DC line, right off route 1 is a great warehouse of salvaged and donated materials. Community Forklift is a perf...

Craigslist Buyers'/Sellers' Remorse

The one that got away. Over the years, we have purchased and sold lots of home decor items on Craigslist. But there is one sale we still think about. We sold the rug above and still, two years later...

Portmanteau

This small shop in Williamsburg features a well-edited collection of vintage and gently-used furnishings and accessories. Located near the corner of Grand and Wythe, the shop's small footprint trans...

Viking Appliances at Build It Green

If you have the room for them, Brownstoner has found some unused Viking appliances at the Queens warehouse Build It Green......

Green Village Used Furniture and Clothing

One man's junk... can be used to decorate another man's home. Shop wisely at Green Village and come away with a steal. It's the place where antique dealers have been hunting treasures for years......

Angel Street Thrift Shop

Patrick McKeon is the Tibor Kalman of thrift shops... Ever since Housing Works introduced the concept of "Salvation Armani" in the mid-1990s, NYC thrift shops have been drifting upmarket. At Angel Str...

Craigslist

Haven't we all bought something or sold something for the home at Craigslist? We've done both. Sold: rug, computer, refrigerator and chairs. Purchased: dining table (which we later customized), drafti...

Fresh Kills

Mid-Century with Edge. Fresh Kills was a clear favorite of the newcomers in our Top Shops 2006. A wonderfully eclectic mix of vintage and new pieces, the Williamsburg shop has a sophisticated eye fo...

Enamoo

The beauty of Enamoo is the shop's mixture of vintage household items with uniquely-designed t-shirts and nice little arrangements of plants. Our favorite here: their trademark antique cheese crates...

City Foundry

Please go to our new link for City Foundry. Vintage finds abound at City Foundry. So much is packed into this space on Atlantic Avenue that it's difficult to take it all in, let alone navigate throu...

Waldorf Hysteria - CLOSED

As far as we are aware, this store is now closed. 8/18/08 - CB Nestled in the East Village, we passed Waldorf Hysteria and had to stop. The pic is snapped from our cell phone and all the goods on t...

Ivan Home

(Back in the sunny Bay Area, Leslie takes us into uncharted waters in her final post. Comment away.) It’s the huge pink brain hanging in the window that first catches your eye. The owner of Ivan H...

Housing Works: Declutter or Decorate This Weekend!

Readers say: "great finds!" & "Always find good used furniture and household products at great prices." Clearly, our reporters have empty apartments and need to nest, but if you are looking to get rid...

Calvary/St.George's Furniture Thrift Shop

Adding to our small inventory of thrift shop listings, we just got a tip that Calvary St. George's Thrift Shop has got some good stuff. I was just walking down Park Avenue South and saw this little ...

Portero: Luxury Online Auctions

There are many services that offer to sell your belongings for you, but the newcomer to the field is Portero, a NY region company that touts its selection as "luxury" only, but only draws the line at ...

Build It Green! NYC

Think BIG. If you are looking to renovate using recycled resources or want to get plugged into the green movement in NYC, Build it Green! is paving the way on the retail front. A division of the Com...

City Opera Thrift Shop

Thrifty. We have a penchant for thrift shops, have our favorites, and recently got told off for not rating City Opera Thrift highly enough. "Best for price and cool finds" and a "cozy shop," City ...

A to Z: Books and Ephemera

For the man who has everything. In seeking out the fancy, we also found the plain, but it is stores like these that often yield treasure. A to Z: Books and Ephemera shares space with Reverse in Par...

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