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SHOP AND SAVE: Style Your Shelter
From antiques and glass art to retro-chic lamps, everything you need to spiff up your digs.
AURORA ANTIQUE PAVILION
At this 30,000-square-foot antique mall, California Raisin statues jockey for space with fine wood dining tables and Fiestaware gravy boats. If you come with a friend, bring your cell phone: It’s easy to get lost among the 110 well-stocked booths. We found a lamp made from a 1950s pink hair-dryer, $55. Saver’s Secret Ask dealer Jon Ovenell to show you his warehouse in the back; it’s full of wood-carved European wardrobes, most priced under $200. 24111 Hwy 99, Ste 201, Edmonds, 425-744-0566; www.auroraantiquepavilion.com
BEDROCK INDUSTRIES
Owner Maria Ruano and her staff of artists have hit upon a seriously cool idea: rescue glass headed for landfills and repurpose it into beautiful (and affordable) tiles and garden ornaments such as jewel-toned glass lolli-pops, hummingbird “sun catcher” mobiles, and delicate chimes. We found Four-by-four glass tiles, $2.75 apiece; mini round sun catchers, $20. 1401 W Garfield St, Interbay, 206-283-7625; www.bedrockindustries.com
EARTHWISE BUILDING SALVAGE
If it comes from a house and is more than 50 years old, chances are you’ll find it at this salvage warehouse full of hinges, metal mailboxes, locks, drawer pulls, doors, windows, banisters, and a Museum of Antiquities (sadly the antiquities are not for sale). We found apitong flooring—a very hard hardwood from an endangered Filippino tree that is no longer milled—from Garfield High School, $5 per square foot. 3447 Fourth Ave S, Ste E, SoDo, 206-624-4510; www.earthwise-salvage.com
HALF PRICE POTS
What’s on sale here is no surprise: garden pots, acres of them, for about half of what you’d pay elsewhere. What’s not so obvious is that the owner of this local chain travels the world regularly to find companies who treat employees fairly as well as create beautiful, low-cost containers for your favorite plants. We found Spanish-style tiled wall mount and plant holder, $19.99. www.halfpricepots.com
KASALA OUTLET
When one of Kasala’s sleek sofas, glossy bookshelves, or brightly patterned rugs gets slightly dinged or sits too long in the showroom, it’s shipped off to this spacious warehouse, then sold at a steep discount. Even with a tear in the arm, a couch will fetch as much as $1,000—but for near-perfect modern furniture built to last, prices at this SoDo outlet store are tough to beat. We found Duo Nesting Tables (original price $395), $59. 1946 Occidental Ave S, SoDo, 206-340-0367; kasala.com
MODELE’S CONSIGNMENT
You won’t find thrift-store prices, but the gently used, top-of-the-line consignment furniture at Modele’s—sold for about half the original retail price—is a bargain nonetheless. It’s smart to make friends with the outgoing and expert staff. They’ve got a request list, and if someone consigns the item of a customer’s dreams, they’ll offer the dreamer first dibs. We found a Minotti suitcase chair (original price $4,858), $850; a custom gold-leafed screen (original price $25,000), $9,500. 1001 Western Ave, Downtown, 206-287-9942; www.modelesfurniture.com
RESTORATION HARDWARE OUTLET
The massive Restoration Hardware in Tulalip’s Seattle Premium Outlets, where shoppers scoop up overstock sheet sets and near-perfect furniture and lamps, all for considerably less than retail, is always full of “I just got an unbelievable deal” good cheer. We found supersoft Turkish towels, $5 each. 10600 Quil Ceda Blvd, Ste 105, Tulalip, 360-654-3712; www.restorationhardware.com
SECOND USE BUILDING MATERIALS
In a city that worships the words “reduce, reuse, recycle,” architectural salvage is practically a religion. Each month Second Use—the biggest and most well-organized of the salvage-store bunch—rescues some 100 tons of housing materials, garage doors to stained-glass windows, from being sent to the dump, which is right next door. We found A mint-green art deco porcelain wall sconce, $85. 7953 Second Ave S, South Park, 206-763-6929; www.seconduse.com
Published: February 2008
