Not-So-Spooky Salem #4: Witch City Consignment

Can you tell I have a strange obsession with vintage consignment and antiques of all kinds? I can't help it. Yeti and I both love things that are older and have character and a history behind them. I guess it's a good thing we live in Salem, huh? ;) That's why when we came across Witch City Consignment we were kind of excited! What better place to help furnish our new apartment!

The store is massive! They even have a basement level that they open up when the main floor starts to fill up with product. The whole shop is a giant menagerie of nostalgia. It's part antique store/part thrift shop with an inventory ranging from beautiful gently-used furniture to piano rolls. Yes pianos rolls. Like for an old school player piano!I'm always very impressed by the furniture selection whenever I go in there. The prices are fair considering some of the items. Yeti and I actually bought an oak table from them with a set of 4 chairs for $140. That's a pretty sweet deal! If we would've gone to Jordan's or Bernie and Phyl's, who knows how much that would have cost us! Even if we don't have anything in particular to buy, it's fun to just go in, look around and see just how many strange things we can find. Like this shelf full of typewriters:

Seriously,those signs make everyone want to play with them....

And my adorable new Halloween tree:

That's also the oak table we bought in the picture :). 

If you're a sucker for old-world style and furnishings like me, hold onto your wallet when you walk into this store. It's hard to walk out empty handed. I really was not planning on buying that Halloween tree but I couldn't resist! You've gotta act fast if you see something you like at Witch City Consignment. It could be there one day and sold the next! It's shopping at places like this that have ruined shopping malls for me. Sure I could go by a bookshelf at Target that is way overpriced and cheaply made, but it would be the same bookshelf everyone else has. Maybe just in a different color. It would have no character or life of it's own or story to tell. The items in stores like this most likely ended up there at the end of someone's life or because they wouldn't fit in someone's new home. They obviously held significance at one point. Why shouldn't they go to another good home to be enjoyed and support a small business at the same time? Or even better maybe at a store like the Goodwill or Salvation Army whose profits go to a good cause. Thrift stores are awesome and Witch City Consignment is one of the best around.

If you happen to stumble upon it during your October trek and you like what you see, make sure you come back and see them during the off-season. We'd like to keep them around until next Halloween season  and for a good long time after that ;).