Old is gold - more vintage furniture stores popping up here
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Wow The Galleria (above) uses reclaimed wood from boat and petrified wood which has been aged. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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Wow The Galleria uses reclaimed wood from boat and petrified wood which has been aged. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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An old cinema rocking chair from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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A recycled oil drum mirror and amino boxes from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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An old barber's chair from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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A bar stool made from recycled teak and iron from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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A silversmith table made of recycled boat wood from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Wow The Galleria (above) uses reclaimed wood from boat and petrified wood which has been aged. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
Wow The Galleria uses reclaimed wood from boat and petrified wood which has been aged. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
An old cinema rocking chair from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
A recycled oil drum mirror and amino boxes from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
An old barber's chair from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
A bar stool made from recycled teak and iron from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
A silversmith table made of recycled boat wood from Wow The Galleria. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Damn Good Shop, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, The Godown, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Vintage furniture store, Baan Vintage, offers a wide variety of antiques. Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
Rotary dial telephones, teak cabinets and old-fashioned dressers are making a comeback. And new furniture stores selling old stuff are opening to cater to the trend.
Four such shops have opened in the last six months: WoW The Galleria in Tagore Lane stocks reworked wood furniture; The GoDown in Zion Road has a sizeable collection of nostalgia-inducing furniture, glassware and metal luggage; Baan Vintage store in East Coast shopping mall Roxy Square II, which will sell you vintage cupboards as well as retro dresses to put in them; and The Damn Good Shop in Maxwell Road, which offers tongue-in-cheek knick-knacks from yesteryear.
They join more established players such as Like That One, a retailer specialising in vintage home furnishings which opened in Bukit Batok in 2009; and Second Charm, set up in the Kallang Avenue industrial area some 11 years ago.
Most of the furniture in these stores is sourced from neighbouring countries like Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar - where homeowners are less renovation-happy than Singaporeans and old pieces more easily found.
