Vintage in a new light: Second-hand furniture stores get creative

GoDown in Zion Road sets up its shop with distinct living, kitchen and dining room areas to showcase its vintage home furnishings. ST PHOTO: MATTHIAS CHONG
Hock Siong & Co., which started as a karung guni business in the 1970s, has turned into a bustling used furniture business with over 20,000 followers on Instagram. ST PHOTO: SYAZA NISRINA
1B2G specialises in vintage furniture by well-known Danish designers, selling the original pieces manufactured from the 1950s to 1970s. ST PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO
The Past Perfect Collection specialises in colonial-style antiques sourced directly from India. ST PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO
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SINGAPORE - With consumers preferring all that is new and shiny, convincing people to buy second-hand goods can be a hard business.

Images of stuffy and dusty warehouses messily stacked with chunky outdated dressers and closets are generally associated with second-hand furniture shopping.

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