So glad I found this lil' store. My partner and I found it driving past. They had a fab display of…read morevintage furniture set up outside. That generally catches my attention. So much so, I hit the brakes and double back! This store is full of really great thrift finds. Everything from clothing, jewellery, records, home décor, shows, electronics, etc, etc... But, what you need to know is that the couple that run this store really do find some quality antiques. I can almost guarantee that you will leave with something. What are my fave finds here? Well, we picked up an awesome 80s style stereo system with a record player for $150. Winning! The lovely owner even chucked in a few free records for us to play. How nice is that? I have also found a number of home décor items. So, stuff like vases, plates and toys. If you like swing style dresses, you will find a bunch here that are new. I think that the owner is totally into the rockabilly style. Very nice and worth stopping by if you are in the area.

Right off the bat I have to say that this is one of those places I love! You walk in the door and…read morethere are piles of books, LPs, toys, comics, it's all here and it's crammed into this little store. Seriously, the place is probably smaller than my living room, but I've spent well over an hour just checking out books and albums and I've barely scratched the surface! If you're looking for a rare book then check this place out. The owner is really friendly and keen to help if you're looking for something. If you're looking for a certain book or album, chances are it's here, he just needs to dig through the stock to find it. Come back in a week or so and it'll probably be there waiting for you to pick up. I just can't express how much I love this store. I don't always buy something, but it's a lot of fun wasting an afternoon ploughing through stock just to see what you might find. I always find myself thinking "wow I haven't seen that for years" or "I've never seen that before"

I visited The Warehouse the other day to see what it was all about…read more Owner Sarah described it as a place selling rustic used hardware and homewares, and that's exactly how it is. In fact, it's almost a bit of an antique store. In amongst tools and hardware of all sorts are wall hooks, books, tables, teacups and evena spinning wheel! There were a number of things which caught my eye, in particular a gorgeous blue table and some large metal flowers. Everything looked clean and in good shape for selling. Though not necessarily cheap, their prices seemed reasonable to me given the quality of mose of the wares. If you are looking for tools, this is a good place to go - they have heaps. There were many shovels and garden tools, some ladders etc. I would recommend this place if you are looking to redecorate your home or add a rustic feeling. I also suggest checking out this little gem if you love vintage shopping! There is a relaxed, quirky atmosphere and plently of eye-catching wares! The owners were lovely to talk to, and happy to show me around the shop. I really liked how this adds to the little bundle of business in Woodside. It feels right at home and being a little different to most second-hand stores in the area gives it a bit of an edge. It definitely suits the atmosphere of the Adelaide Hills. It is on the main street, but set back, so keep that in mind or you might walk straight past it! Highly recommend going for a browse! Loved it.

There are so many antique dealers specialising in second hand furniture on Magill Road it's really…read morehard to know where to start! This place is probably the best bet. The shop is a huge old house with the warehouse attached out the back. I love exploring the house, wandering from room to room and discovering new treasures in every nook and cranny. Pedlars is the best mix of variety, affordability and quality on this strip. Kensington Antiques is the only place that beats them on price, but they don't have quite the range and their pieces don't tend to be in quite as good condition. Pedlars sells stuff for individual dealers (I think it's a consignment type arrangement), so there are two stages of quality assesment before the stock gets to the shop floor. They do auctions here too, which I imagine would be very worthwhile as it's at auctions that most furniture dealers pick up their goods before they inflate the prices to on sell to the end user. I have always found the staff really obliging and lovely here. They've allowed me to negotiate prices down and then happily manuevered a slightly too big table down the very narrow staircase for me at closing time. Customer service win!

Definitely one of the better antique stores down Magill Road, Pedlar's stocks not only beautiful…read morefurniture from around the world, but they also stock some beautiful decorative and collectable items, which I simply adore. These items are so unique, and for antique/collectable items, some of the prices are affordable to practically anyone, which I like. Not only do they specialise in items from France, Denmark and England, they also buy and sell local items. Also, they sometimes auction off the items they have for sale, which would definitely be something to keep your eye out for. So check out the website for more information on that. The outside of the store is eye catching, and one of the reasons I really wanted to venture inside of this store - I adore it.

This is the cheapest second hand furniture retailer on Magill Rd. If you're a vintage fan, hoarder…read moreor bowerbird this shop will appeal to you. They play Fresh 92.7 on the radio quite loudly without fail and have done this for the last 5 or so years I have been visiting them. I tear up the d-floor in my mind each time I duck in. Most of the larger furniture is out the back in the big attached shed. Some of it is rad and some needs more TLC than I can imagine giving it without a marriage certificate. It's also loads of fun poking through the rooms of books, prints, picture frames and general guff. Great place to find small tables, bookshelfs and I've even seen a few meat safes there.

Kensington Antiques is quite a small shop when compared to some of the larger antique stores along…read moreMagill Road. However, like a lot of the more purist antiqueries it has a fascinating mix of absolute gems and absolute garbage, and a fine line run between the two. I don't go in too much for furniture, I'm more in it for the nicknacks, and Kensington Antiques has plenty of those. However, there is a bit of good furniture there, albeit of the smaller variety due to the limited space in the building. Definitely worth stopping in for a poke around if you are doing the Magill Road antique trail.

The man to see at Federation Trading is Peter; he will tell you what he things will work if you are…read moretrying to locate a marble surround for a fireplace, hang a door or add some lead light (among many other things) for your authentic federation home restoration. His has got to be one of the most enticing businesses for a home renovator who loves all the classic old stuff. Posts, iron work, tiles, generally speaking its all called architectural fittings and it can be pretty difficult to find. Maybe you have inherited an old house full of these items and you are looking to sell it all off before you demolish and start again - talk to Peter. You only have to glance in the door to be hooked into the wonderfully diverse world of old wood and metal artistically rendered or defined by a craftsman who knew his work would outlive him. I love browsing here and found it very useful when my brother was restoring an old B&B. If Peter can't help you directly he is the sort of chap who knows where to refer you on, so it is certainly worth going in and having a chat with him.

Federation Trading is an anomaly in the centre of the city - a homely-looking old stone building…read moresitting quite comfortably among its multi-storey neighbours. Inside, past the old architectural items displayed on the footpath in the time honoured fashion of storekeepers, is Aladdin's cave, or really Peter's cave, of salvaged architecutral delights. If you're renovating, or building, or just interested in the beautiful, quirky or hard to find remnants of demolished buildings grand and humble, you will enjoy a ramble through the crowded galleries of this shop. Things of iron, brass, wood and glass meet you at every turn - things still glowing with the warmth of the long gone hands that made them. A list of items to be found here would be too long to write, and would still miss thingsout. There's also 'upstairs' and 'out the back', so it's worth asking Peter if you haven't stumbled across what you want during your wanderings. If he hasn't got it, chances are he'll know where you can get it. Long may this place hold out as a haven of curiosity in the CBD!

Looking for a fur coat? I know I was and I found it here, upstairs amongst a vast array of vintage…read moreclothing. I must admit it did take me a while to find my fur, mainly because it took me so long to make it up stairs, and that's because I was distracted by the jewelery. So much vintage jewelery...you know, the stuff you used to drool over in your nanna's jewelery box when you were 6, and maybe like me, you haven't stopped drooling. The broaches, the hat pins, the hair pins, the earrings, the bracelets and the rings, it's almost too much to process; like a sugar overload. Another cool thing is that they have a hug book shelf dedicated to matchbox cars and there are so many random/ weird household items to explore! I will say that it gets slightly creepy as you delve further into the store, there's a book shed out the back which resembles a small library, this place has everything.

I made mention to a friend of mine one lunch time that I was looking for places that sell…read moresecond-hand books, and he showed me this place. At first I was a bit baffled because there only seemed to be antiques in the store, that is until I looked out the back and found a huge collection of books. I have to admit that their books actually aren't that great, and some of them are a little over priced (such as the Enid Blyton book that they are selling for $90.00 which I ended up getting elsewhere for $10.00 - needless to say that they still haven't sold it). While the books were pretty ho hum, the collection of antiques was nothing short of awesome - everything from clothes to household furniture to toys. While there are better second-hand bookshops in Adelaide, this is a place to check out if you like antiques.

I used to go out with a girl from Nairne who quite literally lived just down the road from here. In…read moreall the time we were dating I didn't once step foot into this place, though I did get to hear rumours of it being haunted. Not sure if they're true or not as I can't find anything online about it, so assume they were just that: rumours. I've been here recently with my current partner who fell in love with it... The store, not my ex... She loves old antique furniture and if you want to fill your house with antiques and have a big wallet then this is where you need to go. There are 2 stores setup side by side with sheds down the back that hold even more stock. When you think you've seen everything there is to see here you can go downstairs in the main shop and see another 3-4 rooms worth of items. Most items are Indian from the Edwardian era. From massive double doors, to beds and tables, to clocks, boxes and crates, if you have any love of antiques then you have to visit this place. Just fill that wallet full of cash before you do!!