If you're lucky, you'll find a store where the proprietors know the story of the items. If not, you can imagine for yourself: did this watch get passed down from fathers to sons over generations? Was this dish used by a grandmother for years for holiday dinners? Is this pop culture memorabilia that had cultural significance in the 1950s?
All re-use shopping is a little bit like looking for a diamond in a hay stack, looking for that great treasure. Don't shy away from hole-in-the wall shops.
I found these lovely peach and dusty purple cascading pearl earrings at a small house converted into a store on Vashon. If you haven't visited Vashon before, it's a cute little island just a 15-minute ferry ride west of Seattle.
These were a steal at $10. Having found comparable earrings on Etsy anywhere from $20 to significantly upward of that, I enjoyed some savings as well as imagining who may have loved these before me.
Earrings: $10
Comparable product: $20+
Savings: $50%+
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