Closed Saturday, June 23, for a family wedding!

Sorry to disappoint our treasure hunters, but this Saturday, June 23, The Living Room will be closed for a family wedding.

We look forward to opening for you again on Monday, June 25! Meanwhile, here's a bit of prettiness for you:

Miniature talavera teaset pieces.

Sidewalk Sale Continues! Rain or shine!

SIDEWALK SALE! 15% -50% off everything on the sidewalk!
As The Living Room Consignment & Tea
gets spiffier and spiffier inside with Eileen's rearrangings,
we won't need to put so much stuff so many treasures on the sidewalk, so enjoy the Sidewalk Sale while you may!

OVERSTOCK SALE, new consignments, and NEW HOURS!

"Dear" is not too strong a word when we think of our consignors and our shoppers. Thank you so much for helping us grow and continue to fulfill our mission in Kenmore. Thank you for coming to shop and visit and share your lives with us. You are helping us connect down-sizers with nest-builders by shopping, consigning, and sending in your friends. You are the best!

REALLY GOOD NEWS: Our team is growing, enabling us to be open more days!
Starting in June, Margo, Eileen, and I plan to be open 10-6 Monday through Saturday!

Meanwhile, we need your help once again! 

A neighbor in need is bringing us a large and unexpected consignment on Wednesday, May 16! Can you do some "good will" shopping by bringing your friends to "come for tea and shop for a treasure"? We'll make it easier by offering mark-downs all over the shop!

Come shop our OVERSTOCK SALE this week!
You don't even have to buy! Just help us keep the aisles from closing in :^)

Check our craigslist ads for some of the furniture price reductions.

This week, take 15% off the last marked price on our "Wall of Smalls" at the back of the shop:

Punch bowls make beautiful serving bowls for salads!

Crystal stemware - at these prices, no worries for everyday use!

This acanthus box is a charmer!

Vintage Currier & Ives mugs!

Espresso cups from Italy

Art, furniture, antiques, housewares, and collectibles!

Not seeing the furniture, art, or collectible you want marked down?
Where we are free to negotiate with "aged" consignments, we will gladly consider your offer!

Thanks for shopping locally and helping us connect downsizers with nest-builders!
Come for tea and shop for a treasure!

Borghese Cast Plaster Art Panels ... so sweet!

4 Borghese cast plaster panels, ~8.5x7, available at auction on eBay for the next 10 days

Once again, the fascinating items brought in by our consignors come with history lessons. These 4 charming panels were made in the USA, likely in around 1930-1940, by a company named Borghese. Rather than re-phrase it all, let me refer you to a very readable and thorough article by another eBay seller, Uncle Griff, at this link.

After reading his brief history of the company and their wares, I'm intrigued to find that these ornate, gilded panels aren't more prevalent on the internet market. Could it be these are Rare? Or folks just don't want to part with them.

I enjoyed the excuse to research hair styles and fashions in order to pin a decade on each of the portraits. You can read a synopsis of what I found in each panel's ebay listing. Here's that link.

Enjoy!

We have a new ebay store!

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A vintage dart cabinet, an African family in sculpture, an antique sideboard, an old Bye-Lo Baby doll...
what do all these have in common? They are all items on our new ebay store, which we've just set up in hopes of sharing our wonderful consignment treasures with a wider audience. It's still in early stages, but it seems to have most of the right working parts :^)


Thanks for checking it out at
http://stores.ebay.com/The-Living-Room-Consignment-and-Tea