The Living Room Consignment Gallery & Tea is on the map!

Teamap, that is. Check out our teamap.com listing!

To celebrate, we are beginning Thursday Tea Specials! Every Thursday, we offer free samples of our featured tea, available at 10% off all day.

Will it be the dark and mysterious Pu'Er?
Or maybe Davidson's sweet, floral Childen's Tea?
Or perhaps Keemun, Assam Golden Tips, White Peony, Rose Congou, mint, or herbal lemon?


Our featured tea each Thursday will be chosen from our delightful array of black, green, red, white, and herbal teas. Most are organic and fair trade teas provided by Davidson's, Barnes & Watson, Mountain Rose Herbs, and Market Spice.

Of course, tea and tea accessories make great gifts.

Can't make it on Thursdays? Visit us on teamap and grab our teamap coupon to use on any tea or tea accessory, any day.



Come for tea and enjoy browsing our eclectic inventory of consigned antiques, secondhand furnishings, collectibles, aromatherapy, and local artworks.


Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Merry Christmas!

Pure Soap Flakes

Searching out pure and natural ingredients for our aromatherapy products, I've found something a little different from our expected inventory. (For a shop that carries antique and secondhand furniture, tea, art, bath salts, books, scented candles, china, fireplace tools, a vintage coffee grinder, and pickles, let's see what "something a little different" can possibly mean.)



Soap flakes imported from England! I guess there's not enough demand currently for pure, unscented, unadulterated soap flakes to be made in the USA, but thankfully, they can be had. This soap is made from coconut oil and Malaysian palm oil, and that's it.

If your skin is bothered by detergents or chemical additives, or if you just want to recapture the fond memories of sweet-smelling soap-laundered clothes, give these soap flakes a try.

A one pound bag can be expected to wash 64-72 loads in an HE front-loader, so it's economical. For top loaders, a pound is expected to do 9 or 10 loads.

Using soap flakes in laundry requires one extra step: dissolve the flakes in very hot water first, then pour in with the clothes...not in the detergent dispenser.

Soap flakes are useful for all types of washing jobs: laundry, pets, floors, cars.... Users with allergies and asthma have reported good results from soap flakes. If you've tried them, please add your comment below.
Next time you come to The Living Room for tea, or to shop for an antique walnut dining table, buy a bag of pure soap flakes and let me know what you think!

Visit our new online store

When we're snowed in, I feel as if the rest of the world has stopped, too, for a nice time-out. Fantasy, I know, but I do hope the current, inconvenient weather in Seattle gives you an excuse to enjoy a lazy day at home.

While you are home, check out our new "SHOP The Living Room ONLINE" tab above. Let me know what you think of our little online store. The teddy bears, shown above, are featured, along with a couple other items. I'll add more as I'm able. For us, it's a beta version, sort of like the rest of life.

I know online shopping is not the same as coming down to Kenmore, browsing the treasures, and enjoying a hot cup of tea. But it will have to do until the roads are safe to drive.

Stay safe, don't worry, and be thankful :^)