The Retrophile Files: Fanning the Flames of a Junk Revolution
Here is the dirty truth; Ki Nassauer has made a career out of junk. Her talent for reinventing curbside castoffs and flea market finds into […]
The Retrophile Files: A Thrift Shop with a Cure for What Ails You
This Christmahanukwanzakah season, New York City’s Cure Thrift Shop makes doing good as you shop as simple as counting one-two-three. First, every purchase made benefits […]
Breakfast at Christie’s: Attending a New York City Art Auction
November marks the start of the fall auction season in New York City, so it is fitting that the month went out with a bang […]
The Retrophile Files: Billy’s Antiques & Props Defends New York’s Old, Odd
Billy’s Antiques & Props has staying power, and in NYC, that is no easy feat. Big-box stores and over-inflated real estate prices have made small, […]
The Retrophile Files: Establishing the New Cool at Brooklyn’s Sunday Love
While a good number of my fellow New Yorkers are still entranced by the “Ikea effect,” I am happy to report that a growing number […]
The Retrophile Files: Junktiquing in New York City at Furnish Green
When self-confessed “estate sale” junkie and professional dance instructor Nathan Hescock decided to furnish his dance studio in New York City with vintage finds, his […]