If you're looking for something to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon, then you might like to consider going to the Woolloongabba Antique Centre. It's an enormous warehouse filled with individual dealer stalls, each one specialises in something unique from antique French couture (Chanel, Cartier etc) to retro 70's orange furniture and homewares. It even has a 1950's diner in the centre that serves tea in the most darling little themed tea pots. Don't think it's all for the ladies though, my husband loves coming along just for the cabinet of weaponry and military collectables.
Antique and vintage furniture really is very competitive with new furniture. You can buy something beautifully hand-made from solid timber for the same price as you'd pay for something made out of chip-board from a big chain store. I recently bought some antique Italian ceramic house numbers for $18 each and they were cheaper than equally sized soulless ones from Bunnings!
These guys have an incredibly good website here I recommend you put your name down on their mailing list because I attended their Christmas Party in 2010 and it was excellent with lucky door prizes (my friend was lucky enough to win one), free champers and live music.
The least you should know: They are located at 22 Wellington Road, Woolloongabba. There's plenty of parking around the streets on the weekends though I haven't braved it during the week. They're open 7 days a week from 9 - 5 and make sure that you allow plenty of time for browsing because there really is a lot to see.
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| The warehouse has been divided into a series of small open rooms, each one with it's own theme |
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| Just in case you've always dreamt of owning GIANT neon letters. Sadly not really practical for my 50's California bungalow, but if I lived in a warehouse apartment.... |
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| I love that wonderful 1950's set of kitchen cupboards. When I renovated our original 50's kitchen, I couldn't bear to throw it out and the whole thing is intact in our downstairs laundry...now all I need is some paint |
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| This is the most incredible 70's lounge suite. I love those big cushions too. |
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