Vintage Methuselah Bicycles
The neighborhood has always had good antique shops and second hand furniture , but in recent times the map has been updated with interesting additions that offer vintage finds (old if you have a mania for neologism) to affordable prices for all pockets (also for the less buoyant) . We selected five establishments specialized in giving new life to old objects, those that do not pass through our lives but we are one more episode of yours.
They mix furniture from the 60s with fabrics and creations from current designers
FULANITU I MENGANITA
Their first store on Calle Asturias was so successful that they had to move to a new and larger premises in Verdi that invites you to browse. Eclecticism is what leads them to mix 60's furniture with fabrics and creations of current designers and at the same time give new life to other objects, such as drums turned into mirrors.
Our weakness is reclaimed cushions of old mattresses, in which the upholstery is the classic red and blue fabric and the filling is the same wool as the mattress, clean and soft. The best thing is that if you do not find what you are looking for, they offer a “ wish book ” in which the visitor points to the dream furniture that they have in their head and when they find something that fits the description, they notify them to offer it. Recycling, beauty and nostalgia. (In Verdi, 25).
Recycling, beauty and nostalgia
METHUSELAH
Another example of a second-hand store that had to change locations for the unexpected success , Methuselah manages between industrial aesthetic chairs and wooden shelves that would not clash in a farmhouse . They have a bit of everything and they update the material regularly, so it is necessary to visit them regularly. They travel to Germany or Belgium in search of material , which they select exclusively on their own criteria and personal taste, which leads them to offer from office lamps that could illuminate peggy olson to Italian neorealism movie bikes. _(Ramon y Cajal, 29) _
Objects from Germany or Belgium fall on Methuselah
AMATO SOLE
We are facing another business (there are not two without three) that had to look for a new location to continue growing. In this case they went from the Raval to a spacious studio and workshop in Gràcia from which the couple formed by architect and industrial designer continue to offer their hard work to which they give themselves with enthusiasm and care of true craftsmen . They select, restore and transform furniture ( a wheelbarrow of transport becomes a chaise longue), they organize events and presentations and as everything here is full of wood and iron we It's impossible not to love this place. (Peril, 39).
Objects cared for by true craftsmen
PIECE OF FURNITURE
Recycled from the world of fashion, Claudia Font she has turned her shop-workshop into a copy of her own house, a coquettish and colorful place in which the bamboo sofas merge with the macramé plant hangers that she makes herself ( and she teaches knitting in the courses she teaches with her other personality as a handmade teacher). They restore the furniture without losing the patina of time that gives them all their character, and their taste when selecting will take you to have an instant crush with coffee sets or coffee tables that could have come from your grandmother's house. But in better. _(Martinez de la Rosa, 34) _
The instant crush on pieces of furniture
ERR FACTORY
Almost opposite, a newcomer greets the ancient panorama by offering something a little different. At ERR Factory personalize furniture practically turning them into art objects. They paint chairs with colors that would not clash in a Mexican tavern, they stamp covers of old magazines on bedside tables or upholster seats with unusual fabrics achieving a surprising effect. In addition, also sell furniture made with pallets , of those of which you have seen tutorials and always fantasize about building yourself but you know that they will never fit you so well . Doubly unique objects brimming with personality. _(Martinez de la Rosa, 39) _
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