Home, Body and Soul – Resale Shopping

For over Thirty years, tucked away in the Lincoln Park/DePaul area ,in Chicago, is a fun and quirky little resale shop – Mount Sinai Hospital Resale. It has an amazing mixture of furniture, artwork, collectibles, clothing, antiques and anything you can think of for your home. I picked up this small pewter box. It’s marked “Industria Argentina” and the detail is exquisite with a rose and leaves on the cover.  I’m very girly girl and love little boxes to put on my dresser.

I’m impressed with the body of the clothing. There are wearables for both men and women. The selection is impressive and much to my delight a FITTING ROOM! taking the guess work out of – does it fit. There is a seperate room just for Designer Clothing, although the prices are higher, they mark down the price the longer the item stays on the rack. I recently picked up a designer black dress for $20.00. This included the coat that went with it.

The soul of Mt. Sinai Resale is its staff, made up of mostly Volunteers – they are both helpful and delightful. My favorite volunteer is over 90 years old and is full of joy and energy. This is a fun place to shop and all proceeds go to Mount Sinai Hospital’s patient care programs.

Take a minute, go visit – your money is going to a great cause!

Location
Mount Sinai Resale Shop
814 W. Diversey, Chicago, IL, 60614
773-935-1434

Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Friday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Treasure Hunt – Shopping Resale

Its Monday Morning, 6:00 a.m. and the doors are open. My favorite resale shop on the North West Side of Chicago is ready for business EVERYTHING 50% off! Unique Thrift Store is a resale Meca. I go for the clothes and stay for the Antiques. My latest search has been for light weight jackets and summer dresses and recently I picked up a really cute dress by TeezeMe a line of clothing, well designed with great fabrics. I’m in love with the colors. Great pattern. Next step, before I do anything with the dress, is take it to the dry cleaners.

Not only can I find tons of unique, one of a kind clothing, I always check out their book sections.

Here’s a fun drawing I picked up a couple of visits ago. Yes, I go often!

More about Unique Thrift Stores. The one I like the best  is located in Chicago at 3748 N. Elston. Unique stores have several locations throughout Illinois and Ohio. Here’s information from their website.

“What’s unique about Unique Thrift Stores? EVERYTHING!” Our stores sell unique items not typically found at other stores.  Come join us for a “treasure hunt” shopping experience … you never know what you are going to find day-to-day or store-to-store! We hand select each item that goes onto our selling floor to make sure it is suitable for reuse and meets our quality and cleanliness standards.  When you shop our stores, you’ll love the quality, assortment and prices!!!

Check their website for hours and locations. Happy Hunting!