Village Merchants

Village Merchants can be a wonderful excursion if you are looking for furniture, knick-knacks, or just want to hunt around for a bargain. With great prices and a convenient location, Village Merchants is the spot for a fun and creative thrift shopping experience.

While many vintage shops offer antiques and older artifacts at high prices, Village Merchants specializes in low priced finds. Inside it feels like a mix between a stylish thrift store and a small town flea market. Flea markets, however, require a lot of searching for quality items, and Village Merchants gives the impression that there is a hidden gem around every corner.

If you are furnishing a new house or apartment and do not want to spend a lot of money, Village Merchants can make it happen. It has everything you can think and is still affordable.

Located on Division Street in the Richmond neighborhood, Village Merchants is hard to miss. One of the nice aspects about the business is that a lot of their items are outside, especially on sunny days. This removes the musty smell that sometimes resides in thrift shops. Every day there is a new selection of cute vintage furniture to choose from right on the sidewalk.

Weekends can be the busiest time for Village Merchants, so the best bet for optimum bargains is to hunt during the weekdays.  The best deals can be found inside as many people browse quickly outside without taking in the full experience inside.

You will find everything from large furniture items to smaller items such as dishes, sheets and other vintage artifacts. Village Merchants has a large selection and it can be a good idea to come with a list. When surrounded with so many items to choose from, it is easy to lose track of what you came in looking for.

With many thrift and vintage stores in Portland, Village Merchants sets itself apart by bringing flea market prices into a stylish store filled with hand-selected items.

HelloPortland Tip: In bargain hunting mood? A few blocks east is the heart of the Richmond District and home to many used clothing and vintage stores such as the Sixer and Time Bomb Vintage.

- by William Crane, Portland Reporter for HelloMetro  (Click to leave a message)

William Crane

William Crane is an accomplished print and online journalist (http://www.william-crane.com) His work covers a variety of topics including features, local community news, sports, music, and political/social issues. Graduating from Seattle University with a B.A. in Journalism, William's writing has appeared in a variety of different publications including the Stranger, Capitol Hill Times, the Skanner, Backfire Magazine, and the Internationalist.