A long road trip towards the Midwest to shop for old homewares sounds
like a great holiday to us. But for the girls behind The
Found and The Freed, it is a business model. And lucky for us, it’s popped
up again.
They scour Canada and the US for industrial, vintage, antique, and
sometimes weird or creepy homewares and sell them in pop up stores in
Vancouver. Right now, theyve got one open on Water Street, and we are
impressed. The selection, which is all authentic with no reproductions,
features small knick knacks like old railroad nails with numbers
representing the year it was used ($7 each) or great furniture, like
antique drafting and medical stools (starting from $85.)
Our favourite was the old Vancouver bus rolls used by the trolley buses
($575, pictured). Bus travel must have been much cooler back then.
Alexandra Suhner Isenberg
The Found and The Freed pop-up store, open 7 days a week until August
17, 110 Water St., Vancouver, www.thefoundandthefreed.com
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