I had the weekend off, so it was going to be a great day for running to antique shops. I came up with several shops I wanted to visit (the wife goes where I want to go when it comes to shops). Even though we had a great plan, our day was cut short since she had to work in the morning. We got a later than normal start and then we had plans on eating somewhere special which pushed us back more on time.
We finally got to start looking for antiques, and our first stop was
River Market Antiques in downtown Kansas City. The place is easily found because of the massive mural on the west side of the building. The parking was blocked with snow, but there is plenty of parking around that area since it is two blocks west of the City Market.
There are four levels to wander through in this shop. The basement of the shop is full of books and a corner of vinyl albums. There are other odds and ends down there, so it is definitely worth the look. The main level has several locking display cases and a lot of stuff to view. The second floor has a few locking cases, and it did not seem as full as the first floor. There were definitely some great things up there as well. The third floor was kind of sparse, but you never know what you might miss if you don't go exploring.
As soon as we walked into the door on the main level, we started seeing things we wanted to purchase. My wife found a kitchen tray that she purchased for her sister, who is working on getting decorations for a new house. That was in the very first display through the front door (we later found five more stacked up).
A couple displays further into the store, we found an awesome miniature camera. My wife collects cameras, and we had never seen anything like this. Therefore, it was a must have for the collection. It was complete with a leather carrying case. The cherry on top was that it was a steal of a price!
We continued to walk through the shop and continued to discover stuff. This place is full of great stuff, and it isn't the usual stuff found at most of the antique shops. There is a booth with 20-30 lunchboxes. I was not able to get them down to check for the Thermos, but they looked very nice from what I could see. There are also Little People, which I loved playing with as a kid. They have the generic ones but also had the Sesame Street sets. It was a nice trip down nostalgic lane.
We also found a cheese board with a glass dome. I have no idea if it is an antique, but we needed something to preserve our little birds that were the toppers on our wedding cake. We took a chance since we didn't remember what size the nest was or the tops of the birds were, but we did well. We just need to fix the birds to make them sit up straight.
We did not find anything in the basement, and the second floor had some stuff that caught our eyes but decided we didn't need right then. My wife kept seeing suitcases that were in great shape. The third floor also had some great stuff. We rushed through the third floor since the store was closing. We managed to look around well enough that my wife found a pulley she wanted to purchase. It was in good shape with one minor flaw. I told her to pull the trigger since she always notices them while we are out shopping.
It was past 6pm, so we had to find the next stop. We started the day with six or seven shops to go to, and we only had enough time to go to two. So, we figured out that
The Ridge was open until 8pm. There would be enough time to get out to Shawnee and shop.
The Ridge is in an old strip mall, and it is equivalent to three stores combined. The store's selection seems more like a flea market than an antique store. The first couple of booths at the entrance were antique-store quality, but the other booths were hit and miss. The shop does not have as many unique items, but I did notice that there are several booths that are geared towards the male shoppers. We did not buy anything at this shop, but we will be back again to see if our luck changes on the next trip.
Another weekend gone but this one made for a great trip!
Until next time... Happy Hunting!
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