Repurpose Republic

We are in Minneapolis, visiting our daughter and son in law, who bought a very cool house in Plymouth. As loving parents, we want to help them furnish their home with furniture they will cherish. Repurpose Republic has the best stuff and the best prices in the city. I know, because we spent all day checking out consignment stores in every nick and corner of the Twin Cities. (They're certainly not identical twins!) The proprietor Doug is engaging and informative. He has an eye for a pieces that are architectural beauties. Yet, he can also turn that basement throw away into something that should be displayed in the Museum of Modern Art. Repurpose Republic is the kind of place you want to return to often, just to see what new beauty shows up on the showroom floor.Unfortunately, Repurpose Republic was our first stop, and I was exhausted with all the wasted hours visiting other consignment stores. Save yourself some time and just "hit up" Repurpose Republic. It's the best.

I'm new to NE and happened to spot a post about this store on the I Love NE Mpls Facebook group and have been wanting to hunt it down. While driving past after hanging out with my mom, I slammed in my brakes and whipped a U-ee. Lucky me with my good parking juju, I was able to pull in right out front. I love a good repurpose store and now living in NE I'm in need of some lighting that fits the whole cool Nordeast vibe. This store is chock full of mid century/retro/some redesigned stuff all without that old people basement smell. (Thank God!)This place has more mid century lamps in one store than I've ever seen in my life!! There are a few super groovy ones that would be a blast to have just for conversation it would conjure up all on its own.The con: maybe it's my jacked up NE Mpls rent I'm now paying or my lack of experience on the cost of retro lighting but I'm not sure I can afford these prices. Boo...because I had a good 5 different lamps/lamp sets that my heart was pitter-patterning over. I was able to chitchat with the owner for a bit before there was a sudden Saturday afternoon rush that poured in. I had asked "if it was consignment? Just him buying/reselling? Buy from others that bring things in off the street?" He responded with "All three" and let me know that he also has some local artist work displayed for sale as well. (Ya, this girl is totally into the whole "support local" thing!)I'll definitely be back to see what cools finds get added...and probably be back for a few lamps...after payday.

This place is great for mid-century finds. I have made a couple of purchases here and am very happy with them. I also love browsing at their interesting items. The shop owner (and cat) are very friendly. You can tell the owner cares about what he does and takes pride in the pieces he finds/refurbishes for the store. I highly recommend checking them out for authentic and unique items.

I love this store! It's obvious that owner, Doug, carefully selects each piece with a passion and great eye for mid-century modern design. I purchased a beautiful brutalist-style dresser here a couple weeks back, and couldn't be happier. Great quality and service. I will definitely be back to find more great furniture and lighting pieces for our home.

Super cool store. Had some really nice pieces and if you're in the market for a new lamps, definitely check this place out. The cat was friendly too.

This vintage store offers a variety of pieces including furniture, lamps and art. Staff was helpful and approachable and let us browse. Nice clean space with a friendly store cat! Found a beautiful vase to take home and may be back to find some lighting for our home.