Where to find Vintage Furniture in San Francisco

Dec 5

Having trod these city streets in search of fabulous furniture for over 20 years now, I’ve seen many beautiful San Francisco vintage furniture stores come and go. It shouldn’t be surprising; running a store that requires many square feet of showroom space is an expensive endeavor around here. There are a few places that specialized in vintage furniture such as “The Eclectic Collective” (now just online) and “Swallowtail Home” on Polk whose passing I will always mourn.

But this city is always a place of change and with the disappearance of some, there will always be new vintage furniture stores in San Francisco to get excited about. In fact, the rate of change recently has been so swift that I noticed even places like Yelp and Google maps can’t keep up.

So, here’s my run-down on the places to find vintage furniture in San Francisco. The first thing to know is that most of these places either don’t post everything they have on their website or they don’t post it fast enough for the inventory on their website to be accurate. After all, vintage furniture isn’t the kind of thing that you sell multiple identical versions of. When it’s sold, it’s gone. So, I recommend you check out their websites for an idea of what they sell, but there’s nothing that can beat turning up in person.

You might even find a perfect vintage furniture piece coming in through the back door that has barely made it onto the showroom floor yet. Swoop in and grab it, my friends!

Given that getting your butt over to the physical stores is critical, I’m going to split the vintage furniture shops into geographical regions.

But first, let me define what I mean by vintage furniture, because that definition is also changing.

“Vintage” typically means “more than 50 years old”. When I first started hunting furniture, that meant 1940s and before.

As the last 25 years have passed, that definition of vintage has come to include mid-century modern furniture.

More recently, I’ve noticed that some consignment websites’ definition of vintage to be “more than 20 years old”, so that takes us up to the end of the 20th century!

Vintage Furniture Stores in San Francisco

The Ultimate List!

Mission District, SF Vintage Furniture Stores

De Angelis, 573 Valencia St - lots of mid-century modern pieces

Black and Gold, 572 Valencia St (also 2200 15th St near the Castro district) - I would move in if they let me

Castro and Noe, SF Vintage Furniture Stores

S16, 286 Sanchez St - vintage and industrial style

Black and Gold, 2200 15th St (also 572 Valencia St in the Mission)

When Modern Was, 4001 24th St - colorful new and vintage furniture and home decor

Richmond, SF Vintage Furniture Stores

Past Perfect, 6101 Geary Blvd - trove of vintage and antique pieces from all over the world

Warren, 3020 Clement St

Donobedian Refind Home, 2500 Clement St

Gallerie d’Edmond, 1835 Divisadero St

SOMA, SF Vintage Furniture Stores

McCarney’s Furniture, 731 Bryant St - mostly European vintage and antique pieces

Design Plus Consignment, 333 8th St - consignment store that occasionally includes vintage furniture

Repurch (formerly The Local Flea), 2514 17th St - consignment store that occasionally includes vintage furniture

Epoca, 1700 16th St - antiques store with some vintage pieces

Golden Age Antiques, 1201 Folsom St - mostly Asian pieces

Pacific Heights and Russian Hill, SF Vintage Furniture Stores

Gallerie d’Edmond, 1835 Divisadero St

Warren, 2436 Fillmore St and at 1837 Polk St (also at 3020 Clement St in the Richmond) - more decor items than furniture with some jewelry and coffee table books and clothing. Furniture is more likely antique than MCM.

Stuff by Luxe 1545 Pacific Ave - the rebirth of the iconic Stuff store previously on Valencia St

Still want more? Is it Monday and too many are closed today? Keep your San Francisco vintage furniture addiction fed by looking at some websites that sell furniture in SF or can be narrowed down to show you vintage pieces that are in the city. Shopping local isn’t just better for the local economy and the environment, when it comes to furniture, shipping is costly, so if you can go pick it up yourself or just hire a local mover, you will save big bucks!