{"id":72773,"date":"2016-08-14T15:48:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T13:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=72773"},"modified":"2017-07-03T17:05:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:05:29","slug":"second-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/second-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-hand shops in Sant Antoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Second-hand shops in Barcelona<\/strong> can be a bit of a mixed bag. They either resemble the one room in your home where\u00a0you throw everything in for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/where-to-buy-nice-boxes-in-barcelona\/\">storage<\/a> or they have you handing over wads of cash for an item of furniture that looks very similar to something you threw out years ago. But in general, <strong>second-hand shopping<\/strong>\u00a0can be a very <strong>fun<\/strong> and rewarding\u00a0experience, particularly when you spend the\u00a0time scouring through piles of pre-loved goods and you find a hidden gem for a <strong>great price<\/strong>. Complementing the many<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/second-hand-books-in-barcelona-re-read-re-sell-re-give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>second-hand <\/strong><\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/el-encants-flea-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> vintage markets<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0held almost every weekend in Barcelona, there are several <strong>stores<\/strong>\u00a0around the city that specialise in restoring and refurbishing <strong>furniture<\/strong> or simply have the second-hands goods for <strong>sale<\/strong> for you to take home and work on yourself. The barrio of <strong>Sant Antoni<\/strong> in Barcelona, with its eclectic mix of hipsters and housewives, has several options for the discerning <strong>second-hand shopper<\/strong>\u00a0ranging from the \u2018spare room storage\u2019 options\u00a0through to workshops where pieces are lovingly restored to their glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/a-thriftsters-guide-to-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Thriftster&#8217;s Guide to Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/second-hand\/#Valnot\" title=\"Valnot\">Valnot<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/second-hand\/#Casi_9\" title=\"Casi 9\">Casi 9<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/second-hand\/#Cash_Compra_Exchange\" title=\"Cash Compra Exchange\">Cash Compra Exchange<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Valnot\"><\/span>Valnot<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72775\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72775\" class=\"wp-image-72775 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Valnot-Sant-Antoni-e1467926179503-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Karen Matthews\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Karen Matthews<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Valnot<\/strong> describes itself as not just a shop but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/workshops-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>workshop<\/strong><\/a> where <strong>furniture<\/strong> is recovered, recycled and restored.\u00a0It has a small interior with the working space for <strong>furniture restoration<\/strong> located above. There\u2019s an amazing selection of <strong>lamps<\/strong> as well as other <strong>household accessories<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll also find larger items of furniture such as desks, coffee tables, and dining tables. Valnot also runs workshops for people interested in furniture restoration. Valnot is located at <strong>Viladomat<\/strong>, 30.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Casi_9\"><\/span>Casi 9<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72777\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72777\" class=\"wp-image-72777 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Casi-9-Sant-Antoni-e1467925521982-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"Casi 9 Sant Antoni\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Karen Matthews<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CASI-9-306662506161775\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Casi 9<\/a> is a <strong>buyer and seller<\/strong> of pre-loved goods and is a good place to go if you\u2019re looking for some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/avenida-diagonal-the-street-for-home-decoration-shopping\/\"><strong>decorative items<\/strong><\/a> for around the home. There\u2019s a great range of <strong>kitchen items<\/strong> including measuring scales, glasses, plates and platters in addition to other trinkets such as old boxes, vases, and ornaments. At\u00a0the back of the store, you\u2019ll find some retro light fittings that will look great hanging from the roof of any apartment in the <strong>traditional Eixample style<\/strong>. Casi 9 is located at Cal\u00e0bria, 17.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vintage-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cash_Compra_Exchange\"><\/span>Cash Compra Exchange<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72778\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72778\" class=\"wp-image-72778 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Cash-Compra-Exchange-Sant-Antoni-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cash Compra Exchange Sant Antoni\" width=\"181\" height=\"241\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Karen Matthews<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the other end of the spectrum in terms of second-hand shops in Sant Antoni is <strong>Cash Compra Exchange<\/strong>. Over two stories, this is a place where you&#8217;ll\u00a0find just about every pre-loved household item from <strong>used lamps<\/strong> to unwanted <strong>framed prints<\/strong> through to <strong>old sets of drawers<\/strong> and <strong>storage units<\/strong>. Unlike Casi 9 and particularly Valnot, where there&#8217;s scrutiny by the seller in terms of what\u2019s on offer, Cash Compra Exchange is a place where you\u2019ll need to do a bit of <strong>searching<\/strong> to find a <strong>treasure<\/strong> that you\u2019ll want to take home with you. But with a bit of perseverance, there are potentially some good buys to be found at this store that\u2019s located on the corner of <strong>Comte Borrell<\/strong> and <strong>Marqu\u00e8s de Campo Sagrado<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"72773\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second-hand shops in Barcelona can be a bit of a mixed bag. They either resemble the one room in your home where\u00a0you throw everything in for storage or they have you handing over wads of cash for an item of furniture that looks very similar to something you threw out years ago. But in general, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":72779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4472],"tags":[4833,1873,4828,4826,4830,4827,4831,4829],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72773"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88538,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72773\/revisions\/88538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}