Among Other Things

Among Other Things has been trading in one of a kind vintage finds since 2002, and today the shop fills roughly 5,000 square feet inside a former post office building at 26 West Main Street in Marlton, New Jersey, in the historic district of Evesham Township in Camden County, a South Jersey area also closely associated with neighboring Cherry Hill. Rather than laying out merchandise in one undifferentiated jumble, the owners organize the building into distinct themed rooms so shoppers can move straight to what interests them: a vintage fashions room for clothing and accessories, a furniture room, an outdoor and garden room, and a dedicated architectural salvage area stocked with old doors, windows, shutters, mantles, and pillars pulled from older homes rather than manufactured to look aged. There is also a room of used and collectible books and a rotating seasonal holiday section that covers Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentine’s Day, and Thanksgiving decor, so the inventory shifts with the calendar as much as it does with new consignments coming through the door. One detail sets the pricing model apart from most vintage shops: everything in the building is marked at 20 percent off every single day, with no separate coupon codes, flash sales, or members only discounts layered on top, so the price on the tag already reflects the real price at checkout. The shop is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 in the morning to 6 in the evening, closing only on Mondays, which gives both weekday browsers and weekend visitors ample opportunity to work through a building large enough that a single visit rarely covers every room. Housing the shop inside a repurposed post office adds its own layer of local character, since the building’s older civic architecture, tall windows, generous floor plan, and traditional trim work, gives the vintage and architectural salvage stock a fitting backdrop rather than a generic retail box. Customers furnishing a full room often start in the furniture section before working outward into architectural pieces to find matching hardware or trim, while holiday shoppers tend to make repeat visits throughout the year as the seasonal room turns over from one occasion to the next. The outdoor and garden room draws buyers looking for weathered planters, iron furniture, and yard ornaments that read as collected over time rather than purchased new from a garden center in a single trip. Because the shop has operated continuously since the early 2000s, its inventory reflects decades of sourcing relationships and estate finds rather than a single dealer’s recent haul, giving the space a depth that a newer shop typically cannot match. Anyone building out a home with genuinely old pieces, restoring a period property with salvaged architectural elements, or simply hunting for well made vintage clothing and decor at a price that never requires a coupon will find a full afternoon’s worth of browsing across the building’s several rooms. Among Other Things in Marlton, New Jersey is a multi room vintage and architectural salvage shop, open six days a week, where every item in the building carries a standing 20 percent discount and the stock spans clothing, furniture, garden pieces, books, and salvaged architecture from an older home.