Mine and Consign occupies 131 Broad Street in downtown Oneida, New York, a shop built on a simple premise captured in its own name: some of what fills the sales floor is unearthed and mined by the owner herself, and the rest arrives through consignment from neighbors clearing out a home. Owner Tina Marie grew up in Oneida, moved away after college, and spent years in retail management for large companies before she and her husband began flipping and remodeling older homes together. After ten successful remodels, the couple kept noticing the same thing: every older house had its own character waiting to be brought back out, and the furniture and decor inside those homes deserved the same kind of second chance. That realization led Tina Marie back to her hometown to open Mine and Consign, a shop devoted to finding new homes for used home decor, fashion accessories, and furniture that only needed the right setting to shine again.
The shop’s stated mission is to unearth what it calls diamonds in the rough, pieces that might otherwise be overlooked, and to accent their best characteristics so they find a new life in someone else’s home. That philosophy plays out in two ways on the sales floor: Tina Marie features her own hand selected treasures alongside items she takes in on consignment from local sellers looking to make money on things they no longer use. Customers have specifically praised the shop’s hand painted artwork and Tina Marie’s eye for placing unexpected pieces, from a wrought iron frame turned into a foyer window accent to smaller decorative touches that visitors say transform a room. Because the inventory depends on what comes in through consignment and what Tina Marie personally sources, the floor changes regularly, and regulars are advised that when they see something they like, they should buy it before it sells.
Mine and Consign keeps an informal, small town rhythm to its hours, open Wednesday through Friday from around 11am to roughly 4pm and Saturday from around 11am to roughly 2pm, a schedule that reflects a shop run personally by its owner rather than a large retail operation. That personal touch extends to how the shop is run day to day: customers looking to consign, browse, or ask about a specific piece can call or email the store directly rather than navigating a large corporate consignment chain.
Located in the heart of Oneida in Madison County, Mine and Consign gives area shoppers a place to find repurposed home furnishings and fashion accessories with a genuine story behind them, and gives sellers a straightforward way to turn unused items into cash. For anyone who believes a well loved piece of furniture deserves a second life rather than a landfill, Mine and Consign in downtown Oneida is exactly that kind of shop, built around unearthing forgotten treasures and giving them a new home.
