Vintage Grind House occupies 4329 North Kedzie Avenue on Chicago’s north side, a stretch of the city where furniture resale and design storefronts have quietly become a destination for shoppers hunting mid-century modern and eclectic designer pieces rather than mass-produced new furniture. The showroom is open Friday from noon to seven and Saturday and Sunday from ten to seven, a schedule built around weekend browsing but with a Friday afternoon window for anyone who wants to beat the crowd. Owners Anastasia and Joe personally curate the inventory, favoring one-of-a-kind sofas, statement lighting, seating, storage pieces, and decorative objects over anything that reads as generic or easily replaceable.
What separates this business from a typical secondhand furniture shop is the range of services layered on top of the retail floor. Beyond selling curated vintage and antique designer furniture, the team offers restoration and reupholstery work, so a worn but structurally sound piece can be brought back rather than discarded, along with design services for customers who want help sourcing specific items or staging a room around a particular aesthetic. That combination of retail, repair, and design consultation gives Vintage Grind House a role closer to a design partner than a simple furniture dealer, which matters in a resale category where quality and provenance vary widely from one seller to the next.
The most notable current development is the scale of the business’s expansion. After operating out of a roughly 6,000-square-foot showroom, Vintage Grind House has been running a moving sale while preparing to open a dramatically larger 33,000-square-foot showroom and event space, a jump in size that signals real momentum for a furniture resale business built around curation rather than volume. An event space of that size also points to a future beyond straightforward retail, potentially hosting design events, sales, or gatherings tied to the furniture and home design community in Chicago. For shoppers who have followed the business through its smaller original location, the expansion is a chance to see a much larger cross-section of inventory under one roof.
Visitors interested in specific pieces, restoration estimates, or the moving sale can reach the shop directly at 847-533-1945 or by email at info@vintagegrindhouse.com, and gift cards are available for anyone shopping for someone else who appreciates vintage design. The shop’s north side Chicago location puts it within reach of several neighborhoods known for their own mix of vintage and antique retail, giving visitors an easy way to pair a stop here with other resale and design shopping in the area during a single afternoon.
For anyone furnishing a home with pieces that have real design history behind them, the appeal of a shop like this comes down to trust in the curation, since every sofa or lighting fixture on the floor has already been vetted by owners who make their living distinguishing genuine mid-century and designer finds from ordinary secondhand furniture. That vetting process, combined with in-house restoration and design help, is what turns a single furniture purchase into an ongoing relationship with the shop rather than a one-time transaction.
Vintage Grind House is a Chicago showroom specializing in curated vintage and antique designer furniture with in-house restoration, reupholstery, and design services, currently expanding from a 6,000-square-foot space into a 33,000-square-foot showroom and event space at 4329 North Kedzie Avenue.
