Old fireplaces, stained glass and wooden doors, not your standard local shop but fantastic…read morenonetheless. The reclaimed fittings that you will find in the Junction Emporium are unique and beautiful, enough to give an old house a new lease of life. The owner, formerly a builder, specialises in supplying and fitting old fireplaces. You will not find a shop where they know more about this select market or have such a stunningly unique collection than at The Junction Emporium.

This shop sells fully restored pine furniture, much of it coming from Eastern Europe, fully…read morerestored fireplaces and surrounds as well as beautiful pieces of original furniture. It also provides Restored pine furniture and fireplaces from the 1800s to the 1930s. Also a large range of architectural pieces such as door handles, ornamental cast iron, stained glass windows and a comprehensive stock of stripped internal and external pine doors. It is a family run business for many years they are very happy to offer free advice and have a wealth of craftspersons at disposal, including stone masons, stained glass window repairers, cast iron welders and architects to name a few. They also offers a pine stripping service, custom built kitchens and wardrobes and personally installs fireplaces. So if you want your problems and headaches sorted out then get down to the Junction Emporium, Lordship Lane in east dulwich.

If you are successful enough to find the hidden antiques shop on Lordship Lane, you are lucky. I…read morewas given precise instructions on how and where to find it. Still I was unsuccessful. You want to head for the greasy spoon builders café near North Cross Road, once you have found that then you are there. Follow the steps down to what looks like the cafes celler and this will take you to a secret shop full of tins, copies of old, original books, pictures, furnishings and the usual eclectic mix of antiques. It is a really cute little shop with a particularly impressive selection of books and I believe a reasonably new addition to Lordship Lane. I cannot understand why they do not make it more noticeable from the street, but then again maybe that is why it is so charming.

Junk, the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, rubble,…read moredetritus] Shop, a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: store] Basically this is a place where you can purchase nonsense that you didn't even want or realise you needed. It's also a little bit amazing! Run by 2 old geezers Alice S is right, there is a ramshackle collection of stuff the you just wouldn't put together, Actually if you are in the business for a bargain you may find one here, I can't put a name on what they sell but there is a huge collection of nonsense to browse. Seriously, It's a lovely place, go visit!

I don't know where else in South London you can find an antique javelin, a birdcage and an…read moreautobiography of Frank Sinatra on the same table. The Junk Shop is an Aladdin's cave of rubbish/treasure on Greenwich South Street. The stock varies from biographies and historical artifacts (mainly right wing paraphernalia- a Daily Mail series on the modern monarchy, an enormous hardback on the Third Reich and a Thatcher biography) Amongst all the military-themed bits of tat, there are actually some very good finds- there were some cool old 1950s Christmas cards, some 1960s newspapers in excellent condition and some beautiful vintage postcards. It is a funny old place but definitely worth a rummage through.

If you could wish for one thing, what would it be? Money? Fame? Love? An unending supply of…read moreTwinkies? Right now I'd probably wish for running water in my flat because it's been 3 days due to bureaucratic incompetency, but I digress. If you can't have those other wishes granted, you might as well pop over to Make a Wish. This place is filled with the most random bits of antiques and vintage you could hope to find. In a recent expedition there, I saw a large volume on Tin Tin, cufflinks shaped with tap nozzles saying 'hot' and 'cold', antique clocks and more. Sadly, no genies in any of the old bottles, but hey, my name isn't Aladdin. Not only was it so full with objects that it was delightful to dig around, but the shop keeper was lovely as having running water in your flat (read: VERY lovely). I chatted with her while I browsed around and enjoyed our little conversation. So go out, be Vasco da Gama and discover this little known country of Make a Wish. May not swing you around the African cape to India, but it will be an adventure nonetheless.

This place is absolutely gorgeous, filled with reasonably priced antiques, costume jewelry,…read moreknick-knacks, things you never knew you wanted but now you do. Everything in this shop is pretty much either amazing or so odd that you'll find it so. I want to run away with it all, leather armchairs and glittery clutches and hundreds of years old chests. For the quality of goods I saw I felt everything was quite affordable - after all, if you're going to spend hundreds on a new wardrobe why not buy one from the mid-18th century for the same price?

I used to work close by to the market, not many people notice this but if you after a cheap eat try…read moreupstairs. There are about 4-5 stall type eateries offering a range of world cuisines. If I remember correctly they had Indian, Chinese, Jamaican, Italian and something else. The market itself is quite quirky and if I'm honest a bit of a tourist trap. In the sense that prices don't quite beat other markets such as Camden or Portabello. But I guess it depends what your after. Atmosphere though is fantastic. Especially in the summer, you can sit down with a ice cream or coffee and people spot whilst enjoying some of the free street performances. There is also a band located in the basement which fills the air with familiar classical tunes. In the winter the atmosphere is very different, warm, cosy and bustling.

Covent Garden Antique Market is certainly worth a visit, particularly if you are on holiday in…read moreLondon and want to see the sights. Tere are lots of little shops and stalls to wonder around, but most enjoyably yu can spend time in central London just enjoying the atmosphere. There are quite often street performers at one end of the Market and it is just possible that you will find something nice to purchase too. Covent Garden is the closest tube station.

Disclaimer that I did NOT get up at ass-o'clock or whatever to go to this market. We got there at…read morelike 9am because I was on VACATION thank you very much. So maybe getting up at 4am is the best, as visiting at 9am (A REASONABLE HOUR, THANK YOU) meant that that Square was perhaps 1/2 full of stalls. Maybe the early bird does indeed, catch the worm but I shall never know. Anyway, this Market happens on Friday AM's. There are stalls selling acres of china, silver cutlery, lace and that one stall that sells royal commemorative tat that I salivate over. Not much furniture, mostly small collectible things. There's also a food stall or two, plus a nearby (slightly ghetto) Sainsbury's.

This was a wonderful market years ago. I went once, my uncle took me, and I could not believe the…read morenumber of stalls that there were, so much to see! I found the place enormous and we did not need to go that early in the morning! Years passed by and I wanted to go again, I did not know why I let time pass so much! I could not believe what I saw, I thought I was mistaken but I was not, the place had shrunk, it is not even half of what it used to be! I got there by 10.00am and they were already packing up. I talked to one of the guys who had a stall and told me that I was in the right place, that the Council had bought part of the land to developers and the market had shrunk enormously. I found it very sad.

Located in historic Notting Hill, Portobello Road, this is one the coolest antique souvenir stores…read morewe discovered on our trip to London. I bought a few items that look great in my office.

Though this shop might feel a little small, it has items in every nook and cranny, so it's a little…read morebit like a treasure shop. When there in early June, it has everything from new mugs to vintage glass bottles to old road signs to bigger trunks and furniture-like items. For printing, it seemed to be mid-range. Some of the vintage bottles were in the ballpark of £10-12, mid-sized trunks and other vintage items were £50-100 (depending on what it was), while some more noteworthy items were several hundred pounds. I definitely recommend taking a look if you like vintage items since its a bit of a treasure trove.

When I was looking for an antique wardrobe I made several trips to this shop, each time it was…read moreshut. After navigating around its unpractical opening hours I fell in love with a number of wardrobes and chest of drawers. This love was quickly torn away when I realised the prices. All the furniture is aged and worn rather than the perfectly manicured antiques that you might expect for this price. In the end after daily Ebay searches and having to travel to Brighton, I found my wardrobe, similar in style but a fraction of the price. But for those people who have the money and want an easy purchase Shaw would definitely be the better option.

"This is a hot mess."…read more A hot, sexy, shoreditchy, junky-treasure-filled, narrow, jammed up --- MESS. I mean this in the nicest of ways. Basically this is a storage space that is unloaded and reloaded for the flea markets. ANd we hit it on a day that it was "full." As in, nothing out to pasture to be sold. This mean we walked into a long and narrow space toppling with chairs, art, glamour shots, furniture, nudity --- basically, we stumbled into a hipster wonderland. The music is so loud you won't be able to talk to the person that is barely visible behind all the "junk." This seems to be by design according to their web site. It's a free-spirited shop. No organization, no price tags...and no way to really find out what things are or how much they cost. I guess this is part of the fun. We admired the action figure window display, flipped through a few of those ridiculous Glamour Shots, admired the cushioned headboard hanging from the far back wall that resembles a "moneyshot" woman -- and were on our way. Their website gives a great story. I wouldn't hesitate to stop in again. I'm pretty sure if I wanted to buy something they'd list out a price -- but maybe not. That's the fun of... a HOT MESS.

good news for people of kensington and chelsea. many of the antique dealers of the old antiquarius…read morehave now moved to the antiques centre at 58 kensington church street. so you can still find quality antiques locally.