Kensington Antiques

I admit I’m prejudiced when it comes to antique shops. For some reason I enjoy poking around, seeing what they’ve got and pointing out to whichever poor soul I have in tow that this relative used to own this or that relative used to own one of those. In that respect, Kensington Antiques doesn’t fail.
There’s plenty to see and one doesn’t feel out of place as one might were one to enter certain other Magill Road establishments that occasionally condescend to admit customers.
The lady working at Kensington’s was cheerful, welcoming, friendly and helpful; and this was before I informed her I wanted to make a large purchase!
Incidentally, I noticed a vague Danish theme at this store, which sort of makes it stand out from the Australian-​British-​French theme of other antique stores in Adelaide.
All in all, I’m sufficiently impressed to recommend this store. They’re also open on Sundays, which is good for the majority of us who work during the week and don’t otherwise have time to visit the Magill Road antique strip.

Another one of those shops on Magill Road that don’t interest me very much. I’m not a huge fan on antiques but on the odd occasion a find a shop that has some nice things I like and I was hoping it would be the same with this one. It looks promising from the outside, at least in terms of prices. The windows are all dirty and the frames look so old that you think everything will cost less than $ 50. Well, no. The furniture they sell is quite expensive — again — and the mixture of vases, mirrors and homewares is rather ugly but still not cheap.
I guess overall it’s a bit cheaper than other similar shops on Magill Road but I still don’t understand why people would spend so much money on used things that are even too oldschool for my grandparent’s house.

Kensington Antiques is quite a small shop when compared to some of the larger antique stores along Magill Road.
However, like a lot of the more purist antiqueries it has a fascinating mix of absolute gems and absolute garbage, and a fine line run between the two.
I don’t go in too much for furniture, I’m more in it for the nicknacks, and Kensington Antiques has plenty of those. However, there is a bit of good furniture there, albeit of the smaller variety due to the limited space in the building.
Definitely worth stopping in for a poke around if you are doing the Magill Road antique trail.

This is the cheapest second hand furniture retailer on Magill Rd. If you’re a vintage fan, hoarder or bowerbird this shop will appeal to you.
They play Fresh 92.7 on the radio quite loudly without fail and have done this for the last 5 or so years I have been visiting them. I tear up the d-​floor in my mind each time I duck in.
Most of the larger furniture is out the back in the big attached shed. Some of it is rad and some needs more TLC than I can imagine giving it without a marriage certificate. It’s also loads of fun poking through the rooms of books, prints, picture frames and general guff.
Great place to find small tables, bookshelfs and I’ve even seen a few meat safes there.