Shop the House
When Paige and I talk about the house of id, we can feel people tracking along with us for the part where we explain about it being a short-term rental. Most folk’s eyes remain focused for the explanation of the accessibility features. It’s the “and everything in the house is for sale” part where we lose some of you.
So let me explain.
When Paige was at her worst, we didn’t leave the house. I’m talking Covid quarantine was like a Tuesday for us. So we spent a lot of time—years, in fact—in our house. Making the house a sanctuary for our family became an activity we both enjoyed. We would acquire vintage pieces whenever we could. Sometimes that meant Paige would save all her energy to go to one store on a weekend. You can imagine the joy when we found something on that kind of outing. We would bring it home and spend a lot of time finding just the right place for it. But it was tiring. And infrequent. We know we aren’t alone in this kind of endeavor. The act of saving up your energy to do something you love is a theme for many people with disabilities.
In comes the house of id.
Think of Paige and me as personal shoppers for things you didn’t know you needed but have always wanted. id is filled with vintage and modern objects that serve no other purpose but to bring joy. Sure, you can sit on things, or use things to hold other things, but in general, an object has arrived at id because either Paige or Dara made “the face” when they showed it to the other one. To give you an idea of the amount of legwork and variety that went into stocking the house to open in the fall of 2023, we sourced items from over 130 unique places. That’s crackers!!!
Here’s the best part. You don’t need the energy to visit 130 places to find something you love. We have done the work for you. Just come and stay. All the amazing objects we have curated surround you as a guest at id. Buying that print you loved when you were taking a shit in the main floor bathroom is as easy as scanning a QR code, looking up a SKU, or just typing in “framed art” to the search bar on the online guest shop. We have made it as easy as possible to go from, “I love those lucite grapes,” to “did I really just buy plastic grapes from the 1970s?”
You’re welcome!
Wondering where we found our first-year treasures? Just for fun, here’s a far-from-comprehensive list:
Anderson OK
Anthropologie
Antiques Marketplace (Putnam)
Archer Girl
Barndigger
Bernat Antiques
Best Finds California
Best Rate Cleanout Warehouse Sale
Best Rate Cleanouts (Holliston)
Best Rate Cleanouts (Hopedale)
Best Rate Cleanouts (Milford)
Best Rate Cleanouts (Uxbridge)
Best Rate Cleanouts (Wellesley)
Best Rate Cleanouts (West Bridgewater)
Boston General Store
Brimfield
Buy and Consign Waltham
Bygone Days Boutique
Carmen & Ginger
Chartreuse
Chesnut Hill Estate Sale
Coral Horizon
cornucopia crafts – Javi
Coyle’s Antiques Auction
Creepy Sharon Estate Sale
Crompton Collective
Dalton’s Trading Post
Dawn Upon a Time
Di and Matt from Pawtucket
Ebay
Eclectic Marketplace in West Bridgewater
Emerald City Plants
Estate Sale (Needham)
Estate Sale (Hopedale)
Estate Sale (Medfield)
Etsy
Eve from Disappearing Ink
Fab Finds
Facebook Marketplace
Felton Antiques
Fiddleheads Consignment
Great Road Vintage
Happy Flippers
Hidden Treasures (North Attleboro)
Holliston Antiques
Holliston Free Day
HomeGoods
Hopedale Estate Sale
J. Morris Home Goods
Jeffreys in Lunenburg
Jimanji’s Jewels
Jo’s cottage
Johnny Cakes Vintage
Kitchen Sync Antiques
Last Century
Lee Lee Loves Vintage
Ligonier Bottle
Live Flea or Buy
Lovely Earthlings
Marc’s Media Junk
Medfield Yard Sale
Medway Estate Sale
Michaels
Milford Grandma Estate Sale
O-Sullivan Antiques
Off the common
Out of the Closet
Paige got from WCS
Peach and Olive Vintage
Pepperell antique store
Perfume Poodle
Poshmark
Post Fifty Modern
Ramble Market
Red Leaf Mercantile
ReMarkable Cleanouts
Renj from Modern Redemption
ReStore
Retrowarehouse
Rhode Island Antiques Mall
Room Purveryer of Antique Goods
Ruby and Red
Salvage Angel
Savers
Sea City Vintage
Senior Center yard sale
Sentimental Favorites
Shiplap and Chandeliers
So Much Paper
Spoonflower Home
Sullys Cool and Collected
Sweeten Antiques NC
Target
Thanks, It’s Vintage
That’s so Loopy; Curious Finds
The Adams Estate
The Blessing Barn
The Campbell Estate
The Collini Estate
The Cottage
The Estate of Florrie Strauss
The Estate of Marian Adams
The Gilded Lily
The Praire House Shop
The Spindler Estate
Thies Powell
Thrifty City Vintage
Trudels Lot
Twelve Hounds General Store
Under the Bed Vintage
Urban Outfitters
Vingtage Finds
Vintage Feather Finds
Vintage France Morante
Vintage Van Goyyc
Vixen Fringe
VTG Collectibles
Waltham Estate Sale
Wayfair
Weston Nursery
Westport estate sale
White Dog vintage
White Witch Vintage
Winsmith Mill
Wonderful Time Atelier
Wrentham Country Store
yeahyeahvintage
Year of the Housefly
Yellow Door Mercantile
York Productions