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Home / Insider Blogs / Antique and Vintage Gift Ideas in Bellingham

Antique and Vintage Gift Ideas in Bellingham

By Teresa Schmidt / December 15, 2014

These days, you can’t swing an elf without hitting a holiday gift guide, offering “perfect” gift ideas for everyone on Santa’s nice list. They typically feature shiny new things—which makes sense, because most folks like to find shiny new things under the tree. But not everyone does! We all have friends and family members who appreciate the not-so-new: the antique, the vintage and the gently used. And where better to shop for them than at one of Bellingham’s many antique shops?

Antiques, Bellingham, Penny Lane Antiques, Shops

Peruse my list of gift getters below and see if you recognize anyone. Or, use it for inspiration to expand your gift giving routine beyond slippers, scarves and sweets. Then head out antiquing—it’s a fun way to spend an hour or an entire day. And you’re practically guaranteed to find something unique and awesome for a friend, your family or yourself, because antiques are for everyone.

Squirrel

 

Maybe you’ll run across one of my all-time favorite Christmas gifts: an old iron squirrel nutcracker from Penny Lane Antique Mall, which currently graces my fireplace.

 

An Antique Holiday Gift Guide

For the history buff: Reproduction sculptures (Diamond), vintage maps, old phone directories (The Spotted Pig)

For the collector: vintage soda pop and medicine bottles, coins and pens

For the student: Globes, maps (Penny Lane)

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For the aspiring novelist: Antique typewriter, desk, chair, vintage novels

For the musician: Guitars, amps, sheet music (Aladdin’s)

For music lovers: Turntable, speakers and vinyl records to start the collection (Aladdin’s)

Antiques, Bellingham, Aladdin's Antiques, Shops
Top: Ol’ Blue Eyes on vinyl, a fraction of Aladdin’s record department, old 78s. Bottom: Extensive jazz on vinyl, guitars, more records. Aladdin’s Antiques

For jazz lovers: Collectible 78s, vinyl albums, vintage books

For the cocktail king or queen: Vintage barware, glasses, shakers (The Spotted Pig)

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For he or she who likes to dress-up: Vintage hats, suspenders, antique stoles, vintage clothes and jewelry (Penny Lane)

For the party girl: Beaded purses, shawls, pearls, fancy hats

For the electronics buff: Antique radios, old light bulbs

antique radio
Antique radio. The Spotted Pig

For the kitschy: Vintage kitchen accessories, salt-and-pepper shakers, Pyrex bowls (Penny Lane)

For the business person: Antique paperweights, coffee mugs

For the home decorator: Prints, lamps, chandeliers (Diamond)

Antiques, Bellingham, Diamond Antiques, Shops
Clockwise from upper left: Carved elephant chair (yes, and it’s part of a set), crystal (or crystal-like) chandelier, Moulin Rouge print, horse and buggy.Diamond Antiques

For the gardener: Vintage planters and garden tools

For the crafter: Vintage buttons, sweaters (for the yarn), doilies (Penny Lane)

Antiques, Bellingham, Penny Lane Antiques, Shops

DollHouse

For young kids: Well-loved toys, board games from yesteryear, vintage lunchbox, a doll house (The Spotted Pig)

For the vintage Christmas lover: Antique ornaments, tinsel, garlands, albums, stockings, decorations (Penny Lane)

Antiques, Bellingham, Penny Lane Antiques, Shops
Clockwise from upper left: antique glass ornaments, elf stocking hangers (Cute or creepy? You decide.), Assorted vintage Christmas items, vintage greeting cards. Penny Lane Antique Mall

 

For the new apartment or house: Vintage dishes, cookware, furniture, home decor (below from The Spotted Pig)

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Bellingham and  Whatcom County Antique Shops

Vintage 360
312 W Holly St
Bellingham, Washington 98225
360-738-6040

American Antiques
360-650-9037
2330 Elm St
Bellingham, WA 98225

Diamond Antiques
1806 Cornwall Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-676-9100

Antiques, Bellingham, Diamond Antiques, Shops
Clockwise from top left: etched glass on marble, antique hobby horse, oak-framed mirror/hatrack, reproduction Remington sculpture. Diamond Antiques

Penny Lane Antique Mall
427 West Holly Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225
360-671-3301

Aladdin’s Antiques and Records
(Below Penny Lane)
360-647-0066

Antiques, Bellingham, Aladdin's Antiques, Shops

Fairhaven Antique Mall 
1201 11th Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225
360-922-7165

The Spotted Pig Antiques, Vintage & Home Decor
1941 Lake Whatcom Blvd.
Bellingham, Washington 98228
360-656-5010

Below, Antique spools and doctor’s satchel from The Spotted Pig

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Etta’s Attic Antique Mall
2009 Main St.
Ferndale, Washington 98248
360-734-1900

Horseshoe Coins & Antiques
810 Peace Portal Dr.
Blaine, Washington 98230
360-332-1870

More Than Antiques
400 Front St.
Lynden, Washington 98264
360-354-7576

McKay’s Variety and Antiques
2036 Main St.
Ferndale, Washington 98248
360-933-1174

K’s Antiques and Collectibles 
5452 Northwest Dr.
Bellingham, Washington 98226
360-384-6731

I-5 Antique Mall & Auction Gallery
4744 Pacific Highway
Bellingham, Washington 98226
360-384-5955

 

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About Teresa Schmidt

Teresa Schmidt has been known to skid to a stop on a gravel road to check out a random art gallery, country store or pie stand. If there’s a hint of something worth looking at, she’s on it. Teresa is a freelance copywriter who lives in Bellingham, owns and operates Sprout Creative, and eats, drinks, runs and shops all over the highways and byways of beautiful Whatcom County.

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