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Category: Antiques
2928 E Ponce De Leon AveHoliday Shopping Parties the last 4 Sundays before Christmas starting Nov. 29. Live music, free refreshments, and great sale prices!
Mon-Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Kudzu has to be my favorite antique store in Atlanta. They have a little bit of everything and crap is packed into every nook and cranny. You'll find anything from old records, vintage clothing, Victorian antiques, country kitchen crap, and other oddities, such as a Church confession booth!
Lately, Kudzu has been getting more and more vendors specializing in mid-century modern antiques which is definitely more my style.
I'm quite a conflicted individual: I love all things vintage, but most of the time I despise digging through mountains of randomness at the antiques/thrift/consignment/salvage/whatever shops. They usually smell weird, are dingy, and lack air conditioning - but they hold such awesome treasures! Some of my most favorite things have come from these places, books and vinyl records included.
Conflict. Conflict. Conflict.
BUT, I will say - I am almost always down for a trip to Kudzu. Some of the city's best antiques scavengers and vintage veterans (including my beloved Frock of Ages lady) have cut the overhead during the recession and moved into one of the stalls at this giant Decatur vintage warehouse. It's always clean, well-organized, the staff is super-nice and helpful, and there's a good variety of "junk" to scour through for treasures. Highlights include vintage fashion, fabrics, jewelry, records, books and a really cool booth full of old chemistry pieces. I love.
Makes me wish I had more space to buy more old things. The only reason I ever turn down a trip is because I don't like having a time limit. There's so much to see!
Love Kudzu. Lots to look at and no one bothers you... You can find interesting odds and ends, clothes, lamps, furniture, etc. There are lots of vintage finds at a decent price. We got a table and chairs and they even found a way for it to be delivered same day and all for not a lot of money. Some vendors haggle so you can try and get the best price.
We spend hours there just wandering each little area. Stuff is constantly coming in so it's fun to go back every few weeks!
kudzu is the shit.
step one: reserve a three hour block of time.
step two: drive down to kudzu in decatur.
step three: bask in affordable kitsch glory.
repeat.
freakin love it. I can spend hours here. love my recently purchased drexel end table & currently eyeing a fabulous pink old school radio.
As a serious shopper, I went here mainly to look at records. Overall it's delightful, and I always look in every booth. There are tons of interesting and cool pieces here. Vintage clothes, cool furniture, artworks. There's some crap in there, too, though. Like a popular and definitely not discontinued IKEA chair priced for $5 less than it costs brand new. Gee wonder why no one's scooped up that bargain yet.
As for the records, I had a good time digging through them but wasn't impressed. Most were overpriced. I was about to buy a Zeppelin double album for $8, until I noticed both discs were badly scratched. In another booth, I found some stuff that wasn't particularly rare or desirable, marked well above what I've seen elsewhere. On the other hand, this booth did have one Zeppelin record that I'd had a hard time finding, and 2 copies of Heart's first album -- something I'd never seen anywhere except in the hands of a few people who bought it new in 1976. If I didn't already have these 2, I would have been excited to find them.
My hubby and I love to find unique pieces and Kudzu feeds our shopping addiction. As soon as we walk in the door our checking account lets out a little sigh.
Pros:
1. Great selection of antiques including mid-century furniture, Anthropologie-esque stuff, etc.
2. They have workers who will circle the floor and help bring your selections to the front so you can continue your perusing with your hands free.
3. Friendly staff.
4. Great layout of different rooms.
Cons:
None
This place is enormous, so plan ahead and give yourself at least 2 hours to look through all their offerings.
Kudzu is a pretty cool place. I've passed it a million times going to Dekalb Farmer's Market and finally decided to stop in and see what it's all about. You can find a lot of cool stuff in here and you can also find a lot of junk in here! Everyone who worked here seemed really friendly and I liked how each little room or cubby had different products and a different feel to them (I got the feeling that each room is rented by different people and they sell their products in them). I enjoyed just wandering around and browsing through the tons of salt and pepper shakers and the vintage clothing. I'll definitely be coming back. It's a great place for gift buying!
If you're an antique hunter, this is a great place. With many, many stalls of consignment sellers, you can find almost anything nostalgic. I love browsing because it's like taking a trip through history at a museum, except you can buy this stuff. Prices are affordable, not pricey. Serious shoppers will spend at least an hour here. The Dekalb Farmers Market is practically next door so you can kill two birds with one stone. You can find old, nearly new and antique items here for every room in the house.
went there on a recent trip to atlanta. it's a little out of the way but worth it. tons and tons of things to look at. you could easily spend a couple of hours there if you are the type to look at everything. walked away with a couple of cheap jonathan adler vases and some kissing chihuahua salt and pepper shakers. the staff is helpful and friendly too. say hi to the gorilla sitting on the bench at the entrance door.
"First time here, huh?" I must've had that overwhelmed wide eyed look on my face. I was so confused, yet mesmerized by this place full of booths stuffed with delectable delights that seemed to go on and on and on. I'm a shopper, so I like to look at all that is available. Damn near impossible at this place unless you have cleared your calendar for the day. One of the staff informed me that people come on Saturdays, spend the morning, go eat lunch and come back to finish looking. I'm not that committed, so I'm lucky this place is in the neighborhood for frequently checking on the rotating collections of unique finds from eras gone by.
On a recent visit back to the homeland, I made a visit to the new Kudzu location. It all started because my fiance is obsessed with kudzu, the vine. As we were planning our trip, one of the things he was most excited to see again was kudzu. Yes, I am marrying this crazy man. He is also really into antique/junk/yard sales. So on our second day in town I awoke with a revelation - Kudzu!!!!! My brother (an avid record collector) and his fiancee (like me, a lover of cute things) were also in town, so they came along as well.
The new location is awesome! The place is really big, but laid out well and organized in such a manner that it is really easy to navigate. Because the booths are rented by individual dealers some have clearly defined themes, while others seem more varied. All in all though, the stuff in here is very high quality. That said, the prices are very reasonable. We even spent a fair amount of time looking at furniture and being quite jealous. Anyone who lives in Atlanta really has no reason to be shopping at IKEA. Get yourself over here and get some quality, stylish pieces. I couldn't believe how affordably priced the stuff in here was. If I didn't live in San Francisco, I would totally be all over a few chairs that I saw. My brother found a handful of albums to take back to Chicago. And while my fiance didn't buy any kudzu, he did buy a few mineral specimens. All that under one roof. You gotta love a place that can keep four very different people occupied for several hours.
I'm surprised to be the first to review this place, seeing as how it's been around for over thirty years, but I'll happily do the honors. Kudzu is essentially a giant warehouse-type space divided into booths where individual dealers sell their antique wares. So, obviously, your love of Kudzu is somewhat dependent on the how much you like the taste of each proprietor, but the good news is the space is so big you are bound to find something you like. My tastes run more mid-century and I'm glad to see that the genre is seemingly attracting more dealers than ever. Hats off to whomever oversaw the recent relocation and subsequent renovation, too. It's an improved Kudzu, which I wasn't sure was possible.
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