Benefit Street Antiques

This place is nice for reasons below:
1.) No junk– the owner screens what she
wants to sell (mostly traditional style)
2.) Nicely organized– no clutter
3.) Great price

You don’t have to be an antique yourself to enjoy a visit to this wonderful shop with the misnomer Benefit Street Antiques as it’s actually on Wickenden Street. Or wait! Is the owner cleverly implying she gets her antiques from the historic homes on the Mile of History? However she got the name, I love this smaller antiques shop in Fox Point. The owner is friendly, helpful and just overall a nice lady. The space itself is so much more pleasant than so many antiques shops I visit. It’s clean, bright and sunny and the way the items are displayed shows a real thoughtfulness and sense of style. The owner is clever: when I see a table set with flowers and dishes or hutch with antique china in it, I can also see it in my home. Tags have the dimensions on the back (why don’t they all do this?!) I recently purchased a hutch there and was able to have it delivered for $ 50. If you don’t have a pickup truck or SUV or you can’t be bothered wrestling a dresser up a flight of stairs, this is wonderful! Quality items, good prices and a pleasant owner. Definitely a favorite stop for me.

Benefit Street Antiques makes me wish I was able to remember every innate detail of my history of furniture and architecture classes from college, alas I don’t but it’s nice to look through these insanely cute shop at all the furniture and try to remember. They always have a good variety of pieces as well as silver, books, and tea sets. Last time I was in I bought two beautiful tea cups and saucer for a friend’s Christmas gift. I think it’s time for me to go back in and find a new treasure.

Benefit Street Antiques is the quintessential antiques shop. They have gorgeous old pieces of furniture, silver, even lace doilies, if you’re into that kind of thing. While the items are arranged in a mish-​mash, everything is clearly priced and accessible.
It’s a pleasant shop to stroll through, and the owner is lovely and more than willing to help you find what you’re looking for, or leave you to brows by yourself.
I’m no antiques expert, but they have really wonderful furniture that reminds me of the things my grandmother used to have. Their collection of silvery trays is wonderful, and I wanted to buy at least five of them during my visit. I’ll definitely back to do some more in-​depth shopping — love it!

Adorable. The perfect petite antique shop, and very well lit and organized. I grew up in an antique mecca in New Hampshire, so I’ve seen my fair share of messy barns masquerading as «antique shops» (really, more like a prolonged yard sale… under a roof… for two generations). Benefit Street Antiques is a unique space filled with light and organized (clearly marked) estate pieces. Chairs with original (in GOOD condition) or replaced upholstery. Polished tables. Organized china and silver. Even some odds-​n-​ends (old postcards from hre and away, a string of pearls, old books with a love note scrawled in the cover). I’m not sure if the woman behind the desk was the owner, but she was lovely (very kind and helpful).

Beautiful antiques at reasonable prices. The owner was very nice and able to share details about the antiques I was looking at without pushing the items. I bought a wooden step up stool from 1860 for a great price and will be going back soon!