Welcome...
 
to Room With a Past, where four days a month our warehouse "shop" is freshly stocked with timeless furniture & home decor accessories and is open for shopping. 
 
Searching estate sales, auctions and an occasional flea market results in an ever-changing inventory of fabulously priced home furnishings, collectibles and accessories. You'll find an eclectic mix of vintage, cottage, rustic and shabby styles (and once in a while a genuine antique!) with a past. 
 
We strive to find vintage style pieces to offer you, but sometimes we come across something new that's too cute not to share.   
 
Do a little peddle-pushing with the bikes on the left of the pages to navigate our site, and don't forget...      
 
Every room needs a little bit of the past!   
 
 
April 2009 marked our FIVE YEAR anniversary!
We've almost doubled in size and you'll find even more treasures! 
 

 We are proud to have been featured in the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CBS Eye on The Bay, and most recently were voted by our many loyal customers as one of the "Best of The East Bay-2008", in Diablo Magazine.

 
 
Watch Our Appearance on The CBS Show Eye On The Bay   
 
 
Consignor Of The Month
 
 
 

While her teen friends were hot on buying the latest fashions and going on trips to Europe, 16 year old Marcia Wampler was going to garage sales, thrift stores and swap meets and continues to be hooked on “thrifting” to this day. She is especially drawn to dishes, Depression glass, milk glass and vintage kitchen items of every kind, all of which can be found in abundance each month in her spot at Room With A Past. She freely admits she has collected hundreds of pieces and has sold enough over the years to fill many houses!  

Her beginnings as a consignor came after becoming a breast cancer survivor and crossing paths with one of the shop's long time consignors (at a sale of course!) who told her about the monthly sales at Room with a Past, and she just had to go. The next sale date fell on the same Thursday as her support group but she choose to go to the sale instead (who says shopping isn’t therapy?) and she was hooked.  Her huge desire to always be a part of something so fun (it will be two years in September) led her to find her B-L-I-S-S! 

“I love everything about Room With A Past, but especially the wonderful women who are a part of this wonderful little space.  There is so much joy here.  Our little differences are what make the “Room” so unique.  I love all the regular customers who come and make it a family atmosphere.  It's the one thing I truly look forward to every month after spending 60 hours a week as an Application Specialist.  It takes me out of the world of technology and into what I really love.  My Passion.  My Bliss.  The Room!”

 
Room With a Past ~ 1557 Third Ave., Walnut Creek CA  94597 
  (925) 933-1903