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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hannah Booth

Vintage Gucci, a £5 rug and a salt duck: your best secondhand finds

Outdoor flea market with tables of antiques, birdcages, chairs, and a mannequin form
One person’s cast-off … many love the thrill of finding something preloved that’s worth keeping. Photograph: Matej Kastelic/Alamy/Alamy

We love secondhand shopping here on the Filter – whether it’s Second Hand September or not. You can unearth one-off, affordable pieces, and feel good about not adding overconsumption to your list of things to worry about. So to inspire us, we asked you for your best-ever preloved finds, whether that’s furniture or fashion or more (and added a few of our own, too).

“An Ercol daybed I bought on eBay for £50, in need of some TLC,” reader Fiona told us. “Stripped, re-webbed and with a new cushion, it is now a thing of beauty and very comfortable.”

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