David Bamber

Review of Children Charity Resale Store

18 months ago I made the move from London, England...

18 months ago I made the move from London, England to Los Angeles. I packed up my home in the UK to start a new life in California.

After finding a great apartment it was down to the somewhat intimidating but exciting exercise to furnish my new home. I have always enjoyed treasure hunting, restoration and breathing new life into something somebody else no longer cares for. So I set about scouring all the charity stores in LA.

I stumbled on Children Charities Resale Store purely by accident. An Aladdin's Cave run by 3 terrific gentlemen , all of whom have a good eye for quality and craftsmanship.

Over the past year I made monthly, if not weekly trips to see what I missed the previous visit, and what new things had turned up.

Displayed over 2 enormous floors, you can find enough wonderful things to furnish a palace. I told the "gentlemen" if they were going to tempt me with more things they would need to start looking for a new apartment for me.

Kass, Pedram and Errol have a real talent for display and you will find things laid out by country, genre, and period with interesting mixes of all of the above. Everything is fairly priced.

As I am sure you have concluded I have successfully and satisfactoraliy furnished my new LA home with everything from light fixtures, carpets, furniture, books and object d'art.

I have very little space left but can not resist making regular trips to visit my friends at Children Charities to see what recent treasures they have found.

If you love treasure hunting like I do Children Charities is a must! ENJOY.