Thrift stores are treasure troves for cool old goodies, intriguing ancient valuables, and things that will make you shout ‘I must have this! Now! Cashier, take my money!’

Thrift stores are treasure troves for cool old goodies, intriguing ancient valuables, and things that will make you shout ‘I must have this! Now! Cashier, take my money!’

So how do we teach empathy? One way is through experience – getting out of your comfort zone to see the world the way other people see it. Cierra Forney, from Braselton, Georgia, knows this, so when her 13-year-old son started...

So how do we teach empathy? One way is through experience – getting out of your comfort zone to see the world the way other people see it. Cierra Forney, from...

We just love thrift shops here at Bored Panda. 

We just love thrift shops here at Bored Panda. 

Old clutter. Broken junk. Useless odds and ends. Thrift stores are full of these. However, once in a blue moon, people get lucky and find something so fantastic, bedazzling and out of this world that they must share it with everyone...

Old clutter. Broken junk. Useless odds and ends. Thrift stores are full of these. However, once in a blue moon, people get lucky and find something so fantastic, bedazzling and out...

Some people think thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets are nothing but places to find piles of junk that other people don't want. Others see them as veritable treasure troves full of goodies just waiting to be discovered. And as...

Some people think thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets are nothing but places to find piles of junk that other people don't want. Others see them as veritable treasure troves...

Dave Pollot is a painter in the US who brings new life to old and forgotten thrift store paintings by adding pop culture characters. He uses these old paintings to combine his interest in painting with his love for pop culture.

Dave Pollot is a painter in the US who brings new life to old and forgotten thrift store paintings by adding pop culture characters. He uses these old paintings to combine...

Dovas

Portland artist and Peculiariumist Mike Wellins finds paintings in flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales and revitalizes them with new elements which is known as NERC (Non-elective Retroactive Collaboration). The fun comes from finding something that is so boring that...

Portland artist and Peculiariumist Mike Wellins finds paintings in flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales and revitalizes them with new elements which is known as NERC (Non-elective Retroactive Collaboration). The...

Peculiarium

Jillian Owens is a Columbia SC- based writer and designer who decided to promote a different look into contemporary fashion. Facing some financial difficulties and feeling uneasy about the fast fashion of these days, she marched the second-hand shops to...

Jillian Owens is a Columbia SC- based writer and designer who decided to promote a different look into contemporary fashion. Facing some financial difficulties and feeling uneasy about the fast...