Ever had that moment when you walk into a place and your brain short-circuits from sensory overload?
That’s Village Merchants in Portland – a treasure hunter’s fever dream where one person’s castoffs become another’s conversation piece.
In a world of cookie-cutter big box stores and soulless online shopping carts, this Southeast Portland institution stands as a monument to the weird, wonderful, and previously-owned.
The lime green exterior of Village Merchants announces itself with all the subtlety of a peacock at a penguin convention…