First of all the ‘store’ is quite hard to find, since the address, 2 Turf Club Road, is more of an indication then a real address, since Junkie’s Corner has none.
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| Around the corner of 2 Turf Club Road (where the Blue House is located) you will see this scene. That tells you that you arrived at the right place. |
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| Welcoming you at Junkie’s Corner. |
Once we found it our jaws dropped to the floor. In what looks like a jungle forest stands this enormous hall, barrack, shed, warehouse or however you want to call it, filled to the brim with….with…with …. stuff.
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| That is one long, long warehouse! |
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| An old horse carriage; really?! |
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| There are several of these red booths. Wonder what they were….Booths for selling products? |
Vintage, junk, antiques, furniture, art, toys, asian, western, old, not so old….you name it, it’s there.
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| One of the entrances. |
Owner Uncle Charlie collected this stuff for years; simply amazing!
Let me show you around:
As you saw above there is a lot of stuff outside, in front of the building. Once inside you enter a maze of narrow passages with junk and antiques lined up, behind each other, on top of each other, everywhere.
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| There is another layer of items on that low roof! |
As far as I can tell there is no order in it at all. Some items are broken, dusty, in bad shape, while others seem in good shape or renovated. There is cheap trash and items that look special and valuable.
There are toy cars, planes and tricycles:
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| Not a really vintage toy;-). |
I stumbled upon an old cash register (reminding me of the one my parents had when I was very young), an old jukebox from Belgium!, a manga slot machine, a giant manga-doll-head and some mannequins:
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| My parents had similar ones in their shops when I was a kid. |
There is this jaw chomping baby godzilla, a strange stove and a catholic kneeling bench:
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| Want! |
Or are you looking for a Chinese lion head, three water-pouring goddesses, an elephant or two lions? They are there!!!
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| Beautiful for in a garden! |
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| Fun! Without the bucket and hose;-) |
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| I like this pair of lions very much! |
Ofcourse there are also tons of furnitures in every possible style and state:
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| 70’s style, anyone? |
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| There are ample items with mother-in-pearl inlay. |
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| Take notice of the hand-set: two chairs and a table. They are smallish, by the way. |
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| This carved fence/door is gorgeous!!! |
Need some art for your walls or in your hallway? Lots of finds at Junkie’s Corner!
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| I like horns and skulls, just not these ones. |
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| Yacht anyone? |
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| There is even an ugly swiss kitsch cuckoo clock. |
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| I really like these glass panels with beautifully painted bird sceneries on them. |
Ok then, some last discoveries I did in this huge treasure trove to finish it of:
So what do you think? Isn’t this place just unbelievable?! I know I love it.
Directions:
take mall The Grandstand on Turf Club Road as your orientation point. Just before entering the premises, there is a road to the right, leading to the Blue House. There is a small sign indicating that. Take that road and drive past the Blue House. At a certain moment the road makes a curve to the left. Not far after that curve, is Junkie’s Corner. So just keep following the road.
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I’ve been to places like this in Canada. They can be overwhelming. Very interesting…like huge old museums.
bisous
Suzanne
Thanks, Suzanne. Glad to hear your positive feedback! Yes, you are right. It feels like a treasure trove meets museum.
I been to Junkies corner several times and 95% is stuff needing serious rehab or very creative re usage. Nonetheless if you are will to put some sweat equity into some of their furniture or architectural elements there may be a reward at the end. The problem is that the owner thinks he has the world hidden treasures and will price things according to that state of mind. That part can be highly discouraging. I suppose there isn’t much re usable junk here in singapore and perhaps thats why junk there is so highly prized. Most of the stuff there I come across I usually pay 1/5 or 1/6th the price they ask for. Perhaps that’s why his warehouse is full of stuff because few people are willing to pay for it. I am a general contractor in the USA but at a design level and have done wonderful things with other people junk. This guy prizes things with the credit of you refurbishing, re finishing and repurposing his items and that I will not do.
I agree, Ricardo.
The last time I went there, I went with a friend that actually wanted to buy a couple of items.The guy that helped us was rude and asked crazy high prices. On top of that he was not willing to negotiate down even one cent. Weird. I found that quite unpleasant and disappointing.
I still find it an amazing place to wander around in, but will never buy anything there.
I totally agree. This shop used to be at Telok Kurau road, the owner is horribly rude and unhelpful… that is why he cant sell anything. Better to visit salvation army or church thrift stores.
I cannot agree more with Ricardo, Anja & Pamela. I thought he only behaves as such with us locals but not with expatriates, especially Caucasian. Now I understand why many of his stuff are unsold because he has a huge attitude problem. He is indeed unfriendly & rude. Maybe he thinks that he owns the world’s largest treasure trove!
And he may very well DO, ks, but what a shame of the attitude. It makes me not wanna go back there.Really too bad!