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Ordinary Things with Extraordinary Flair

Consignment boutique in Edmonds houses rotating rounds of vintage treasures.

is a store full of items that are anything but ordinary.

A small space tucked between and , Ordinary Things is a shop full of housewares, jewelry, books and furniture: all one-of-kind finds with price tags that won’t break the bank. The shop is less than a year old (it opened last May) but owner Shannon Trumble has years old local retail experience.

“City Kids was my store for eight years,” she said. “When I sold it back in March I was going to get a job, but I didn’t want a boss!” She paused with a laugh. “I had wanted to have a shop with furniture and housewares for years.”

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Thanks to connections with the owners of the building on 5th Ave. S. (Trumble went to Ballard High School with them) she was able to secure herself a shop just south of Edmonds’ core retail district, which she contends is better for parking and loading furniture in and out of vehicles.

In the wave of the current trend towards vintage decorating, Trumble’s shop provides locals with an ever-changing supply of gently used décor items. Ordinary Things is a consignment store, so all items are brought in by people looking to sell. Trumble currently has 230 consigners stocking the store. She puts items up for sale for 45 days, and splits the revenue from the sales with the consigner, giving them fifty percent of the sale, and keeping the other half.

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Trumble said that if the item hasn't sold after 45 days, the cosigner can take it back. If they don't, she donates it to charity. Donation recipients include Pathways for Women, Clothes for Kids and in the summer to the Edmonds Museum for sale at their farmer’s market rummage sale.

In the 20 minutes I spent exploring Ordinary Things, two of Trumble’s regular customers came in to browse. Trumble greeted them enthusiastically by name with a giant smile and friendly chit-chat. She hopes her shop continues to evolve into a place where people come for conversation as well as shopping; a true neighborhood hangout.

Shannon isn’t the only Trumble you’ll find around the shop. Her sixteen-year-old daughter Hailey, a sophomore at Edmonds Woodway, also tends shop for Mom.

“She’s better at sales than I am!” the elder Trumble exclaimed, recalling various items that she was convinced would never sell, but left the shop through her daughter’s sales skills.

Due to the nature of consignment, the stock at Ordinary Things is always changing, and that’s half the fun of going in to browse. According to Trumble, antiques and jewelry have been top sellers lately.

“You just never know what you’re going to find in here,” she commented. “Every day it’s something different.”

Ordinary Things is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday—Saturday, with a midday closing from 1-2 p.m. when Trumble goes home to let out her three rat terriers Lucy, Scout and Jane. The shop is closed Sundays. 

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