Oak Park Antiques

My experience is not with the physical store but with their online presence. These guys are great. Attentive and responsive. Ordered a reproduction mission desk and chair. Very impressed with the quality. They know how to conduct business over the phone and by email. Definitely looking forward to buying from them again.

This antique shop specializes in furniture but also has a large jewelry section and a rug area in addition to lamps and other lighting. In particular, they carry an impressive selection of arts and crafts furniture, including mission-​style dining sets and Frank Lloyd Wright lookalikes. There are some older pieces mixed in, a few things that are legitimately Chinese alongside their stylistic American-​made counterparts, door and cabinet hardware, and outdoor decorative items like lawn ornaments and birdbaths.
The prices and condition of the items surprised me. While I didn’t ask for the provenance of any items, the tags do sometimes provide a bit of background info, all of which seems legitimate. I did not expect to see a full arts and crafts dining set with so little wear listed at a price comparable to a new dining set from a midrange store. It almost makes it seem foolish to buy some bland, impersonal table new when you can get one of these beautiful antiques for about the same amount of money.
On my visit, customers were discussing selling their jewelry through the shop on a consignment plan, but I do not know if they handle furniture and other sales this way. I saw a sign saying to ask about delivery options, so they apparently offer that service in some way as well.
The staff seemed helpful and knowledgable, though they were all upstairs, leaving the downstairs pretty empty. Parking is easy, public transit is nearby, and there are also bike racks in the area, making it easy to stop in for a visit (but hard to avoid spending hours ogling gorgeous furniture).

This place is nice and much bigger than it looks from the outside. They have a few smaller shops within the large store and the jewelry one is particularly fun. Prices overall range pretty high with dining tables $ 2,000-$ 4,000 without chairs, and other pieces ranging high for their functionality. They have hundreds of rugs, tables, jewelry, lamps, statues, pillows, paintings, and more. Honestly, I don’t know a whole lot about antiques other than what the Keno brothers have taught me, so shopping here was more of a past-​time than anything else. Also, I can’t afford anything here. The imported rugs were fun to go through, and there’s no pressure from anyone following you or urging you to purchase anything. If you’re in the neighborhood and you have some time to look around, it’s a nice stop.

This place screams vintage, but it is definitely not a place for the casual shopper. Prices are very high. I don’t think I saw a single piece of furniture that was less than $ 700.
Some good things about Antiques Etc is that they do have a good selection. They have a lot of furniture, rugs and jewelry along with clocks and frames. Some items are a little out there, especially in the jewelry section.
They had a gorgeous wine rack for 42 bottles, but it was definitely out of my price range even though it was on «sale» for $ 1,295. Which reminds me, everything in there had a «sale» sign on it and it still seemed way too much.
Maybe it’s just me and I don’t understand the whole vintage and quality /​rarity of the items they had, but everything seemed very over priced.