Seekers

Nice little antique shop. Owner loves to deal and makes for a fun place to shop, browse, and barter.

This charming shop in downtown Cary offers classic vintage, salvage, antiques and more, with styles from mid-​century to cottage chic and beyond! It’s easy to miss this unassuming little place (parking is behind the building via the grass drive) but stopping in is absolutely worth the trip. Forget blowing your budget to achieve your Pinterest-​inspired goals; Seekers provides a wide array of items from décor-​ready to project-​perfect at a variety of attractive price points. Whether you’re looking for a lovely 1950s frock for a garden party, worn wooden drawers to turn into unique shelving, a Dad-​ready vintage Barcalounger, hardware to finish that dresser revival you’ve been putting off, or the perfect lamps for your bedroom remake, this is the place to hunt! Don’t forget to give the adorable shop dog a little pat on the head while you’re there — I hear it brings good luck in finding just the right piece.

What do I say about Seekers?
When I first saw Seekers, with its small, unassuming purple sign, I was thinking it was a new-​age, metaphysical shop of some kind but couldn’t reconcile that with the décor outside the house. And, until good fortune stepped in, allowing me to visit the store, I couldn’t disabuse myself of the oddity.
Fun, quirky, and despite all the stuff inside, sort of a zen thing; and, it’s nowhere near being a house of enlightenment in the sense you may think, unless you seek the retro, the antique, the vintage or just «old». The sign out front, with its warning to «leave logic at the door» couldn’t be better advice. There is no logic here in the classic sense. There’s furniture, bottles, a farm plow, a harness and statutes outside and along the driveway. There’s old furniture, statues, a flamingo, an old gas pump, croquet mallets, cash registers, wind chimes, and glassware on the porch. Moreover, as you walk in, there’s so much more than your brain can absorb in a short visit.
Despite the overflow of things, there’s room to walk around, but not for two people at the same time in the same aisle. That’s likely a good thing because it’ll take a while to process the sights. It’s all in good shape for being the age it is, and for the one or two things that might be bruised, such as the glass on a pocket watch, it’s an easy fix — or not — if you prefer the original glass and just want it for decoration. Things here can be both functional and useful. It’s not a junk store with mismatched, leftover, broken things, so don’t pass by because you think it might be. Although it doesn’t seem to make sense, the first room, as you walk in, has things you’d probably find in a living room, then as you move to the next, a study or dining room, and then a back room, or a bedroom, and finally a mix.
The owner’s sense of humor appears from time to time in unexpected ways: the hat on the goose statue outside, the old pictures with the «insta-​relatives’ caption that implores people to look through the old photos of a well-​lived life; and the playing cards, used to display earrings or decorative pins.
Shawna, one of the owners, is probably going to be the one who’ll help you find something, or tell you what you’re seeing, or even make suggestions if you’re looking for an idea. Seeker’s is «old school». Seek it out.