Rosebud Antiques

Zero stars!!! This woman is a lunatic!!! Her behavior while conducting a Western Springs Estate Sale was absolutely shameful! She hoards items in her store on LaGrange that she refuses to sell, as well. Avoid her firetrap of a store and despicable behavior conducting estate sales! Never! Never! Never!

Stay away from their estate sales. They have a group of regulars they give everything to half off. Regular folks who ask for a dollar off etc, they say — no, I would rather burn it! Even when you just saw them give half price to the folks in front of you. It is an estate sale, people deal usually.
Store is tight too, to a dangerous proportion, and they are not friendly. Once tried to buy a commercial size santa from out of the window — cash in hand, at their marked price — No, come back after New Year’s, I am not taking it out of the window! Went with a friend another time and the woman started bringing in bikes from outside into the only aisle leading to the door/​only exit. We asked to stop and let us pass through from the back of the store and she refused.
I also made the mistake of admiring a table of vintage santas at a craft fair. I was told to step away, don’t touch. It’s like the two women pick and chose who they will let buy. Which is their right, but be warned, if they don’t like you. It is sad because they have many great items.

I cannot stress this enough: do NOT waste your time by going here, and don’t give them the time of day or any of your money. The woman who was here was one of the rudest women I’ve ever met, and began glaring at us the second we pulled into the parking lot. And she wouldn’t let us into the other part of the store because she was «busy.» With the horrible reviews here and refusal to let customers shop, it’s a shock that they are even open for business. Not to mention, the entire store is overrun by a hoarder’s level obsession with old and broken bikes that it’s impossible to navigate.
Don’t bother. Jackson Square Mall is five minutes away and is a 5 star establishment with kind and helpful employees.

Where to begin? My wife and I hit a drive-​through right before going here. When we pulled into the parking lot to finish our meal before going in, the owner saw us and stood in the front window staring at us until we came in the store. I’m not exagerating. Staring right at us for 10 minutes straight until we came into the store.
Then my wife went in to try to sell back an expensive light fixture she bought here earlier. Our electrician said it wouldn’t fit in our ceiling box. My wife expected to take a huge loss, but figured they’d buy it back. The woman dismissed her right away by saying, «I don’t remember ever selling this. You should just put it on Craigslist.» I’m pretty sure that translates to, «we sell garbage.»
This will be our last trip. And the reviews saying this place is too jam packed are dead-​on!

I came in by myself. Not bother anyone, defiantly not stealing anything. I’m walking around the store and felt so creepy and watched. I’m surrounded by old huge dressers and mirrors and I look up and in my reflection of a cabinet and the woman who worker there I assume is the owner was staring me down from afar. Giving me a horribly mean look and watching my every mood. I looked at the jewelry and waiting for her to look away but she was just stating. I ask her if there was problem and if I was doing anything in particular she didn’t like. and she said «get out I need to go to the back and do more important things then make sure your don’t steal anything.» I’m absolutely blown away. How Rude… I will not be going back there for the worse she was exchanging with me before I got out of the store.

Attila the Hun in duplicate. Lord forbid you open a showcase to examine a ceramic dog covered with dust, grime and nicotine. Frankly I purposely go in just to antogonize one of these pit bulls.

Wow, well I guess it’s not just us that have experienced the coldness of the owners. My husband and I have been in this store 3 times, and we won’t go again. There are some cool things in here, but prices seem on the high side. The most recent time in, my husband was looking at a doll hanging from the ceiling (Chucky, I think), and when he asked one of the women if she could get it down, she was like, ‘um, I don’t think so’. Really? Are you in business to sell things, or not? Weird.

I won’t buy anything from this place for the following reasons: the women who own it are rude and treat everyone, including my wife, brother in law and their parents, as if you are a thieve. They stalk you around the store without even so much as a smile. Second the place is packed. Like, overpacked. Even the most careful person can bump into things. The ladies will then of course glare at you and make rude comments. Lastly, it is STUPID expensive. My mom has had all of the same experiences, as have friends of mine. So it’s not a fluke.
Two stars cause they have some cool stuff. But like I said, I won’t buy anything from them.

Soooo overpriced. Some cool things but you could tell the markup was there on quite a bit.

I have to say today was my second time going to rosebud and Kim and candy were the best showed me signs worked that I wanted to buy and we talked about others I wanted. they also were very helpful with loading signs and packing them for me I have to say two of the most friendly ladies I have met in chicago I highly recommend rosebud to everyone and can’t wait to go back thank you roadrunner

My girlfriend and I stopped in here while waiting for some work to be done at Discount Tire. The lady attending the place was not accommodating. We had a good laugh about her after leaving.
Upon seeing the glass-​protected picaninny-​themed items by the entrance, I suspected that her behavior might be race-​related. But like many other reviewers’ experiences, she quietly stalked us as we looked about her hoarding space. Maybe she’s just a non-​discriminating hater.
Things seemed expensive here, and not particularly curated so much as a thoughtless filling a storage space. In other words, the place was just a bunch of expensive and uncool junk. Sorry if I offended any admirers of haunted-​looking doll collections.

The owners do a good job of making you feel awkward and unwelcome. I stopped in the bike room to admire a vintage sweater I saw a few months back that was hanging from the rafters amongst other junk. One of the ladies came in and I asked her how much it was. Her response? «Oh, it’s not for sale. It’s just a cutesy decoration.» REALLY?! I’d expect that kind of response if I was in her garage or basement, but an antiques store, where EVERYTHING should be for sale? Ridicolous. So, I take it most of the store front isn’t for sale? If you want to decorate a space with «cutesty, vintage things», don’t incorporate those things into an antiques store where you’re not intending to sell.

Stopped to look at a minibike they had in front outside of the store. There was a lady painting a chair that never acknowledged my presence. I’m taking an educated guess this was one of the 2 lady owners previous reviews talked about. I didn’t know much about the minibike but it seemed outrageously priced. I made a comment to initiate conversation along the lines of how shocked I was at the price of such a small bike. It was definitely a comment that most would take no offense to. This lady barked back and said something like the price should be a lot higher in an extremely rude tone. I just walked away and will never return again. A month has passed and I still see the minibike in front of he store. Apparently they do not want to sell their items.

This place is nothing but an overpriced junk store!!! Walked in and looked around and realized that it reminded me of all the crap we donated to Goodwill after my 90-​year-​old grandma died last year. Also, the two women that own it cannot be ruder or nastier! They will glare at you when you walk in and then they will follow you around like you’re going to steal something. If this is something you would enjoy then by all means this is the place for you, but if you like being treated with respect and dignity do not step foot in this place! I ended up getting a text and I went out in my car to finish it up before I pulled out of the parking spot. The owner followed me outside and I guess I was taking too long because as I pulled away she literally FLIPPED ME OFF! I was so confused!

This place is creepy. The 2 female owners are the most unfriendly, nasty owners of an antique shop that I have ever encountered. They ignore their customers and are often downright nasty. The items in the store are so dirty and insanely overpriced and the place is a wreck. I would never, ever return to this nasty place. If I could give them zero stars, I definitely would. Worst place ever. Don’t waste your time.

Found myself waiting around in the burbs while Discount Tire had an opening for me– decided to check out this antique store. I was glad to not have read the reviews first because I wouldn’t have stopped in. The lady working was kind enough to me and I didn’t get any sense of rudeness and/​or bad customer service. I was impressed with the collection and happy to have stopped in. I ended up purchasing a set of book ends, and again, the woman helping me engaged me in conversation and was thankful for my purchase. I’ll definitely visit this place again when I find myself in the burbs.

Rudest, coldest non-​customer friendly proprietors ever. I stated that my wife and I had passed the store for years and decided to go inside. Hoping to possibly purchase something for a fireplace mantle. I was being followed by one of the women, I then said hi and stated we have been going by for years and decided to stop in. She then stated, «You graced us with your presence, oh maybe we should sell tickets and you will come back in another 10 years».
So a few minutes later said to the other lady, «Oh, you sell a lot of lighted Christmas Outdoor items» she promptly stated, «Only to people with money»
My wife and I took our money and left the over priced, cold store (they could have turned on the heat and if the lights were on, it would have been nice also).
1 Star is being generous We’ll never go back there!

Wow had a really bad experience here. Went here with my aunt and mom who were both insulted by the woman who worked there. My aunt went to try out a scooter they had and the rude woman that was there humilated her by screaming at her to get away from the item. I told the woman that we are leaving now and she said «GOOD NOW I WONT HAVE TO WATCH YOU ANYMORE». I have no clue how she is still in business but i would suggest no one go there. Horrible place would never go back. Could find better stuff at goodwill

This place is so weird but in a good way. There are ALOT of items strewn about and you can find yourself spending way more time browsing around than you intended. I didn’t have an agenda in mind when I stopped in, so I didn’t purchase anything. I’m sure I’ll be back at some point when I’m bored. Maybe I’ll buy a vintage bicycle here one day…

Can I give them ZERO stars? I would if it were possible. So, my first time in this place, I was with my mom & my husband. My mom and I were being followed around like we were thieves. It was unsettling. We bought nothing, despite liking several things. The second time? SAME THING. Followed around the store. So I’m thinking, if you’re so worried about someone stealing something, install cameras, drop your insanely high prices, or, JUST DON’T OWN AN ANTIQUE STORE. Just a suggestion.
Third time in was today. Against my better judgement, I tell my husband to stop. Can’t always be awful, can it? Ha ha! I was wrong! We arrive 5 minutes before they were scheduled to open at noon. There’s a woman schlepping things outside for sale. My husband, always polite & charming, very clearly says to the woman «that looks like a job in itself! Need any help?» She just looks at him, says nothing, and goes back inside the store to bring more out. OK. Trying to be patient, we look at the overpriced items in the window. Then we look at them again. And again. All the while, this same woman is coming and going without saying a word to us, even though we are clearly waiting to go inside. It’s now after noon, and my husband walks around the corner to the door. Now she has the damn door open but never bothered to say anything to us like «come on in, folks — I’m open». Not a word was said. We go in, and another couple follows us in. Apparently, she chose them to follow, and not us. Fine with me. Walking around the store, we come upon two dogs — a mix and a pomeranian. Both of which were FAR friendlier than the skag working there. Although what else did we discover (and narrowly miss stepping in)? Dog poop. Classy place.
Am I done? Absolutely. I will never darken their doorstep again. What a joke.