Granny’s Attic

What a fun little store. I checked out the primary store first, which has a small selection of clothing and jewelry. I found a recent copy of National Geographic I wanted to read for $ 0.50. They had a genuine fur coat for about $ 50 (medium length coat) and it was fun to browse around. This store did smell a little odd, but nothing I couldn’t generally ignore.
Next I went up to the second store, which has a lot of toys, tools, pet stuff, garage stuff, sports things, and furniture. It had a lot of cool, funky stuff and I wished I wasn’t going home on an airplane or I would have bought additional items. I found some cool photo props and neat, odd-​ball toys. The women who tended my purchases were very friendly and cheerful.
Granny’s is open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Last thing — I like how they organize their books by genre — this makes it way easier to find a book you might actually want to buy and take home!

I should preface this review by saying I’ve only been here once, while visiting a friend on the island. She says there’s always something new, the prices are fantastic and the money goes for a good cause, which makes Granny’s a favorite on the island.
Comparing it to other thrift stores, however, I wasn’t impressed by the inventory or the prices. I found the selection to be uneven and, sprawling across two buildings and a lawn, not very extensive. I didn’t find anything I wanted but enjoyed the browse even though it was a bit busy. They have a restroom which is always a plus in my book.

I spent an entire day organizing things into boxes to donate there and brought an entire truckload. Seriously, the truck was filled to the roof with really quality items (we were moving, and our son had grown up so all his almost-​new baby/​early childhood stuff was there, most very quality). When I pulled my truck in, the stoner hippie working the donations area wouldn’t help me AT ALL. I mean, his truck was blocking the driveway and he refused to move it, and he wouldn’t accept my donations unless I carried them up the driveway around his huge truck. He actually got angry and uppity about me even being there. I was dropping off REALLY quality stuff, things like a $ 1200 belini crib that was only 3 years old and a very nice oak beframe and tons of baby stuff, some of it unused and in the original boxes. I asked for help from another guy back there because I have a herniated disk in my back… he was at least a little more polite than the slacker hippie in the beanie, but it was pretty much the same story of no we won’t move the truck or help you at all.
Really a horrible experience. From now on, all my stuff is going to the dump. I am amazed this place is in business.

You gotta go often to find the awesome deals, but I don’t mind because it’s an «experience.»

Grannie’s is the center of my universe on Vashon. One of my favorite thrift stores in the world. Check out the fifty-​cent rack of clothes that «don’t sell» downstairs. Everything I own has a yellow Grannie’s sticker on it! Great kitsch and a fine selection of Dirty Baby Toys!

It’s cool– except they say they accept any donations but they don’t really seem to mean it. I never left a leaky transmission there or anything, but geeze.

What a great find. Have a local bring you here, It’s only open certain days of the week/​month and is kind of hard to find unless you know where your going. They open at 10am on saturdays and there was a line from the door to the parking lot (about 50 feet) My kids went crazy in the toy room. They had a good variety of gently used items that were very ridiculously low priced, and of course all the money goes to the hospital charity to help pay for those who need health care but don’t have insurance (that’s what was explained to me-​sounds so great!) I know you’ll have fun shopping here, I did!

This thrift store has been around FOREVER and the proceeds help support the health clinic on the island. It’s very popular and you never know what you’re going to find, from designer duds to 70’s polyester. We used to make our Halloween costumes from stuff we found here and dressup week during Homecoming found hordes of teenagers combing the racks. There’s much more than clothes here though — basically it’s a continual garage sale under a roof, though as they say, if it isn’t something you’d give to a friend you won’t find it there. The quality is decent, the prices are great and it’s definitely a treasure hunt.