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Urban Rustic, a new homewares store finding joy in pre-loved wares

September 6, 2013

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There’s a new shop on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and it’s absolutely full of lovely, mainly vintage, homewares and props!

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Urban Rustic opened in Newport a month ago and is proving a hit. With so many other gorgeous homewares and furniture shops in the surrounding area, it adds to what is already a great destination for interiors addicts.

The woman behind this little treasure trove is Sandy Cash, a former designer, art director and stylist with a love of all things secondhand. Her last full-time job before having children was was at the LifeStyle Channel, where she created digital animation and design for on air, and also shot promos, opening title sequences and station branding. โ€œQuite often I was the creative, producer, stylist, art director, props, designer and compositer. I got to put my finger in a lot of pies. Yummy pies.โ€

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Over the years, as a hobby, she’s been collecting eclectic vintage and secondhand pieces and she jokes it was fear of divorce which led her to open the shop and sell some of it! โ€œI was taking over my husband’s shed! Seriously though, it’s something I have wanted to do for a few years, because I love design and styling and decorating. Oh, and let’s not forget shopping!โ€

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She already had an online shop, but deep down she wanted to get all her lovely pieces out together on shelves, and don’t they look great? โ€œI have been stalking this little space for about a year now hoping it would become vacant again, and it finally did! I am the store I wanted to see here, I guess. I love the Northern Beaches but I always felt it was lacking on the eclectic vintage side.โ€ Sandy’s happy to be offering something new in that she’s offering the not new, although she does stock some new pieces by local designers and makers too.

โ€œI have a lot of vintage Pyrex (although its selling quickly), Mid Century art glass, industrial rustic furniture pieces, small gift items and quirky kids toys. I have my eye on a few other not-new pieces down the track but I’m pretty happy with my stock for now,โ€ she says. โ€œThere’s also a cool shop in a nearby arcade doing vintage clothing so I’m hoping Newport becomes a bit of a destination for people wanting something out of the box that doesn’t have a box, if you know what I mean. Robertson Road is a cool little strip with gorgeous things next door in the Family Jewels and excellent coffee from Flamingos & Dingos among others. Such great people. I’m so happy to become part of this cool little street.โ€

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Reusing and recycling is clearly a huge part of Sandy’s philosophy. โ€œDon’t get me wrong, I have newness in my house, but I do love finding authentic, unique pieces of amazing quality, that other people have ditched for something new. I try not to be too expensive, as I want to change people’s mindset. I worry many people are hung up on barcodes and brand new. The quality of my stuff is amazing, and made in the country of origin. They are heirloom pieces without being ridiculously expensive.โ€

All Sandy’s finds are available to hire as props too. โ€œTheyย can be featured in photo shoots, TV commercials, films, house styling, food styling, magazines. I have a lot of pieces in storage still, period items, quirky props I can’t bring myself to sell yet, utensils, kitchen basics, Skippy mugs, toys, books, Thonet chairs, Designers Guild bed linen, Cath Kidston spotty bunting, and so it goes on.โ€

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Locals have welcomed the new addition. โ€œPeople seem to like how colourful and bright it is. I have a lot of people come in and get nostalgic, wistful about certain things they had in their family homes. It’s a happy place I hope. I hear so many great stories. One girl bought an orange Pyrex dish identical to one given to her by her late mother. She was so thrilled because now she had one to use every day without fear of it being broken. I love that. My flamingos out the front are a talking point too. I am surprised at how open most people are to pre-loved items. I thought I might appeal only to vintage lovers but it’s not the case, people recognise and appreciate the quality and design. Which really is what I am all about. Good design is timeless.โ€

Urban Rustic, 6b Robertson Road, Newport, NSW 2106.

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  1. AvatarJULIANA GILDERS says

    September 6, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    I love Newport its a wonderful part of the northern beaches, really vibrant and fun shop! next Sunday drive we are going back up to visit that end of town. Being a Northern Beaches local there are lots of fabulous places and new jewels to discover. It would be great if you did a series and worked your way back down to Manly. Come and visit us at Sia & me in Balgowlah along the way, we specialise in handcrafted furniture made locally by my partner Sia and crafted with lots of love.

  2. AvatarKevin Sorrell says

    September 7, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    I like the way this is put together, i think the flamingos are funny they seem to be a always in ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. AvatarAshlin says

    September 11, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    I want those pink flamingos!!! I used 50 pink flamingos in pairs as decorations around my parents back yard for my fiance & I’s engagement party as flamingos tend to find their other & mate for life. I thought that was a cute fact & everyone loved them!!!

    • AvatarSandy says

      September 18, 2013 at 9:00 pm

      Ashlin, congratulations. What a great idea. I hope you got photos! That must have looked spectacular. Wow. You got totally flamingoed. Which is a thing in the States, where you wake up and someone has put a whole flock on your lawn overnight. The best vandalism you could ever hope to see… Anyway, if you are in the market for more I sell them online here http://urbanrustic.com.au/?wpsc-product=pink-flamingos Cheers Sandy, urban rustic

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