Best Second-Hand Furniture Store

It’s a Saturday afternoon and Urban Cottage, your choice for Halifax’s Best Second-hand Furniture Store, is packed. As usual. “Our prices are excellent. Things turn over pretty quickly. It keeps people coming back,” says John Beatty, Urban Cottage’s owner. “The prices go down every two weeks on an item, so people want to see if they can get a better deal, but nine times out of 10 it has been sold.” 1819 Granville Street, 423-3010

1st runner-up: Value Village, 209 Chain Lake Drive, 450-5134

2nd runner-up: Wyse Buys, 195 Wyse, 464-0010