Unicorn Antiques

This was a great find in a very busy city, I left with a few treasures and loved the shop and the lady who operated it. I went to a few other shops close bye and found them to be stuffy and unreasonable. Unicorn has some great items and I am still thinking I left an item I may asked to be shipped. Don’t miss out on this great antique store!!!

A great antiques shop full of suitcases and trunks, china, jewellery, door handles, mirrors and some random finds in there too. Make sure you venture downstairs where there are plenty more treasures.

This was a word of mouth discovery for me. I heard about it from a friend who heard I was going to be walking on the New Town side of Edinburgh (a rare occurrence) and decided I should check out this cute little antique shop. And I did. And it was pretty much just what I expected.
It’s just below ground level, so you have to go down some staircases to get to the shop, whose front is layered with antiques: maps, fur coats, etc.
This area, for some reason, is peppered with antique shops. I’m not quite sure why, but I’d put money on it being an area full of richer older folk. It’s the only reason I can come up with, anyway. And I’d say it’s pretty logically sound.
Inside the shop you’ll find a cluster of unidentifiable objects. Unidentifiable because you don’t really want to pick up an antique to figure out what it is, in case you end up dropping it and breaking it. And there are signs around the shop that tell you to ask the shop owner, a sweet old man who sits in the corner of the shop looking preoccupied. My friend and I did spot some sweet cactus earrings, but decided not to purchase them as they cost 7 pounds.
Definitely worth a wander in. There’re loads of nooks and crannies that hide mysterious antiques.