Introducing Vintage Home Glow - a friendly, easy way to find beautiful and authentic vintage home decor!

Hey there, friend! My name is Rae, and I'm the Vintage Home Glow Team Lead. I’m so glad you popped by!

I’ve always loved the thrill of a good hustle—back in 2019, my old business career was a total rush. But long hours meant I was missing out on real life with my family (and my dog!). 2020 changed that, of course. Sometime after the pandemic slowed down and I headed back into the office, I realized that while even though was so good to see my old colleagues again... something had fundamentally changed for me. It was time for something new.

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Right around then, my older relatives and family friends started downsizing and sorting out all their “stuff.” Turns out, when you help people go through decades’ worth of memories, you learn it’s never just stuff. Every item has a story, and everyone handles that moment of letting go a little differently—some can’t wait to declutter, others are torn by the memories. So, I became part organizer, part listener, and full-on friend in the process. Along the way, I realized that vintage home decor is really fun!

Pretty soon, I was helping people donate, swap, and sell things online—because honestly, it breaks my heart to see perfectly good items end up in the trash. Fast-forward two years, and this has become my new adventure. I’m saving gorgeous things from landfills, helping people find just what they’ve been looking for, and giving folks a chance to pass on what they no longer need. Sometimes that extra cash goes a long way, and sometimes it’s just about the peace of mind.

I often write about the "Vintage Home Glow Team." While technically I'm what they call a vintage home decor reseller or solopreneur, I actually have lots of friends, family, and acquaintances who I get to work with day to day. For example: one friend is the queen of estate sales, another of thrift shops, and one is - incredibly and amazingly - willing to sit and help me catalog and pack. There's an incredible shop in Needham where the owner helps me with coins and rarer historical artifacts, I'm in contact with some local book sellers, and once I even got to meet one of the great folks on Antiques Roadshow! And yes! He confirmed the item was real and worth quite a bit (I was so so glad I had gently stopped the owner from just throwing it out.) We sold it at auction, my client got a big windfall, and I got a bonus plus a real confidence boost.

But the best part? I get to do it all from home, hang out with my pets, and spend way more time with the people I love. How lucky am I?!

Thanks a million for reading, and welcome to Vintage Home Glow!

Visit us on Etsy and eBay (we sell internationally only through eBay.)

And check out Rhuckus Vintage, our partner store!

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