My favourite place to go would definitely be a second-hand store. There I see all the stuff that were once owned and loved by their owners, as well as some lovely stories that they may went through.
I fell in love with it at the first sight in a second-hand store and bought it without hesitation. I know it is one of the most beautiful objects I could find in my tiny room. Yeah it's lying so elegantly with my books.
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