Antique Furniture Store in Singapore: Just Anthony

Just Anthony sells Chinese antique, vintage and reproduction furniture from 379 Upper Paya Lebar Road, Singapore 534972, and its showroom is open daily from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm, with two phone lines. Anyone in the northeast typing antique furniture store near me will find this family business listed with an old bungalow and warehouse covering almost 15,000 square feet, stocked with cabinets, sideboards, door panels, screens and ceramics.

The company's About page dates Just Anthony to the 1970s. In an Expat Living interview first published in August 2024, Danielle Lee explained that founder Anthony Lee began by dealing in Peranakan furniture and accessories. When those pieces grew scarce, he travelled to China in the late 1970s to buy there instead, and the team still makes regular sourcing trips to China today, now drawing on relationships with dealers built up across different regions.

The house rule on restoration has stayed constant. Just Anthony looks for unusual old furniture, big and small, and keeps the original patina wherever possible during refurbishment. Danielle Lee told Expat Living that because antiques are harder to source, the shop now also curates rare vintage pieces, from Art Deco to colonial styles and the bold colours that followed. She also sees rising demand for small cabinets, side tables and chairs that suit compact apartments.

The range is wide for a single address. The official site lists antique door panels, tables, chairs, cabinets, consoles and sideboards, plus old ceramic pots, baskets, wooden containers and stone statues in several sizes. Modern Chinese ceramic accessories, table lamps and Chinese screens sit alongside hand-painted silk wall-coverings. The doors and screens come in both new and antique versions, and the online shop is open around the clock.

Reproductions form a separate strand. Classic Ming-style replicas share the floor with Chinese-style bookshelves and TV consoles built for modern use. Because antique Tibetan furniture is very difficult to source, the team carries hand-painted Tibetan-style coffee tables, mirror frames, bedside cabinets and storage cabinets instead. In-house craftsmen take custom orders in your chosen style, colour and size, and wholesale clients include hotels, offices, restaurants and overseas retailers.

Two cabinets went online in the second week of October 2026. A Tall Vintage Chest of Drawers, measuring 113cm long and 167cm high, is listed at S$3,400 with one in stock. The Shanxi Red Cabinet with Painting, 101cm wide and 130cm tall, costs S$2,800. The wider cabinet section leans on provincial pieces from Shanxi, Gansu, Fujian, Zhejiang and Shandong, many in painted red, aqua or distressed black.

The Antique Shanghai Kitchen Cabinet at S$3,200 shows the restoration approach clearly. Its wood has been stripped to a natural light finish, yet traces of the original dark lacquer remain along the edges. Open geometric lattice fills the upper doors and side panels, a long horizontal panel below the doors flips down for extra storage, and the carved bottom apron is typical of Shanghai furniture. It stands 213cm tall, so measure your ceiling before you fall for it.

For a bedroom, the Antique Red Wedding Cabinet keeps its original colour and brass and is reduced from S$2,100 to S$1,800. A smaller find is the Old Zhejiang Bedside Cabinet at S$750, roughly 80 to 100 years old and made of elm and pine. Bone inlay draws pomegranates on the drawers and flowers on the doors, the doors swing on exposed pivot hinges held by wooden pumpkins, and the original brass handles are perforated like Chinese coins.

Smaller budgets still have options. A Slim Altar Table with Everted Flanges, just 28cm deep, costs S$650. An antique Shanxi rice scoop lined with its original cast iron is S$250, and the team suggests using one to hold magazines or hand towels. A ceramic incense holder shaped as Suan Ni, the fifth of the Nine Sons of the Dragon, is S$58. Pieces move fast: a restored 1940s to 1960s Shanghai camphor chest at S$850 already shows out of stock.

Timing a visit around stock helps. The New Arrivals page lists six shipments so far in 2026, in January, February, April, May, July and September, each sourced directly from Chinese provinces and refinished by craftsmen. Expat Living's May 2026 guide describes monthly shipments and suggests following Instagram or joining the mailing list. A free 3D virtual showroom on the website lets you walk the floor online and build a shortlist first.

Delivery within Singapore costs S$30 for purchases under S$200 and is free above that, with assembly included at no charge when the team delivers. You can choose self-collection at checkout instead, and delivery slots are offered online. Discounted items are non-refundable. If something arrives damaged, report it by phone or email within 24 hours to arrange an exchange. Furniture carries a one-year warranty for cracks or splits that appear on their own, and lamps three months.

Overseas buyers add pieces to the Enquiry Cart and email it for a shipping quote. Small items such as baskets, boxes and statues go by Speedpost or TNT, arriving in 5 to 8 days by express or 3 to 15 working weeks by economy service. Furniture is professionally packed, crated and sent by sea. West Malaysia orders travel by truck, international payment is by telegraphic transfer only, and customs duties, taxes and fumigation fees fall to the buyer.

Not every customer needs to buy. For events and photo shoots, furniture and accessories can be rented for two to five days, and the leasing page shows past styling work such as lattice panels featured in a 2014 issue of Home & Decor. Longer programmes of six months or more run through partner leasing companies, and lease-to-own schemes are available on enquiry.

Bartley MRT on the Circle Line, CC12, is the closest station to the showroom. On OpenStreetMap's foot routing, the walk from Exit B covers about 870 metres, roughly 12 minutes, via the lanes around Lorong Ong Lye and Pillai Road. Serangoon interchange, on the North East and Circle Lines, is a similar distance from Exit A, about 960 metres or 13 minutes.

Bethany Independent-Presbyterian Church, which sits further south on the same road, lists services 22, 24, 43, 58, 62, 70, 76 and 80 along Upper Paya Lebar Road north of Bartley Road. Its directions note that 22, 43 and 70 leave from Serangoon MRT Exit C, while 24, 43, 70 and 76 come up from Paya Lebar MRT. From the church, house numbers climb northward towards 379.

Address: Just Anthony, 379 Upper Paya Lebar Road, Singapore 534972. Hours: open daily from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm. Transport: Bartley MRT, CC12, Exit B, then about 12 minutes on foot, or Serangoon MRT, NE12 and CC13, about 13 minutes away. Buses 22, 24, 43, 58, 62, 70, 76 and 80 serve Upper Paya Lebar Road. Online shop: justanthony.com.