The Capitol Hill showroom (Image: Joybird)
Pike/Pine has grown and put away its childish things. The old Everyday Music is now a furniture store.
Joybird, a Toledo Pewter, Essence Ash, and Bentley Daisey-colored, online-focused furniture wing of La-Z-Boy, opened up last month in the 10th Ave space the music and record store exited in 2021.
CHS reported a year ago on Joybird’s selection of Capitol Hill for its Seattle showroom and its plans for the 6,200-square-foot auto row-era commercial space on a 10th Ave that has continued to grow its retail offerings centered around its Elliott Bay Book Company core.
The street has also been powered by new energy. In the summer of 2021, cosmetics and beauty retailer Glossier reignited its revival of global brick and mortar retail ambitions after a pandemic-forced hibernation with a new Capitol Hill store joining new stores in Los Angeles, London, and New York City.
Elliott Bay, meanwhile, now continues under new ownership after last summer’s acquisition added the legendary Seattle store to the Queer/Bar and Oddfellows family of businesses.
The Hill’s furniture offerings have also changed. A decade ago, the neighborhood’s apartment dwellers turned to thrift or vintage offerings to fill in their city spaces. But with Joybird’s arrival and Blu Dot landing in the neighborhood in 2018, Goodwill and Lifelong face some stiff competition.
The Seattle showroom is the company’s tenth dedicated location joining stores in Brooklyn, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
“Look, we get it… shopping for furniture online can seem a little daunting. So, stop by our Capitol Hill showroom, where you can sit, lounge, and lay on a curated collection of best selling Joybird pieces,” the company’s pitch for the new location reads. “That way, you know you’re making the right choice when it comes to the look, feel and comfort of your new furniture and decor pieces.”
Joybird Seattle is located at 1520 10th Ave. Learn more at joybird.com.
UPDATE: CHS was remiss in leaving Pike/Pine’s Retrofit Home out of the narrative on furnishing Capitol Hill. The retailer has been part of the neighborhood for nearly 20 years, serving boomers, Gen X, millennials, and ready for whatever the next generation is into when it comes to sofas, lamps, side tables, comfy chairs, and art.
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Something poetic here about what’s going on in our town. We’re replacing a fun hangout spot from old(er) Seattle with an overpriced store filled with furniture made in China that you go to one time to fill your “luxury” box apartment with the same crap all of your friends have.
And how many vinyl records have you bought in the past year?
I’ve bought many. Vinyl sales are on the rise. So is the cost of housing.
This is so beyond incredibly lame. That and the Glossier are incredibly depressing. Sure ain’t the Seattle I grew to love. Why can’t we keep our culture like other cities are able to do? It sucks so damn much.
Because your culture was boring. Seattle is better now. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
Yeah taking away music gif bougie couches that cost more than cars do is “culture” lol… sure
Because there’s less cops? Because there’s less cops, right?
Yes, it was boring to the four-year-old you, no doubt, for others it was a sprightly refuge from the Christian midwest landscape of malls and the corporate power they represent.
Great, now that vinyl’s on an upswing and I don’t mean couch covers.
Well, I’m GenX and was excited to see Joybird. I assume the mid-century styles appeal more to my generation than to millennials. Besides, Wall of Sound has way better records.
Debatable.
Wall of sound sucks and is overpriced
I wonder if the author knows that “put away childish things” is a Biblical reference, from 1 Corinthians
From the look of their website, this is their rapid response to to the overly expensive micro housing that dominates here? If I can get it through the door I can sleep in one of the drawers ’cause I can only afford to fit one piece. You can’t tell in the apartment but it’s real attractive in the showroom photos.
I’m Gen X and perfectly OK with shops that cater to Millennials, which is the entire point of Glossier and Joybird. It would be tragic (and companies wouldn’t be doing their job) if Millennials and Gen Z only shopped in the same spaces as Gen X. I don’t want to live in dinosaurland! Everyday Music was great and it’s sad it’s gone but the Hill has plenty of record stores we can support. When old people start clinging to every loss and moaning about every bit of change they become … old people.
Also Gen X and agree
Exactly
Almost like they wrote a headline designed to trigger people into commenting on an otherwise benign topic.
Totally agree with this. It’s a city. It’s always changing. That’s the nature of cities.
Xo,
A 47yo gen Xer who moved to the hill in ’97 and at first thought this post was about the Platinum Records space, but that’s BAIT now.
Terrifying thought that companies might not be doing their job. How do you come by such conservatism.
A decade ago there was Area 51 …
I still have furniture from Area 51
It closed?
Bicentennial Baby here, Everyday Music was an unfortunate loss. Such is life!
This isn’t a loss of character – it’s a return to the neighborhood’s earlier character with Keegs, Del-Teet, et al (for those who’ve been here long enough to remember).
I do! Keeg’s was a great store, and it was a real loss for Capitol Hill.
Wow what happened to Colin from Keeg’s.
the hill is back, baby!!
There’s Zion Records around the corner for people wanting vinyls. My go-to place for metal.
Owner of Zion’s Gate is kind of snobby but they have a decent selection.
He can be, but he does give great recs if you can stand it haha
Acknowleging the well stocked metal section at Zion’s Gate, but in general their stock overpriced.
Is it? I honestly only buy CDs and the ones not specially imported seem standard pricing, so I can’t speak on vinyl myself.
Oh most definitely. You see it in their general CD pricing as well. But I have a large collection and sell on Discogs to make way for new items, so pretty attuned to pricing.
11 years ago that building was an indoor parking garage.
True — Everyday Music completes a classic Capitol Hill move — 120 feet, across the street
But could have used a similarly entertaining headline to describe what replaced it across the street :)
The market has decided.
Yeah, that sucks. But go see Jason at spin cycle for all your vinyl needs.