The Vintage Workshop seems to be an under-the-radar stop on the vintage knick-knack and antique trail. A loosely arranged, if not downright unorganised warehouse literally FULL of “stuff”. Take a ride upstairs to the rickety mezzanine to see a dining chair graveyard and a view of the spectacular sprawl below. A high turn-over of vintage and recycled items means every visit leads to some treasure ending up in your car, somehow. To make a day out of your trip, they also home an upholstery business and is situated at the back of a diverse block of shops featuring a faux-meat grocer, a glitzy Indo-Chinese restaurant and a tombstone showroom (excellent band name by the way.) Who said Footscray was gentrifying? Photography by Gianna Rizzo.