Needful Things

Needful Things BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Joy Davis
Steven Larry
Barb Levine
Stacy Wathen
Larry Williams

A community of local artisans, connecting you to the past, we inspire you to create a special unique style by offering ever-changing sustainable products, from vintage & modern furniture, home decor, art, gifts, clothing, accessories and collectibles.

๐˜พ๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐’๐™ช๐’“ ๐’˜๐™ค๐’“๐™ก๐’…. ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŒธ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด!Weโ€™re thrilled to announce โ€œPaintings by Martha Bl...
08/31/2026

๐˜พ๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐’๐™ช๐’“ ๐’˜๐™ค๐’“๐™ก๐’…. ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŒธ
๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด!
Weโ€™re thrilled to announce โ€œPaintings by Martha Blacker,โ€ a solo exhibition featuring Marthaโ€™s bold, expressive paintings bursting with color, texture and personality.
โœจ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก
๐Ÿ“… ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐Ÿ•” ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿด ๐—ฃ๐— 
But why wait until 5? Needful Things will be open at 11 AM that day, so come early, shop awhile, and stay late for the art. ๐Ÿ˜‰
Marthaโ€™s work will remain on exhibition through September 27, so there will be plenty of opportunities to stop in and see it for yourself.
๐Ÿ“ Needful Things Warehouse Gallery
100 N Chestnut โ€ข Downtown Champaign
In the Historic Train Station
Come for the art. Stay for the treasures. You might just leave with both. ๐Ÿ’—

08/31/2026

08/30/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š. ๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง.

๐€๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ โ€œ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ-๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ.โ€๐–๐ž ๐๐จ โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐‡ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐†๐Ž๐’๐‡, ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ.โ€Come s...
08/29/2026

๐€๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ โ€œ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ-๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ.โ€
๐–๐ž ๐๐จ โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐‡ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐†๐Ž๐’๐‡, ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ.โ€
Come see whatโ€™s waiting at the station. You may leave with a dining table. You may leave with an entirely new personality for your dining room. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Miley came in to visit us today.
08/28/2026

Miley came in to visit us today.

๐‘บ๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜:๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’š ๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’๐’“๐’† ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ๐‘ญ ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’–๐’”.๐‘พ๐’†'๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž....
08/27/2026

๐‘บ๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜:
๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’š ๐’˜๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’๐’“๐’† ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ๐‘ญ ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’–๐’”.
๐‘พ๐’†'๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž.
Needful Things is tucked inside the historic train station in downtown Champaign โ€” part furniture store, part vintage shop, part art gallery, part treasure hunt and part โ€œWHAT IS THAT AND WHY DO I WANT IT?โ€
Come see us.
Welcome to Champaign. We're glad you're here. ๐Ÿš‚โค๏ธ

Think Needful Things is just furniture?Oh, sweet summer child. ๐Ÿ˜‚We're talking:๐Ÿ‘— Vintage clothes๐Ÿ’ Estate & vintage jewelr...
08/26/2026

Think Needful Things is just furniture?
Oh, sweet summer child. ๐Ÿ˜‚
We're talking:
๐Ÿ‘— Vintage clothes
๐Ÿ’ Estate & vintage jewelry
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Art
๐Ÿ’ก Lighting
๐ŸŽ’ Accessories
๐Ÿ  Home dรฉcor
๐Ÿช‘ Furniture
๐ŸŽ Gifts
๐Ÿคจ Things we're not entirely sure how to explain
You don't have to come looking for anything.
In fact, that's probably how this works best.
Just come wander around and see what finds YOU.
๐Ÿ“ Downtown Champaign โ€ข Historic Train Station

08/25/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐™ƒ๐‘ฌ๐™”, ๐‘ฐ๐™‡๐‘ณ๐™„๐‘ต๐™„. ๐’€๐™Š๐‘ผ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐‘ท๐˜ผ๐‘น๐™๐‘ด๐™€๐‘ต๐™ ๐™‰๐‘ฌ๐™€๐‘ซ๐™Ž ๐™ƒ๐‘ฌ๐™‡๐‘ท. ๐ŸšจClasses start today. Your roommate situation is questionable. Your syllabus i...
08/24/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐™ƒ๐‘ฌ๐™”, ๐‘ฐ๐™‡๐‘ณ๐™„๐‘ต๐™„. ๐’€๐™Š๐‘ผ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐‘ท๐˜ผ๐‘น๐™๐‘ด๐™€๐‘ต๐™ ๐™‰๐‘ฌ๐™€๐‘ซ๐™Ž ๐™ƒ๐‘ฌ๐™‡๐‘ท. ๐Ÿšจ
Classes start today. Your roommate situation is questionable. Your syllabus is already terrifying.
And your apartment looks exactly like every other college apartment in Champaign.
We can fix at least ONE of those problems. ๐Ÿ˜
๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐:
๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ ๐…๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž
๐Ÿชฉ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ
๐Ÿ‘— ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐Ÿ’ ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ซ๐ฒ
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ
๐Ÿ’ก ๐‹๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐Ÿ  ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐žฬ๐œ๐จ๐ซ
๐ŸŽ ๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐
Basically, if your apartment needs personality, we have opinions.
Come wander. You never know what you'll find.
๐Ÿ“ Historic Train Station โ€ข Downtown Champaign

๐““๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ผ,๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง.๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ.๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž.๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฐ...
08/24/2026

๐““๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ผ,
๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง.
๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ.
๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž.
๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž).

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100 N Chestnut (in The Historic Train Station โ€ข Downtown)
Champaign, IL
61820

Opening Hours

Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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+12176494089

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