Alexis Hadjopulos buys a set of red chairs at a garage sale in L.A. Later in the day he resells them through his store TINI, or ThisIsNotIkea.com. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Hadjopulos found these relics at garage sales and plans to sell them through TINI. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Tom Whitman, left, and Alexis Hadjopulos, owners of TINI, spend their weekends hitting garage sales in the L.A. area. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Alexis Hadjopulos displays yard-sale finds in his apartment in the Miracle Mile district, where he meets with customers. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Hadjopulos makes a deal on a vase at a yard sale. His store’s philosophy is about offering gently used conversation pieces at moderate prices. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
TINI client Lara Spencer, anchor of the entertainment news show The Insider, loads her car with the red chairs that Hadjopulos had found earlier in the day. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Hadjopulos carries one of the chairs he’d bought at a yard sale earlier in the day to TINI customer Lara Spencer’s car. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
