The beloved crafts store Common Room PH finally made its return to Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, two years after the closure of its first Katipunan store back in July 2020. READ:
Common Room’s first branch was located along Dela Rosa Street, and served as a creative hub for students and residents in the area. Its comeback to Katipunan means its loyal QC community can once again flock to its aisles of handmade goods and local crafts without having to travel too far.“We’re so happy it’s actually doing good. It’s one of our best-selling stores at the moment, maybe because it’s new also,” Roma Agsunod told Rappler. “It really feels good to be back.
As businesses were impacted by the pandemic, Common Room struggled to make up for the lack of foot traffic to its branches as lockdown measures restricted movement in public spaces.“The main concern was that our specialty was experiential. You go to the store, you experience the community, you experience the installations, you experience the handmade goods,” Agsunod shared.
“I think that also explains why in 2021, we almost closed because we were assisting our community. Those were company measures that we really couldn’t afford, but we still continued to do,” Agsunod added. “We’re still at that stage where we’re somehow happy that it’s going back to normal, but it’s definitely affected the way we jump at opportunities at the moment. Now we’re really more careful.”Common Room PH began as a hole-in-the-wall store for a humble collective of local artists who sought the opportunities of physical spaces. When Agsunod and Agsalud first established POPJUNKLOVE in 2007, it was run online on the platform Multiply.
They found one in Katipunan and decided to jump at the opportunity to establish a place for themselves and to share it with others.
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