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Post 27

It's been one year since Post 27 opened its doors on Grand Avenue, and its increasing popularity and solid place on the interiors food chain of Chicago confirms that this shop was no shortlived idea. ...

Modern Love

Can't believe we missed Modern Love's 5th annual charity auction benefiting cancer research and emotional support programs. However, there's still a way to contribute right now - a few Modern Love l...

Store Tour: Nest Furniture & Mattress
Lincoln, Nebraksa

Most of the time the state of Nebraska isn't what one might think of as being a design hot spot. But a small store by the name of Nest is trying to change that perspective. Nest is a collection of ...

39 Charlotte Perriand Objects at 1st Dibs

Browsing the offerings at 1st Dibs, we landed on the work of modernist Charlotte Parriand. See Maxwell's Paris design notes on Perriand for more on the woman behind the designs. And follow the jump ...

Satellite's Mid-Century Modern Cabinet Hardware

We were ecstatic to learn of Rejuvenation's new mid-century modern offshoot, Satellite this summer. They offer mid-century style reproductions of lighting and shades and cabinet hardware. At the tim...

Gabriel Ross
Canada

www.gabrielross.com589A Bay Street Victoria, BC250-384-2554M-F 9-5:30 Sat 10-5 The go-to source for design classics in Canada, Gabriel Ross deals Herman Miller, Knoll, Fritz Hansen, Artemide, Flo...

Jetset Modern: Designs for Modern Living

A quick jump over to Jetset Modern this morning gave us shopping pangs as we spotted the following: set of 6 Finn Juhl dining chairs, a Renzo Rutili dining set (shown above), a Renzo Rutili server/cre...

Room Service

There is a new shop in town - Paul Lechlinski has recently opened Room Service in Andersonville, specializing in mid-c modern home furnishings, decorative accessories and gifts. He sent Apartment Ther...

Etsy Shop: High Street Market

While writing our post on Vintage Cloisonné Lamps the other day, we stumbled across Etsy shop High Street Market. The Pennsylvania-based shop has a good selection of home accessories from the 1950s...

Spinario Design Mid-Century Finds

Madmen-mania makes us want to pour a stiff drink, freshen up our lipstick and pick up something nice at Spinario Design, one of Minneapolis’ great mid-century semi-secrets. ...

Da Barn

If you're at all interested in antiques, we have one word of advice, regarding Da Barn: Go. Located less than two hours from Chicago in New Buffalo, Michigan, this old barn is a scavenger's heaven. ...

Kansas City's Retro Inferno

Retro Inferno is located on the corner of Grand and Truman Road, on the edge of the Crossroads District of Kansas City. They buy and sell in their 11,000sq ft showroom, some of the best Mid Centu...

Lum: Vintage Lighting & Accessories

Lum is an online gallery of high end vintage lamps. Even a quick look through their inventory will most likely turn up a lamp or two (or a dozen!) that you'd be happy... ...

Zwello

Zwello is a virtual department store of modern design. They carry furniture and accessories by many of the mid-century titans but they're also big on fresh new designers. Jump down for links, prices...

Svenska Mobler: Modernist and Functionalist Furniture

Svenska Mobler specializes in a very specific niche: Swedish Modernist and Argentine Functionalist 20th Century furniture. Both mid-century styles have rich wood tones and and clean lines. The shop ...

Vintage Looks

Get ready to spend ample time on the internet. Once you start browsing around Vintage Looks, it's hard to stop. Lots more items and one groovy incentive-to-buy after the jump... ...

Reviews or Insight about GoAntiques.com?

We stumbled upon this site today, and although there's some seemingly great stuff, we were pretty blown away by the high prices. Does anyone know what's up with GoAntiques.com? Anyone purchased anythi...

Mod Cats Collections

We just spotted Maryland's Mod Cats' site and their selection of mid-century greatness...including furniture, ceramics, lighting, glass and art. Take a peek at a few pieces: ...

Lisa's Loot

We've been meaning to check out Lisa's Loot for what seems like forever but a recent reader tip made us brave the cold and visit. We're glad we finally made the trip. Located a block or so south o...

Shopping in Chicago: Broadway Antique Market (BAM)

Wooden salt 'n pepper setOver the weekend we made one of our semi-regular stops into the Broadway Antique Market. While much of the stock hangs around for months and months, here are a few things we h...

Shopping in Chicago: Ravenswood Antique Mart 02.08

On a recent weekend visit to Ravenswood Antique Mart we snapped a bunch of photos of what is available currently....jump below for the finds: ...

Vintage Style Doors by Crestview

Here's what Crestview says on their site: "Crestview Doors is pleased to offer a range of solid-wood doors based on the timeless designs of the American mid-century masters." It's a modern day mom an...

Retro Modern

A stop on our road trip last weekend - Retro Modern. We booked a car and headed out to the wilds of Michigan for a classic summertime day trip which included sandy bathing suits, ice cream and...look...

Ravenswood Antique Mart

We finally stopped in the Ravenswood Antique Mart recently, a place that looks so good from the front windows. Inside it's good too: clean, organized, open for browsing without knocking things over, a...

Modern Times

Having recently moved from their original location in Wicker Park, Modern Times is still in the business of namedropping classics of twentieth-century modern design. Devotees of the shop might travel ...

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