Apartment Therapy: modern

Artriver: Because Your Walls Deserve Better.

It can be hard to find prints of good art at reasonable prices, especially on those massive websites that sell anything and everything in existence. That's why Artriver is such a refreshing place to...

You Can Be King of the Castle at Fallingwater

Okay architecture nerds, it's time to get excited. Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece custom residence built over an active waterfall in Bear Run, Pennsylvania, is open for more than mer...

Purple Things That I Don't Hate

Purple is a big color in fashion for the fall, so naturally, all the big shelter stores are producing new items in its various shades. Unfortunately for me, I just don't get purple, and I've discove...

Venfield
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If you are looking for real mirrored furniture or things shiny and fabulous, Venfield is a must-stop store. In our search for mirrored furniture, we have found very few sources and none that stock ...

City Foundry: Vintage Industrial Finds
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If you like vintage industrial, you'll love City Foundry. Covering two store fronts along the northern side of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, City Foundry is filled from floor to ceiling with everyth...

Hive: Modern Design for the Home
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Based out of Portland, Hive continues to be a top online pick for design enthusiasts of all kinds, with a carefully edited collection that includes Bauhaus design from Breuer and Gropius, Scandina...

Yú Interiors: Accessories for Modern Living

If you exit the C train at Lafayette Avenue, you will see the distinctive Yú sign across from the public park in this trendy little corner of Fort Greene. Yú is downtown Manhattan-sty...

BDDW: Handmade American Furniture
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Tyler Hays (painter and sculptor) is good. His company, BDDW, fuses the hard angles of modern design with an innate understanding of natural elements. Designed and manufactured with imagination an...

Shop Tour: The End of History

Long a favorite of some of New York's top prop stylists and editors, we were a little surprised to discover we had never given the West Village's The End of History a proper shop tour. EoH specializ...

White Trash

A small East Village store with limited inventory, White Trash is worth a regular visit to see what's new. By consistently rotating and restocking their vintage wares, the staff keeps the tiny space...

Lost City Arts: Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Once given the distinction as the Top Mid-Century Modern Furniture Store in New York City by New York Magazine in 2002, Lost City Arts has continued to showcase a wide range of mid-century furniture...

Modern Treasures at Rago Arts

The Rago Arts and Auction Center sells the work of modern masters at auction. The prices that these pieces bring are staggering - we could almost buy a small apartment with some of these amounts! Ca...

Sit and Read Furniture

We heard about Sit and Read Furniture from an AT reader. They're a great local Brooklyn dealer in Early American and Mid-Century furniture. Their website is so friendly - simply browse through photo...

Best of Three: Hans Wegner Side Chairs
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Okay, here's a layup: my favorite three Wegner side chairs and a radical tip - TRY MIXING THEM UP (no one ever does that). The idea comes from the picture above, which I saw on the Bulthaup website...

Unica Home: Big, Modern, Fun

Please go to our new link for Unica Home. Showtime! What if you opened an online modern homestore in Las Vegas and offered every cool design manufacturer under the sun, along with products for chi...

Classic Parisian Park Chairs: High (Frederic Sofia) & Low

Two years ago Sara Kate and I took a sweet trip to Paris in March. It was delectable, like jumping into a design chocolate box, and I chronicled a number of our finds in posts like these: >> Paris ...

Eames Chair Cross Stitch at Etsy

Follow most patterns out there and there's nothing too exciting about cross stitch. But look at this neat pattern at Tiny Modernist on Etsy. It's a pattern for creating two Eames shell chairs with E...

Guest House at Field Farm

It's not often that we come across a modernist bed and breakfast. But when we do, we can practically feel that heavy Victorian norm for B&B's lifting off our shoulders. That's how we felt when we en...

Carl Chaffee: 20th Century Furnishings

The Carl Chaffee space on Wythe Avenue is similar to its neighbor, Modest Designs: Mr. Chaffee's wares are thoughtfully displayed and easy to browse, prices are on the high end, and the selection c...

Modest Designs: Collectible Vintage

Primarily an online business that caters to professionals designing for clients, Modest Designs is a treasure trove of furniture and decorations from historically important designers. Hans Wegner, P...

Jill's Tour: Klassik Shopping in Copenhagen

Klassik is a haven for all things Scandinavian and Danish in particular. They buy and sell used icons, restore them, and of course, ship all over the world! ...

Danish House Tour: Lis and Torben' Proof that Classic Works

Name: Lis and Torben Location: Frederiksberg (Northwest Copenhagen), Denmark Size: 1,600 square feet Years lived in: 18 years While in Copenhagen, I was lucky enough to gain entry to some extraor...

Two Jakes: Furniture For the Office and Home

It's been nearly four years since we posted Williamsburg's Two Jakes. Two Jakes has a large inventory of used office furniture (much of it is suitable for home use). Vintage pieces like Saarinen ch...

Olde Good Things: Architectural Antiques & Artifacts

>> Take a Peek Inside Slideshow We tripped into Olde Good's Chelsea store last month and were blown away. They have soooooooo many salvaged antiques from so many different periods that if even if...

Todd Oldham's Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

We've taken a look at Charles Harper's raccoons here at AT before. And we've seen Todd Oldham's use of Harper's burd prints in his own home and Harper's Harvest dishware by TAG......

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