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Posts tagged “East 50s”

Crate and Barrel: Furniture and Housewares

We'll always have Paris.... A young couple on their honeymoon return to Chicago from Europe. The year? 1962. With their arms full of beautifully designed and inexpensive housewares that have never ...

Argosy Book Store

One can always decorate with maps. Antique maps have a depth of interest and beauty of texture that isn't found in anything else. We were reminded how much we love maps by Swiss Miss' recent Strang...

Manhattan Cabinetry

We received a tip that Manhattan Cabinetry was a good source for custom bookshelves as well as custom cabinetry for living rooms, offices, bedrooms and kitchens. We have not used them yet, so we're a...

Artistic Tile: Luxury Stone and Tile

There are a few big luxury tile stores in town, and Artistic Tile is one of them. With its cheesy ad campaigns and general lack of style, it's not our favorite. So tell us we're wrong. Founded in 198...

The Conran Shop

Awesome furniture store comes to party, but stands by door. I am sorry, I love Terence Conran's style and his shop, but east 59th street is so out of the way, Brooklyn looks better. Nevertheless, a ...

Ann Sacks Tile & Stone

Prettier. We are in the process of looking for tile to redo our cracked kitchen floor. We want something plain, natural looking and with a warm coloring. We have been to Cancos, Artistic Tile, ...

Bielecky Brothers: Ultimate Wicker, Cane & Rattan

This is where the designers go. We hear new things everyday, and yesterday we heard about Bielecky Brothers, Inc. With their showroom in Manhattan and manufacturing in Queens, Bielecky is the premie...

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