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Floorcloths by Hilary Law
Boston

We’ve all felt it. Strolling through a quiet museum, you have to resist the compulsive urge to reach out and touch the paintings. To experience their textures with your hands. And resist you ...

Ombre Rug from West Elm

Ombre, from the French for shade or shadow, has been gaining in popularity lately (the catalyst was Prada's fall collection from '07) and the fashion trend has trickled down to housewares at West Elm....

DWR: Design Within Reach

DWR has aged gracefully with only a few bumps along the way. Founded with the mission of making modern furniture accessible, they've delivered, spread like Starbucks and experimented with what mode...

Golden Calf: Chinese & American Antiques, Accessories

Inside this small shop on the corner of North Sixth and Wythe in Williamsburg is a blend of Chinese antiques, reupholstered vintage finds, and a wealth of unique home accessories that fill the spac...

Kea Carpets and Kilims

This past weekend we walked Atlantic Avenue and took notes on all the best furniture shops. During the next few weeks, we'll be rolling out every one for you to comment on. Don't add an "I" in the f...

Composition

Over the holidays, I was in Colorado and despite the snowstorms, I was able to make it to Composition. This is a great modern design store in the newish Belmar shopping district, just west of Denver...

NY Good Questions: Modern or Traditional Rug?

Hello AT, I desperately need help picking out a rug to anchor my living room area in my large studio. 5' X 8' fits the best as I don't want to cover a lot of the nice hardwood floors. The room ge...

NY Good Questions: What Rug to Put Beneath Alpaca Rug?

Hello AT, I could use some decorating advice. We received a luxurious alpaca rug as a gift. Good timing since our new apartment has a large and largely unfurnished living room. I would like to...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Turn My Sisal Into a Rug?

Hello AT, I have a large scrap of sisal carpeting (approximately 6' x 6') that I would like to turn into a rug. I have no idea how to go about doing this so any advice on where to go to get it cut,...

NY Good Questions: Cozy Rug for Green and Yellow Floor?

Hello AT, I'm looking for a rug kitchen rug/mat. What color goes with my green and yellow tiled kitchen floors? I want the rug to tone down the colors and make it cozier in there. I tried beige a...

NY Good Questions: What Color Area Rug Should We Get?

Hello AT, We're looking for some suggestions - specifically, what color area rug we should put in our living room. We have a white leather sofa and the walls are white and the carpet is ivory. The ...

Top 10: Rug Cutters

Calling this a top 10 list is a bit of an overstatement, because we only know of two, but we hew to convention. Shopping for a rug recently we interviewed Steven Forrey at The Rug Company what folks ...

Le Baldaquin

More from Montreal. Fine home linens and decor in an inspiring space. That's what we found in Le Baldaquin, a shop located in the historic Old Montreal......

Imports From Marrakesh

Marrakesh express... Aware of the growing hipness and attractiveness of the Chelsea Market, we were recently tipped off to yet another resident: Imports of Marrakesh, a wholesale and retail operation...

Scandinavian Design Center

Super-Store. With a mission to "market and sell Scandinavian Design worldwide" we thought it was time to devote a store post to the online retailer Scandinavian Design Center. After all, we've poste...

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 ...

De La Espada: Solid Wood Modern Furniture

Spanish Minimalism meets American Wood. When you walk into De La Espada you feel like you are either in dry, hot Spain, or dry, hot Arizona, and you feel like you are in a huge, airy home with wind...

Smith and Noble

Classy DIY solutions....

Rugman.com

A good rugman is hard to find. We agonize over rugs with our clients and find that there are far fewer resources to choose from than for furniture. It is also made tougher by the fact that a good ru...

Judy Ross Textiles

Great color. For a New Yorker, Judy Ross is an anomaly. She has a great eye for color and her textiles are soft, rich and yet understated in a way that New Yorker's seldom see. She has long been a f...

GUS* New York

(Sale Alert! Through May 15 AT readers can get 10% off any upholstery order. Just mention Apartment Therapy when ordering.) Mostly masculine, tightly constructed, a top performer in Canada, and co...

ABC Carpet & Home

How could we have forgotten? When we interview clients, we always ask them to name their favorite home store in NYC. About 75% of the time the answer is ABC. After years of growth (over 100 actual...

abitare

Check out abitare, a new home decor shop in Brooklyn Heights. They have great gifts and home furnishings from ceramics and glassware to blankets and rugs. Most items are modern, simple, and clean. ...

XYdecor

Crafted design is how XYdecor owners Tim and Mukda Clark refer to the beautiful home furnishings presented in their Georgetown, Wahington D.C. boutique. The shop's philosophy is "to present beautifu...

Kate's at Home

This one is overdue. Earlier this year, Kate's Paperie opened their first store dedicated to the home. Kate's love of bright colors and patterns is evident in the new expansion. While Kate's origin...

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