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The Dutch Bicycle Company: Sexy Dutch Roadsters
Email from 8.26.08

This Velorbis takes its curvilinear shape from the "subtle, smooth lines of the female form." Sorry to do this to you again, but I've got to get it out of my system. In my search for super cool Dutch...

Shopping Flea Markets & Garage Sales with Wary Meyers
The New York Times 8.14.08

You surely will recognize the work of designers Linda Wary and John Meyers of Wary Meyers. The design duo's work has been featured in Domino, Time Out New York and have even shown up in our inspirat...

Furniturea: Painted Furniture

Portland, Maine based Furniturea is all about color. Offering a wide range of original wood furniture designs in twenty-two standard color choices, the store is a great resource for beds, tables, b...

AT Boston: Boston’s Textile Tour on the “T”

This is from our Boston finalist, Melissa. Only a few more to go. Comment away! I’ll spare you the bridesmaid dress fiasco that sparked an exhaustive pursuit of Boston’s best textile shops. U...

AT Boston: Vessel - Not Just Candelas

This is from our Boston finalists, Kayla and Wes. Comment away! We know that AT readers have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Vessel's Candela, but we thought we'd clear the air a little and...

Jamaica Cottage Shop

Now that it's over, it's time to start planning for next summer. If a simple, easy-to-construct little cottage is what you're after, take a look at the Jamaica Cottage Shop. While we're sure no one ...

Conant Custom Brass

We went for the big thermometer to add to our outdoor home. Even though we're generally more modern in our leanings (see High Modernist Debate), every now and then we get a craving for big, function...

Yestermorrow Design/Build School

Want to do it yourself but don't know how? This looks like a fun weekend. You can spend as little as one day or as much as two weeks taking courses at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School....

Get Back Inc.: Vintage Industrial Furniture & Lighting

Died and gone to heaven. That's how we felt when we found this place. Who knew that such a treasure trove existed within striking distance of NYC? Tipped off this week to Get Back Inc, we spent th...

Furnature

Organic furniture. That's the business of Furnature, an organic furniture manufacturer and showroom in Massachusets. They create chemical-free mattresses, sofas, and upholstered furniture and sell o...

Circa50.com

Mid-century Market.Though it has a somewhat limited selectionseating, tables, storage, accessories, and lightingCirca50.com represents the mid-century classics well. Eames, Bertoia, Saarinen, Aalto,...

Fedco Co-Op Garden Supplies

From way up in Maine, Fedco is a recommended resource for seeds, trees, moose tubers, bulbs and supplies that are specially adapted to our demanding Northeast climate. They operate entirely by catalog...

Ian Ingersoll Cabinetmakers

If you are looking for Shaker furniture, we've been tipped off that the best places to go are Glen Carlson for custom (he's a teacher at Hancock Village), Shaker Workshops for good affordable, and Ia...

Spotlight: Michael Gloor Design

Physics made fun. Micheal Gloor was a physicist in college who dropped it all to go to art school. Why? He took an elective in pottery and it blew him away. Years later, he has already had a comme...

Staples Cabinet Makers & Tables Too...

Handmade. Stephen and Christine Staples began building furniture out of reclaimed lumber over 30 years ago. They weren't even married when they started. Today, the Staples have a store, a website a...

Staples Cabinet Makers & Tables Too...

Handmade. Stephen and Christine Staples began building furniture out of reclaimed lumber over 30 years ago. They weren't even married when they started. Today, the Staples have a store, a website a...

The Museum of Useful Things

Nickname: The MUT. We stumbled upon this great store thanks to a comment by a reader and just had to hand it to Boston (once again) for being quirky, down to earth and just-plain-fun. The Museum o...