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New Old-Style French Club Chairs
Paris, France

The club chair craze 10 years ago drove up prices and drove down the stock of the authentic 1930s classic Fauteuil Club. While you can still find them at the brocante or on French ebay, used club chai...

Unica Home: Big, Modern, Fun

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 children, pets as well as soap, watches and ar...

NY Good Questions: Is there a North American Equivalent to Sofa.com?

Dear AT, I love the idea behind Sofa.com: luxurious, comfortable customized sofas at an affordable price, and more importantly, they sell online. The company was founded by two guys who just wanted...

Good Eye: 20th Century Interiors
Washington DC

No search for MCM furniture in Washington DC is complete without a stop at Good Eye, a vintage store that has been operating in Friendship Heights for over a decade. A small store packed floor to c...

The Old Lucketts Antique Store
Washington, DC

Just 45 minutes from DC is the Old Lucketts Antique Store. When we first stumbled upon this while driving down RT 15, with all the stuff strewn all over their front lawn, we thought we were halluci...

NY Good Questions: Who Makes This Sectional?

Dear AT, I fell in love with this sectional, but I don't know where to find it. Does anyone recognize this sectional set? I am trying to figure out who manufactured it and from what collection it...

NY Good Questions: Where Can We Find This Couch?

Dear AT, We're looking for a couch - comfortable enough for both of us to lay and watch TV, take naps on, but also attractive to look at (we like mid-century modern - couch w/ legs). We're still deb...

Shimna Furniture: Strong, Modern and Crunchy - Email from 4.15.08

Meanwhile, I wanted to share with you yesterday this great relatively new furniture company, Shimna, which has done a great job pairing natural materials (read crunchy, organic) with strong modern fo...

AT DC: The Hunted House

This is from DC finalist, Caroline. Comment away! >> Enter Slideshow The Hunted House is a great furniture store on the 14th St NW strip. Located on the second floor of an old townhouse, the store...

AT DC: Rckndy - "Sweet Decor" in the U Street Corridor

This is from DC finalist, Rachael. Comment away! >> Enter Rckndy Slideshow Rckndy (pronounced Rock Candy) offers quirky but practical home decor for small spaces. Although handguns are banned in ...

AT DC: AndBeige - "Beige and then some...."

This is from DC finalist, Thomas. Comment away! AndBeige sits quietly on Florida Avenue in NW. The space is painted ivory with a dusty chocolate brown ceiling, a neutral background to display high...

Good Questions: Any Info. On The Neptune Sofa?

Hello AT, I'm deep into the Spring Cure and getting inspired by everything I'm seeing so far from my ATSF curers/curees?! :) Any way, two weeks ago I was shopping at Therapy in San Francisco and f...

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...

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...

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...

The Horsemen Antiques: Biggest Smorgasbord on Atlantic

Looking for a desk and willing to venture into the biggest smorgasbord of antiques on Atlantic Avenue? Horsemen Antiques is an old school bricks and mortar operation (no website) that has been on A...

Portmanteau

This small shop in Williamsburg features a well-edited collection of vintage and gently-used furnishings and accessories. Located near the corner of Grand and Wythe, the shop's small footprint trans...

Troy: European and American Furniture

When it used to be in SoHo, it was so nice to step into Troy and see the beautiful things. Their collection is exquisite and covers nearly all of the modern classics. Now that it's fled the neighb...

Aero Studios: Thomas Obrien's Home Shop

"Understated luxury" coupled with "clean, modern... and traditional" are the mouthful of words used to describe this SoHo fixture, which continues to set the standard for downtown chic. Indeed, own...

Warhol Modular Sofa from Simone Brewster

British designer Simone Brewster created the Warhol Sofa to provide the owner with the basic furniture to comfortably inhabit a single room. In addition to the sofa component, the timber, tyvek and...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Find a Similar Chair?

Hello AT, I was looking through the great pictures on Domino's past design competition and came across this chair (front of the pic). Is anyone able to identify it? I am especially curious as the...

The Charles Sofa from B&B Italia

In the annals of good shelter porn, the Charles sofa has an assured role. Totally Italian, with a generous shape, slim silhouette and a bit hard on your ass, this sofa has become a design classic s...

NYT: Timeless Chairs, Cleaning Granite Counters and Garden Labyrinths
House & Home Roundup 12.20.07

Personal Shopper: Timeless Chairs:. The Saarinen Armless Dining Chair (left) is just one of an extensive number of mid century modern re-issues in contemporary fabrics and finishes. Room to Impr...

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