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Great Stuff by Paul
Washington DC

If you have ever felt like something was missing from your life, there’s a good chance you’ll find it here.......

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...

New. Eco. Modern: Bruce Marsh Designs
Email from 6.11.08

I met Bruce Marsh last week at our monthly meetup (note: coming to the meetup often leads to good exposure). He was the one person in the crowd who jumped up to help me remove a chandelier that was...

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: Is This A Genuine Eero Saarinen Chair?

Dear AT, I found this awesome mid century Burke task chair in great condition! The chair is white fiberglass with a metal base and wood accent and has casters. It doesn't have an original cushion...

Best Rattan Bistro Chairs 2008: High & Low
Email from 4.22.08

I really like these chairs: traditional French bistro chairs. They're the sort of thing you fall in love with when visiting France and vow to yourself that you'll have them one day in your kitchen......

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: 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...

AT DC: Finials Antiques

This is from DC finalist, Colleen. Comment away! Tucked away on a quiet side street close to Chevy Chase Circle, Finials is a treasure trove of antique furniture, costume jewelry, china, silver, an...

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...

City Foundry: Antique and Fine Objects

If you like vintage industrial, you'll love City Foundry. Recently expanded to two store fronts along the northern side of Atlantic, CF is filled from floor to ceiling with metal everything from li...

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...

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...

Danish Design Store

Enter Slideshow of Really Nice Product Pics We love finding a new resource. This one is all Danish design, all the time: the Danish Design Store. We don't know where they hell they are located, ...

Myto Cantilevered Chair by Konstantin Grcic

In addition to making The New York Times' list for the Seventh Annual Year in Ideas, the Myto chair by German designer Konstantin Grcic received expanded press in the International Herald Tribune (...

Fritz Hansen PK8 Chair

The PK8 Chair by Fritz Hansen has three legs. This has long been a practical design move, as three legs can never be unsteady. Like old milking stools, the chair will always sit without rocking, eve...

Rubber Band Chair by Tom Dixon

We had to single out our favorite item from Tom Dixon's ABC shop in its own post. The Rubber Band Chair features a simple wire frame (reminiscent of his Wire Series) wrapped in extra-large industria...

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