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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...

Mc & Co: Eclectic Home Accessories and Artwork

On a sunny afternoon, the bright white space of Williamsburg's Mc & Co is alive with light. Carrying an assortment of table- and house-wares from independent designers and artists, the shop always h...

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...

Naked Chair from Alberto Colzani

The Naked Chair from designer Alberto Colzani makes a good alternative to a classic Bertoia wire chair. In addition to being visually light and extremely sturdy, the Naked Chair is also stackable......

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...

The Inside Out: The Original Settlers

Name: Bob Location: Tribeca Size: 1200 sqft loft Years lived in: 22 years Bob is, as he says, "good at small problem solving." He enjoys "looking at what's there and deciding what's necessary to g...

NY Good Questions: How Should I Arrange My Furniture?

Hello AT, I need help figuring out where to put the furniture in my living room--I've been reading about flow in the AT book, but my apartment seems so fussy that I can't figure out how to translate ...

AT Europe: Paris - Christmas Tree Bijou Light from Habitat

For Parisians who don't have the room or the inclination for a real tree but like its cozy holiday symbolism, the new Arbre Lumineux Bijou from Habitat comes with golden or reddish lights, and can b...

Haystack

"We believe a modern home is not a spread in a design magazine", says the Haystack home page. The shop feels like home, with comfy and stylish upholstered furniture from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams ...

Farm21

"Modern rural" design might seem to be somewhat of a contradiction... At least in the U.S. But for Irish design types like Sasha Sykes, it seems modernity wasn't quite in such a rush to sell the famil...

Angel Street Thrift Shop

Patrick McKeon is the Tibor Kalman of thrift shops.......

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...

Jay East: Chinese Imports

Eastern Influence. We had a good time browsing through the DUMBO location of Jay East this past weekend. Imported Chinese furniture, artwork and decorative items fill the garage-like space. Stocking...

Rejuvenation Lighting & Hardware

Light up. Pursuing a "a passionate love affair with antique lighting, hardware, and old houses since 1977," Rejuvenation is a great resource if you like the classic look. They've just updated thei...

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...

Bart Bettencourt: Green Design & Supplies

The Godfather of NYC Green. We met Bart Bettencourt a few years back at Brooklyn Designs and added him to the blog right away. Since then, green has grown and so has his business and reach. Since ...

One Earth One Design

A sustainable lifestyle store, One Earth One Design is located in Seattle, Washington. But don't worry, the green shop has an online branch, too....

Environment 337

For every room of your home, Environment 337 has something. A visit to one of their shops in Manhattan or Brooklyn or a look at their website shows that they are all about every facet of the home en...

Moss

We say: For the cutting edge of hip and not necessarily beautiful modern design, Moss is the place to go. By alternate turns stuffy, pretentious, inventive, creative, and welcoming of the latest d...

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...

Ultra Modern

We were browsing for a glass coffee table when we came upon Ultra Modern. They deal in, well, ultra-modern furniture. They ship for free and much of their inventory is from Italy. And what a jackpot...

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...

Sundance Catalog

Definitely not modern. The worn and aged appearance of most products at Sundance could really add a rustic warmth to your kitchen, bedroom, or dining room. The store also carries apparel and persona...

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