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Sublime is worth a look:

http://www.sublimeamericandesign.com/

I'm a big fan of Chelsea. West Elm, The Container Store, and Jensen-Lewis are very close together, plus great thrift stores on 17th street.

If indeed THIS weekend, I'd forego the stores and hit the Armory Show, -scope art fair, pulse art fair (why, oh WHY do they schedule these things all at once?!?!) and the Architectural Digest Home Show. There is also something called the Design Show at one of the armories, no?

You'll get a much more comprehensive "dip" into the art/design pool with these events than hoofing/cabbing around the city, although that itslef holds its own appeal.

Well, if you take the 1 train to 18th Street and walk East, I think you'll walk by Bo Concept on the south side of the street and then I think there's a Ralph Lauren interiors sale on the north side of the street at that Metropolitan Pavilion thing if you can get your paws on an invitation. And then farther down the block there's a West Elm store, and then at the end of the block, you'll see, to your right our Container Store, and across from it is our Bed, Bath & Beyond, there on 6th Ave, between 18th & 19th. Probably mainly the same stuff at both of those as the one near you, but maybe a tad different, depending on how they market things, but you may want to speed through there.

A block or two down from there, on one of the side streets there's a Flax, which has some nice picture frames and art supplies, and portfolios and some furniture, too.

I think there's an Urban Outfitters on the corner of 6th Avenue and 14th Street, in case you don't have any near you. Since I can't think of what's in those next few blocks, you might get on the subway a couple of stops to Broadway/Lafayette stop, and then walk down Lafayette where they tend to have some Mid-Century vintage stores, and then walk back west, crossing Broadway and then you're in that whole SoHo area that Maxwell refers to. There's all kinds of stuff down there. It really is like some kind of Interior Design pavilion at a theme park or something around there.

If you are in the area around The Container Store, you can continue to walk east to ABC Carpet on Broadway. There are also a few furniture stores on Broadway between ABC and 23rd St.

If still hell-bent on stores versus art fairs (oops, my bias is showing!), I think (aside from ABC, as mentioned by Alvin), you HAVE to get to The Terence Conran Shop. Then you're (sort of) over by Bloomingdale's, and some other nice outposts of national chains like C&B, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma...

You could also get over to Thomas O'Brien's Aero for a poke around.. and it puts you in the SoHo neighborhood near Room & Board and the (downtown) MoMA Design Store.

FYI, last I heard, Sublime American Design has closed down! The owner, Steven, now runs a showroom in the New York Design Center and this site: www.designlush.com

Sublime always bugged me... something about the HUGE windows loaded with total lust-worthy stuff (ohmiGOD a cowhide bed that made me want to sell everything I own...), then a teeny-tiny sign on the door saying "By Appointment Only." (although maybe they were open to all one day a week?)

HATE that teasy-exclusive combo.

At least Wyeth makes it a littel ahrd to see in.

Whoops.. "little hard."

Oh my.

I'm with Patrick, this weekend you've got the Arch. Digest Show, shows at the Armory and, AND Dining By Design, the DIFFA event which also has an emporium where design folk dump off stuff, usually at wholesale prices. I scored my Thomas Paul pillow there and a platter for a wedding gift ($10!). The time I went, the last hour everything was 50% off.

If you want stores, there's definitely the West Elm, BoConcept, thrift store action in Chelsea. I would also consider Greene St. in Soho with Jonathan Adler, Flou, Kartell (I think?), Modernica and then other stuff in the area.

If anyone wants to go to the AD Show, dining by Design etc. maybe we can get a little design posse going.

Hello Amanda,

Hands down, the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94 ( 54th Street & 12th Avenue) is the place to go this weekend. I was there this morning and the show is fantastic ! Everybody from Ligne Roset (cool lounge and display), Tufenkian Rugs, Holly Hunt, Green River Stone (authentic 50 million year old fossils as wall art, countertops and the MOST awesome shower ever !), Viking...You get the idea. If there is one place to go to see the latest and the best under one roof for this weeken, this is THE place to be.

Al

Al, you were at the AD show and didn't stop by to say hello!?? Shame on you. If you go back this weekend look me up. Booth 635.

if you do go to west elm, there are 3 thrift stores on 17th street you never know what you will find there. also there is lobel modern on 18th bet 7&8th ave a deco modern store accross the street. then a very short walk to the south and west the meatpacking district. lunch at pastis or another neighborhood spot and shop the stores like dwr, vitra, jeffery and take a look at the highline before it's developed into an elevated park.
have a great new york day

Wow, as I expected there are way too many options, but you've convinced me to head first to the Architectural Digest Home Show, then if there's still daylight let I'll scoot down to Soho armed with my list of all the places listed on the Stores page.
I guess my next weekend trip will be West Elm and Chelsea, then Brooklyn.
After that will be Broadway around ABC Carpet. Eventually I'll be ready for the Terence Conran Shop.
Then I'll have to start all over again.
Thanks, everyone!

What a perfectly timed question! I just flew in from Toronto this afternoon. I had both the Architectural Digest Home Show and The Terence Conran Shop on my list of things to do. I've already been by the TC Shop... very impressed... a great diverse mix of modern products. Now I have a few more spots to add to my must do list!

BTW, I did make it to the Architectural Digest show on Saturday and like many others stuck around for the "small space" decorating lecture at 2. What a disappointment. Anyone here at AT, armed with Smallest Coolest slides, would have mesmerized the room way more than the three speakers did. A lot of people left halfway through...

The former manager of Sublime is now the owner of an incredible showroom called Designlush at the New York Design Center and they could not be nicer,more helpful,great trade prices.....even to the public and their products are beautiful,innovative,and often custom....a new face to modern.....welcoming and warm....not cool and space age.....really incredible.....www.designlush.com