Authentiques: Antiques for the Table
This is Amy M's final post! Comment away... >> Enter Shop Tour Tucked away on 18th Street, just east of 8th Avenue, Robert and Paul have run an antique and collectible shop, Authentiques, since 197...
This is Amy M's final post! Comment away... >> Enter Shop Tour Tucked away on 18th Street, just east of 8th Avenue, Robert and Paul have run an antique and collectible shop, Authentiques, since 197...
We love getting out of the city, but, with all the rainy New England weather this season, we have had to find indoor escapes. Antique shops in Boston are often geared toward tourists and, we think, ar...
Welcome to Amy, 1 of 6 finalists trying out for our two NY Blogger spots! Comment away.... Airstream Books is not a typical bookshop. For one thing, there’s no actual shop. They’ve set up on the...
Angela Adams is well known here on AT for her rugs but few are as familiar with her husband, Sherwood Hamill's furniture collection—also sold through the Angela Adams. Hamill's modern take on wood ...
Anyone taken the BoltBus yet? How was the ride? Two of our friends tried it from Boston to NY a few weeks ago and assured us that despite the almost-too-good-to-be-true low $1 price, there were com...
For Spring Cleaning Month, we're going to be posting all the good and recommended cleaning services that we know of. I don't know how we found Ameno Housekeeping, but we've been using them to clean o...
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...
We just heard about A+ through a friend and since a good, word of mouth tip is NY gold, we're blogging her new company asap. Charmaine started A+ Totally Clean Service herself and has been doing a ...
"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...
Since the crack-pipe chandelier is not for sale, you may have to settle for the Absinthe spoons and fountains to give your party some downtown cred. Designed by Daniel Jackson, the ornate spoons ...
Umbra can be a life-saver with their full line of curtain rods and window hardware. Now, their new Anywhere telescoping curtain system enables consumers to hang a curtain nearly anywhere. The nicke...
There's a new shop on Montague Street in Brooklyn. And it's not a cell phone or eyeglasses shop (the typical for the street). This time, it's a home shop, Artesana. This is Artesana's second location ...
Patrick McKeon is the Tibor Kalman of thrift shops... Ever since Housing Works introduced the concept of "Salvation Armani" in the mid-1990s, NYC thrift shops have been drifting upmarket. At Angel Str...
Super cool. Some people just have design sense..... and they are crunchy too. Argington came in through the door this week and we not only like their children's furniture, we like their font, thei...
Devoted to passementerie (the French term for ornamental trimmings), VV Rouleaux is the ultimate resource for embellishing home accessories and furnishings (as well as your wardrobe)... - To All A...
A reliable, cost-conscious address offering designer knock-offs for the fickle and short of cash, Zara Home is a great source for fulfilling interior decorating trends without breaking the piggy ban...
You can learn a lot about a culture, or reinforce your pre-conceived ideas, by visiting a mainstream department store like Peter Jones on Sloane Square... - To All AT Europe Posts -...
It's impossible to pass the enticing windows of Home Autour du Monde in the Marais and not stop in for a peek......
(Starting today, the NYTimes gets 1.5 inches thinner, while we get fatter. AT:Europe goes to two days a week, Monday and Wednesday. Go digital!) Paul Smith wanted a flagship store that would feel l...
Ask design-conscious friends in London where they go to find one-of-a-kind gifts, and the first response you are likely to get is Mint. The two-level shop on Wigmore Road has an exquisitely edited s...
Amsterdam design pilgrims stop first at The Frozen Fountain, a reference since 1985 that sells contemporary furniture, lighting, fabrics and home accessories, with international design names and a ...
Speak to the Noise Czar. If you're really serious about blocking out your drum playing neighbor or wanting to set up a bowling alley in your apartment without bothering anyone, Acoustilog gets high ma...
Most of our clients don't even notice their windows anymore, and for good reason. They're all dirty. We don't know if it is simply human nature or the fact that New Yorker's enjoy the added privacy ...
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...
One can always decorate with maps. Antique maps have a depth of interest and beauty of texture that isn't found in anything else. We were reminded how much we love maps by Swiss Miss' recent Strang...