Antiques Stores
A list of the coolest antiques shops around.
Antiques at Pike Place
Pike Place Market - Seattle, WA United StatesFor the untrained, shopping for antiques can be a stressful experience, from digging through piles and squeezing through aisles to recognizing real from reproduction and getting the right price. Antiques at Pike Place makes shopping for antiques...
Aria
North Beach - San Francisco, CA United StatesSure you can go ahead and call Aria an antique shop, but this isn't your grandmother's antique shop--where you need to dig through tons of junk to find treasure. The objects at Aria are all treasures in their own way. Beautiful maps and...
Big Pagoda
Union Square - San Francisco, CA United StatesThe goods of most American showrooms purporting to sell Chinese furniture are about as Chinese as Beef and Broccoli and Chow Mein. Not so at Big Pagoda. Owner Kurt Silver spent over a decade in China and Big Pagoda is the product of his years...
Blackman Cruz
West Hollywood - West Hollywood, CA United StatesAt Blackman Cruz the objects either came from dead people, are made from dead people or animals or could easily kill you. By objects that came from dead people we of course mean antiques, but Blackman Cruz' selections are decidedly dark or...
Blackman Cruz
Potrero Hill - San Francisco, CA United StatesAt Blackman Cruz the objects either came from dead people, are made from dead people or animals or could easily kill you. By objects that came from dead people we of course mean antiques, but Blackman Cruz' selections are decidedly dark or just pain odd--framed mug shots, any number of...
Capitol Furnishings
Nolita - New York, NY United StatesIf "antique furnishings" recall images of your grandmother's dresser, you'll want to visit Capitol Furnishings for a new perspective. The shop collects antique and vintage furniture, lighting and accessories that are anything...
City Foundry
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United StatesCity Foundry doesn't actually manufacture metal goods, but the store sure is partial to them. The vintage and antique furniture and accessories stores focuses on products with an industrial influence. Brushed steel chairs and tables,...
Creantik
Mazan - Mazan, FranceReader Suggested: All my furniture is created from previous factory or workshop elements, which are transformed from their original functions in order to create an unprecedented and exceptional touch to your interior or exterior decoration.
C.S. Post & Co.
Chestnut Street District - Hays, KS United StatesTo our best recollection, none of the general stores we've seen in westerns look anything like C.S. Post & Co. But that's OK, we kind of prefer their version of general store anyway, with its stylish merchandising and hundreds of interesting, luxurious home and personal products....
Darr
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United States"What is it?" and "I want it.", in that order, must be the two most common utterances at Darr. The vintage and antique home accessories and furniture store travels to multiple continents and dips back a few centuries for its...
Deluxe Junk
Fremont - Seattle, WA United StatesPeeking inside Deluxe Junk, the displays and shelves and nooks and corners will appear to be filled with junk, garage sale fodder. Only upon closer inspection will you notice that the junk is in fact deluxe. From fifties era appliances, to svelt...
De Vera
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesGawking at De Vera's amazing collection seems oddly like browsing artifacts at a museum. The dramatic store, a narrow space with massive paned windows, holds a collection of De Vera's exquisite jewelry designs alongside new and antique...
Empiric
Culver City - Culver City, CA United StatesRarely does a shop come along that mixes several themes so flawlessly and naturally as Empiric. The shop's own line of 1940s style furniture forms the base of the store. The new sofas, tables, storage units and beds in the line are classic '40s with simple, sleek lines and an air of...
Empiric
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesRarely does a shop come along that mixes several themes so flawlessly and naturally as Empiric. The shop's own line of 1940s style furniture forms the base of the store. The new sofas, tables, storage units and beds in the line are classic...
Erie Basin
Red Hook - Brooklyn, NY United StatesErie Basin, it's impossible not to reverently examine each and every piece of jewelry and object of art. The proprietors scour the arenas where antiques are dealt to put together a tightly curated collection of exquisite 19th and 20th century pieces, mixing in some contemporary pieces for...
Etre
Sonoma - Sonoma, CA United StatesReader Suggested: An eclectic store that appeals to all wallets, or pocketbooks if you will. It has everything from an $8000 Versace looking desk from the turn of the century to jumbo pick-up stix. Book selection is out of control, and in a good way. Also has food products for compulsive snackers and make-up from...
Garden Street Bazaar
North Narabeen - North Narrabeen, NSW AustraliaReader Suggested: Huge fuschia pink building in the North Narrabeen industrial area in the northern beaches area of Sydney. Great eclectic range of antique, mid-century and second hand furniture and collectables. Always refreshing to check out new stock and spend some time wandering through the many rooms....
Golden Calf
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesWhen shops attempt to mix Western and Eastern aesthetics, the result it sooner confusion than fusion. Golden Calf manages an effortless mixture of new and old, foreign and hyper-local. A large Chinese apothecary sits next to classic American furniture, pillows by a Brooklyn designer lay near...
Gore Dean
Georgetown - Washington, DC United StatesImagine an Antiques Road Show best-of-the-best episode and that'll give you a bit of insight into what Gore Dean is like. Inside a magical brick warehouse of a space are a collection of some of the finest antiques you're ever going to...
Great Jones Home
Downtown - Seattle, WA United StatesGreat Jones Home is testament to the wonderful home design that's possible when you don't pay attention to price brackets or themes. The store in anchored by serious French country antiques. These large, pristine pieces scream country...