Antiques Stores
A list of the coolest antiques shops around.
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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.
The Vintage Collective
Retro Row - Long Beach, CA United StatesReader Suggested: 1920-1970 vintage art deco to mid-century modern furniture and accessories. Open 7 days for fun-filled shopping on 4th street in Long Beach and very affordable.
Trove
Laguna Beach - Laguna Beach, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Sublimely edited, cutting edge antique store.
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...
Urban Country
Main Street - Venice, CA United StatesUrban Country is an appealing mix of work and play, industrial and rural. The well-curated antique store concentrates on different bits of Americana. Factory ad unrecognizable machinery seems straight of the industrial revolution. Colorful stars...
Obsolete
Main Street - Venice, CA United StatesFor the home that has everything consider adding decades old advertising signage or a factory work table or Goodyear slick racing tire. Rather than running after furniture or ceramics or lighting from landmark artists and manufacturers as many...
Past Perfect
Cow Hollow - San Francisco, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Past Perfect over on Union St (and also Lombard, they opened a second location) is a fabulous vintage store that I love to explore. They carry home decor, furniture and fun knick-knacks from the 20s-70s. Past Perfect is a collective, housing rare, exclusive finds from 40 different vendors. Each...
Past Perfect
Marina - San Francisco, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Past Perfect over on Union St (and also Lombard, they opened a second location) is a fabulous vintage store that I love to explore. They carry home decor, furniture and fun knick-knacks from the 20s-70s. Past Perfect is a collective, housing rare, exclusive finds from 40 different vendors. Each...
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...
Seasons International
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesIn New York, there are 84,000 places to eat Japanese food, a few dozen places to buy Japanese clothes, maybe 2 or 3 place to buy Japanese toys and thanks to Seasons International at least one place to buy Japanese antiques and home crafts. The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pagoda Red
Bucktown - Chicago, IL United StatesThe thin long passage into Pagoda Red is a coy introduction into what is a rather grand showcase of Chinese and Asian antiques and artifacts. The two-floored showroom holds objects of all sizes, from long, heavy tables commanding attention to...
Rose
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesIf you fancy an object at Rose, may we suggest you buy it right there, because chances are you're not going to see it anywhere else. This is one shop that is curated in the truest sense of the word. Owner Mark Rose searches far and wide for...
Rayon Vert
The Mission - San Francisco, CA United StatesWe might have passed by items like those in Rayon Vert a dozen times without taking a second look. Which explains why we'll never be able to open such a store. The shop, that was once more flower shop than home accessories shop and still...
Swallowtail
Russian Hill - San Francisco, CA United StatesAt Swallowtail expect to see a Louis XIV chair upholstered in a graffiti print fabric five feet away from a wingback in a traditional floral fabric, clean modern white ceramics a glance away from ornate vintage vases. In other words, expect the...
Zonal
Hayes Valley - San Francisco, CA United StatesZonal's antique furnishings are nicked and scratched because been around a long time, not because some designer was trying achieve a "distressed" look. That sort of honesty pervades all of the store's furnishings. Most...