Home Accessories Stores
A list of the coolest home accessories shops around.
3R Living
Park Slope - Brooklyn, NY United StatesWe've come a long way from when eco-living meant wearing a hemp shirt and having a compost bin out back. These days eco-living is as stylish as it is responsible, and 3R Living is a perfect example. The store collects a variety of cleverly...
A&G Merch
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesWe love the high-concept furnishings at The Future Perfect, but don't always like the high-concept prices. Enter A&G Merch. The adjacent space by the same owner collects modern, stylish furniture and accessories that are more budget...
Amaridian
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesIt's a fair bet that most of wont get to visit Africa in our lifetime, but that doesn't mean we can't get a taste of immense cultural richness of the continent. Enter Amaridian, conceived by a native South African and featuring the...
American Studio Plus
Georgetown - Washington, DC United StatesAmerican Studio Plus is going to look a bit intimidating from the outside. There are lots of sleek, modern accessories on display and the staff has a propensity towards wearing all black. But don't let that stop you from stepping in. The...
Apartment 48
Chelsea - New York, NY United StatesImagine going into your friend's cozy apartment and him saying to you, "See anything you like? It's yours". Other than the formality of monetary exchange, this is essentially what a visit to Apartment 48 is like. The space is...
Apartment Zero
Downtown - Washington, DC United StatesApartment Zero's 2700 square feet is full of modern furniture and accessories. This in itself is nothing to write home about. Apartment Zero fills 2700 square feet with modern furniture and nowhere can you find a chair fit for ET or a molded neon plastic affair. Now this deserves a...
Appel Design
Mitte - Berlin, GermanyReader Suggested: More a gallery of the all time greatest of last century's furniture design than a store.
Apt
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesWhen we see modern furnishings through a New York's shop window, we're immediately thinking we'll have to make a choice between a couch and a new car. Not so at Apt. The friendly modern furnishings showroom has a large selection of...
A+R
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesA+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood veneer placemats and crinkled ceramic cups.
Architectural Elements
The Mission - San Francisco, CA United StatesArchitechtural Elements is the store with the courage of its convictions. The look they present is unwaveringly modern, from the block sofas to the dramatic lighting cast in steel or ceramic, from the substantial wooden dining room tables to the...
Area
Embarcadero - San Francisco, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Area is an interior accessories store. It features a wide variety of items beautifully displayed by the owner John. With a keen eye John carries items that will please any interior designer or consumer. He also seeks out handcrafted and local products that fit well into modern interiors.
Area 51
Capitol Hill - Seattle, WA United StatesArea 51 is the furniture store those other furniture stores don't want you to know about. Practically the size of a small lake, the warehouse mixes a selection of vintage furniture with modern, vintage-inspired furniture and accessories....
Atys
Cow Hollow - San Francisco, CA United StatesWhen an inset, half-hidden store is packed with men and women, young and old, it's usually a sign that they're doing something right. In Atys' case, they're doing everything right. The industrial design outfit has put...
Auto
Meatpacking District - New York, NY United StatesAuto focuses on home accessories mostly conceived by designers local to New York. That these designs would stand up in any major city, in any country are what make the store special. For textiles, there are striking beach towels in a zig-zagged...
Bark
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United StatesImagine you went to every housewares shop and bazaar around the world and announced "Give me the finest item in your collection!" Your final collection of goods would look a lot like the collection of items at Bark. The airy, inspiring...
Base
South Beach - Miami Beach, FL United StatesReader Suggested: The store carries lines by Vivienne Westwood Anglomania and other cult labels. They also carry accessory lines by Martin Margiela and other less known labels (Erika Pena, Louis Moralis, King Baby) I find their taste quite stunning. The best part of their store is their taste in music. I find...
Base
South Beach - Miami Beach, FL United StatesReader Suggested: The store carries lines by Vivienne Westwood Anglomania and other cult labels. They also carry accessory lines by Martin Margiela and other less known labels (Erika Pena, Louis Moralis, King Baby) I find their taste quite stunning. The best part of their store is their taste in music. I find...
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...
Bitters Co.
Fremont - Seattle, WA United StatesIf your only experience with globalization involves talking to tech support guys in Bangalore, let Bitters Co. show you a different way. To Bitters Co., globalization means gathering interesting objects from around the world, items unique to their...
Black Ink
Beacon Hill - Boston, MA United StatesBlack Ink does a wonderful job of selling nothing in particular. Hello Kitty lunchboxes, rubber peanuts, squiggly sushi plates, banana-shaped doorstops and Korean composition books are among the random items that line the store's tall,...
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