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Everything old is new again. Or so you'll discover as soon as entering Chartreuse. The seating, lighting, furniture and accessories conceived by the legendary designers of the first part of...
Rarely 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,...
Rarely 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,...
If calling something "modernist" has become a backhanded compliment in the design world, than no one told Hive. The store celebrates modernism in all its glory. Here, modern design is...
Illumintations is a modern lighting store that knows its audience. Among the more reserved and conservative atmosphere of the Capitol, the store offers clean, classic modern lighting, combining...
Illumintations is a modern lighting store that knows its audience. Among the more reserved and conservative atmosphere of the Capitol, the store offers clean, classic modern lighting, combining...
Infrom is that rare furniture store that pays homage to the past and looks toward the future. The past in this case is the iconic mid-century modern pieces in new production runs. This includes...
Infrom is that rare furniture store that pays homage to the past and looks toward the future. The past in this case is the iconic mid-century modern pieces in new production runs. This includes...
There's a certain optimism with design school product that doesn't manifest itself anywhere else. Short of lifting objects from design school exhibitions, Karkula is about close as...
Let's face it, not everyone has good taste. Luckily, we live in a society where what you don't have you can buy. Above all, Koo de Kir is a purveyor of good taste. Whether buying for...
If you've ever wondered where neon signs come from, at least in New York, the answer is Let There Be Neon. The shop is the destination in New York for light-emitting signage, mainly neon, but...
Want to instantly make a room look better, bolder, more beautiful? Start with the lighting. Light Me Up... Turn Me On specializes in architectural lighting, the type of lighting that can transform...
Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is...
Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is...
Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is...
Established in 1982, Lost City Arts is a stalwart in the New York mid-century modern furniture trade and for good reason. Their open space is filled with a great balance of wooden and upholstered...
Matter is high design objects without high design attitudes. Look for interesting lighting and bent-ply furnishings. Seek out unique vases, pillows, tableware, jewelry and other accessories....
In it's Manhattan incarnation (the original shopping being Brooklyn bred), Matter has grown up without forgetting where it came from. Exemplary design is the tie that binds the stores...
There's modern and then there's Minima. At Minima, modern means high concept show pieces that would fit right in as part of the MOMA permanent collection. A typical piece? Imagine a...
More museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. The long, bright, sanitary space has several rows of products...
More museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. Among the items are toasters, toothbrush holders, colanders...
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A unique lifestyle store that mixes very cool furniture, fashion and art you don't find everywhere.
In other modern furniture stores we seen shelves lined with miniatures of classic modern chairs. At Orange Skin we saw the same thing, only in the full size variety. Such is the scale at which the...
Scandinavia of course, America sure, but mid-century modern furniture from the Czech Republic? Indeed Prague Kolektiv's collection of table, chairs, storage and lighting comes straight from...
Go to R 20th Cenutry's showroom to see mid-century modern design come to life. The loft space has table, chairs and storage units sprinkled throughout and funky lights hanging overhead. The...
Reborn is more like it. Rewire takes vintage lighting--all styles, sizes and refurbishes them for posterity to enjoy. Some pieces are anonymous but distinctive, others are classics like Eva...
If fine furnishings and home accessories never look so good as when they're properly lit, at Rico modern furnishings look their very best. The store features the lighting designs of owner and...
If you were to ask the average person what kind of lighting they like, 1900-1950 American schoolhouse-style lighting would probably not enter into the conversation. With a few more years of...
If you were to ask the average person what kind of lighting they like, 1900-1950 American schoolhouse-style lighting would probably not enter into the conversation. With a few more years of...
We're not sure what "Skynear" is referencing, but we're guessing it has something to do with their 4 levels of furniture and lighting. You can find everything you need to...
Yes, but how does that lamp make you feel? This is a type of question Tao Living (Tao stands for "The Art Of") wants you to ask about all the objects in your house. The home accessories...
You want to visit Egypt, Paris, New York, ancient Rome, Venice, the stratosphere, the circus and Celine Dion in one trip. You know where to go. You want to see every desk, bed, rug, lamp, chair...
If you know anything about San Francisco, it's that a design store where everyone wears black turtlenecks will be a miserable failure. The owners of Zinc Details appreciate the wear flowers in...
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Chartreuse
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Everything old is new again. Or so you'll discover as soon as entering Chartreuse. The seating, lighting, furniture and accessories conceived by the legendary designers of the first part of the 20th century blend seamlessly designs coming out of the 21th century. The floor space is crowed with vintage furniture, new productions of old designs, and new designs coming from today's...
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Address:2609 1st Avenue
Seattle WA 98121
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-206-328-5811 or 1-877-328-4844
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sat: 12-6:30 Sun: 12-5
Empiric
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Rarely 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 seriousness to them. Interspersed among these are furnishings and accessories of a distinct...
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Address:7918 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-323-634-7323
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5
Empiric
Rarely 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 seriousness to them. Interspersed among these are furnishings and accessories of a distinct...
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Address:6021 Washington Boulevard
Culver City CA 90232
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-310-842-9777
Hours: By Chance or By Appointment
Hive
If calling something "modernist" has become a backhanded compliment in the design world, than no one told Hive. The store celebrates modernism in all its glory. Here, modern design is as its best, with piece after piece that show what can happen when basic items in our home are rethought and recast. More importantly, the pieces at Hive aren't cold museum pieces to be gawked...
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Address:820 NW Glisan Street
Portland OR 97209
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-503-242-1967 or 1-866-663-4483
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed
Illuminations
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Illumintations is a modern lighting store that knows its audience. Among the more reserved and conservative atmosphere of the Capitol, the store offers clean, classic modern lighting, combining steel, glass, plastic and wire in interesting ways. Track lighting is made of thin wire and delicate halogen bulbs, sleek lamps are made of steel with a curvy glass shade. What you won't find are...
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Address:3323 Cady's Alley NW
Washington DC 20007
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-202-965-4888
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed
Illuminations
Illumintations is a modern lighting store that knows its audience. Among the more reserved and conservative atmosphere of the Capitol, the store offers clean, classic modern lighting, combining steel, glass, plastic and wire in interesting ways. Track lighting is made of thin wire and delicate halogen bulbs, sleek lamps are made of steel with a curvy glass shade. What you won't find are...
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Address:415 8th Street NW
Washington DC 20004
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-202-783-4888
Hours: Mon-Fri: 12-6 Sat: 11-5 Sun: Closed
Inform Interiors
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Infrom is that rare furniture store that pays homage to the past and looks toward the future. The past in this case is the iconic mid-century modern pieces in new production runs. This includes the best of Noguchi, Eames and their comrades. Next to these icons is new work--lighting, furniture and accessories designed by the best of today's designers. Every notable Italian and...
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Address:1220 Western Avenue
Seattle WA 98101
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-206-622-1608
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5
Inform Interiors
Infrom is that rare furniture store that pays homage to the past and looks toward the future. The past in this case is the iconic mid-century modern pieces in new production runs. This includes the best of Noguchi, Eames and their comrades. Next to these icons is new work--lighting, furniture and accessories designed by the best of today's designers. Every notable Italian and...
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Address:97 Water Street
Vancouver BC V6B 1A1
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-604-682-3868
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat; 10-5:30 Sun: 12-5
Karkula
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There's a certain optimism with design school product that doesn't manifest itself anywhere else. Short of lifting objects from design school exhibitions, Karkula is about close as you'll get to acquiring these undiluted designs. The store curates a collection of furniture, light, accessories and even some jewelry from a select group of international designers. A design school...
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Address:48 Walker Street
New York NY 10013
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-212-645-2216
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: Closed
Koo de Kir
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Let's face it, not everyone has good taste. Luckily, we live in a society where what you don't have you can buy. Above all, Koo de Kir is a purveyor of good taste. Whether buying for yourself or others, choose among their ever-churning collection of furniture, accessories, lighting, tableware and bath products. You simply can't go wrong. The selection tends toward the modern,...
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Address:65 Chestnut Street
Boston MA 02108
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-617-723-8111
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 10-5 Sun: 12-5
Let There Be Neon
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If you've ever wondered where neon signs come from, at least in New York, the answer is Let There Be Neon. The shop is the destination in New York for light-emitting signage, mainly neon, but also LED and other lighting systems. The space itself is both showroom and museum of sorts, a collection of the shop's latest work (everything is custom-made so you can they can create whatever...
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Address:38 White Street
New York NY 10013
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-212-226-4883
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9-5 Sat-Sun: Closed
Light Me Up... Turn Me On
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Want to instantly make a room look better, bolder, more beautiful? Start with the lighting. Light Me Up... Turn Me On specializes in architectural lighting, the type of lighting that can transform the look and feel of a room. Unlike the many cramped showrooms we've seen, Light Me Up's space allows enough room for you to see each light seperately and in a more natural, home-like...
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Address:2263 Union Street
San Francisco CA 94123
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-415-409-6800
Hours: Mon: 11-6 Wed-Fri: 11-6 Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5
LIMN
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Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is everything you're looking for and more, and in California no less. Browse clever design accessories from world renowned industrial designers and high-concept furniture and lighting straight from the...
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Address:290 Townsend Street
San Francisco CA 94107
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-415-543-5466
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30-6 Sat-Sun: 11-6
LIMN
Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is everything you're looking for and more, and in California no less. Browse clever design accessories from world renowned industrial designers and high-concept furniture and lighting straight from the...
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Address:501 Arden Way
Sacramento CA 95815
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-916-564-2900
Hours: Mon: 12-6 Tue-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 11-5:30 Sun: Closed
LIMN
Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is everything you're looking for and more. Browse clever design accessories from world renowned industrial designers and high-concept furniture and lighting straight from the Milan Furniture Fair in a...
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Address:629 Western Avenue
Seattle WA 98104
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-206-696-7077
Lost City Arts
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Established in 1982, Lost City Arts is a stalwart in the New York mid-century modern furniture trade and for good reason. Their open space is filled with a great balance of wooden and upholstered furniture from Scandinavia and America. The ceilings are covered with lighting fixtures small and grand. Variety is the key here as furniture, lighting and accessories alike branch out from the...
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Address:18 Cooper Square
New York NY 10018
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-212-375-0500
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat-Sun: 12-6
Matter
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Matter is high design objects without high design attitudes. Look for interesting lighting and bent-ply furnishings. Seek out unique vases, pillows, tableware, jewelry and other accessories. Don't miss the brainy books on art and design.
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Address:227 5th Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11215
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-718-230-1150
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sun: 12-7
Matter
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In it's Manhattan incarnation (the original shopping being Brooklyn bred), Matter has grown up without forgetting where it came from. Exemplary design is the tie that binds the stores offerings. On one side sits a row of display cases holding beautiful, intricate jewelry from designers you've haven't heard of yet. On the other is a wall of cool home accessories, ceramics and...
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Address:405 Broome Street
New York NY 10013
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-212-343-2600
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-6
Minima
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There's modern and then there's Minima. At Minima, modern means high concept show pieces that would fit right in as part of the MOMA permanent collection. A typical piece? Imagine a massive chandelier made of wire, glass and metal. Each individual light consists of a tube covered with a translucent close up image of an old chandelier on it. This is par for the course at Minima....
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Address:118 North 3rd Street
Philadelphia PA 19106
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-215-922-2002
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5
Moss
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More museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. The long, bright, sanitary space has several rows of products for customers to snake through, each accompanied by a note listing the designer and country of origin. Among the items are toasters, toothbrush holders, colanders and ashtrays. A separate but...
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Address:146 Greene Street
New York NY 10012
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-212-204-7100
Hours: Mon--Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6
Moss
More museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. Among the items are toasters, toothbrush holders, colanders and ashtrays and larger items such as coffee tables and chairs. The prices will sometimes make you feel like you are buying art right off a museum's walls but as rappers like to say "if you...
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Address:8444 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90069
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-323-866-5260
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: Closed
Muleh
Reader Suggested: A unique lifestyle store that mixes very cool furniture, fashion and art you don't find everywhere.
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Address:1831 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-202-667-3440
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5
Orange Skin
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In other modern furniture stores we seen shelves lined with miniatures of classic modern chairs. At Orange Skin we saw the same thing, only in the full size variety. Such is the scale at which the store operates. Opened by two architects, expect to see the most audacious versions of beds, lights, and bathroom fixtures around. Most products are from Italy.
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Address:223 West Erie Street
Chicago IL 60610
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-312-335-1033
Prague Kolektiv
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Scandinavia of course, America sure, but mid-century modern furniture from the Czech Republic? Indeed Prague Kolektiv's collection of table, chairs, storage and lighting comes straight from the Old Country. But what does the stuff look like? It's similar in shape to other mid-century modern work but with less teak and rosewood and more lacquer and steel.
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Address:143-B Front Street
Brooklyn NY 11201
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-718-260-8013
R 20th Century
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Go to R 20th Cenutry's showroom to see mid-century modern design come to life. The loft space has table, chairs and storage units sprinkled throughout and funky lights hanging overhead. The pieces fit right in to the hip space, hardly showing their age at all. The collection comes from all over the world--Herman Miller in America, L'Atelier in Brazil, Luber in Switzerland, Roger in...
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Address:82 Franklin Street
New York NY 10013
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-212-343-7979
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-6 Sat: 12-6 Sun: Closed
Rewire
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Reborn is more like it. Rewire takes vintage lighting--all styles, sizes and refurbishes them for posterity to enjoy. Some pieces are anonymous but distinctive, others are classics like Eva Zeisel candleholders and some mid-century modern icons.
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Address:7257 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-323-937-5254
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-5 Sat: 12-5 Sun: Closed
Rico
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If fine furnishings and home accessories never look so good as when they're properly lit, at Rico modern furnishings look their very best. The store features the lighting designs of owner and lighting designer Rico Espinet. The lighting of Espinet and a handful of other designers is modern, with retro, deco and worldly touches. It is the type of stuff that looks right in traditional and...
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Address:384 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11217
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-718-797-2077
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-7
Schoolhouse Electric
If you were to ask the average person what kind of lighting they like, 1900-1950 American schoolhouse-style lighting would probably not enter into the conversation. With a few more years of Schoolhouse Electric spreading its message, who knows? Begun when the owner discovered molds for classic early 20th century lighting in a New York warehouse, the store makes period-appropriate lighting...
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Address:330 SE Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Portland OR 97214
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-503-230-7113
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed
Schoolhouse Electric
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If you were to ask the average person what kind of lighting they like, 1900-1950 American schoolhouse-style lighting would probably not enter into the conversation. With a few more years of Schoolhouse Electric spreading its message, who knows? Begun when the owner discovered molds for classic early 20th century lighting in a New York warehouse, the store makes period-appropriate lighting...
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Address:27 Vestry Street
New York NY 10013
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-212-226-6113
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6 Sat: 10-5 Sun: Closed
Skynear
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We're not sure what "Skynear" is referencing, but we're guessing it has something to do with their 4 levels of furniture and lighting. You can find everything you need to outfit your home here, from beds to bar stools, office chairs to armoires. Unlike other home stores, Skynear is an equal opportunity retailer, carrying items that span continents and centuries....
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Address:2122 18th Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-202-797-7160
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6
Tao Living
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Yes, but how does that lamp make you feel? This is a type of question Tao Living (Tao stands for "The Art Of") wants you to ask about all the objects in your house. The home accessories store collects lamps, pillows, vases and accessories that are modern, but organic, that will liven up your space, but put you at ease. The pieces are drawn from Artisans across America, Europe and...
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Address:298 West 4th Street
New York NY 10014
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-212-242-7776 1-800-920-0901
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-8 Sun: 12-6
Unica Home
You want to visit Egypt, Paris, New York, ancient Rome, Venice, the stratosphere, the circus and Celine Dion in one trip. You know where to go. You want to see every desk, bed, rug, lamp, chair and bookcase currently manufactured by a modern design company. You know where to go. Unica Home carries so much stuff you'll be amazed that one society could need this many different desks,...
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Address:7540 South Industrial Road #501
Las Vegas NV 89139
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-702-616-9280 or 1-888-89-UNICA
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed
Zinc Details
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If you know anything about San Francisco, it's that a design store where everyone wears black turtlenecks will be a miserable failure. The owners of Zinc Details appreciate the wear flowers in you hair attitude of San Francisco. All you have to do is look in on the colorful items at Zinc Details to understand that this is not your ordinary design store. It's full of items that you...
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Address:1905 Fillmore Street
San Francisco CA 94115
Site: Official Site Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-776-2100
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6
