Mid-century Modern Stores
A list of the coolest mid-century modern shops around.
Abodeon
Porter Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesEmphasizing the marvelous in the mundane, Abodeon presents a collection of well-designed home furniture and accessories spanning continents and decades. Most items come with a short description stating what you're looking at and why...
Amsterdam Modern
Van Nuys - Van Nuys, CA United StatesReader Suggested: It's a "hidden secret" in Van Nuys, California, a 5000 square foot warehouse filled w/mid-century Modern (50s thru 80s) furniture, lighting, art from Amsterdam. Amsterdam Modern is primarily wholesale to the trade and film rentals, but anyone can come by appointment. The space is...
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....
Area ID
Nolita - New York, NY United StatesArea ID is the vintage furniture store to visit if you think "mid-century modern" furniture is code for "Danish teak" or "designed by Ray and Charles Eames." The shop takes a delightfully broader view of the...
Arte Moderne
Glen Ellyn - Glen Ellyn, IL United StatesReader Suggested: We are the owners of Arte Moderne, and a first in the Chicago burbs! Our unique offering in fine mid-century furniture, European and US pottery, lighting, art and objects is hand-picked by us to reflect and satisfy the tastes of our growing audience. Our unique setting in an underground shopping...
Baxter & Liebchen
DUMBO - Brooklyn, NY United StatesIf you step inside Baxter & Liebchen, have a look around and don't find something you like, you haven't been looking hard enough. The vintage furniture retailer that specializes in Danish modern pieces packs its warehouse with...
Boomerang for Modern
Little Italy - San Diego, CA United StatesMid-century modern, that is. Boomerang for Modern does not concern itself with the latest crop of furniture and home accessory designers. Rather, it focuses on the iconic designers that inspired just about every modern designer. Eames to Noguchi...
Boommodern
Cleveland Heights - Cleveland Heights, OH United StatesReader Suggested: Boommodern was created in 1997 as a permanent retail space to feature and sell a diverse collection of 2Oth Century Modern furniture. They sell decorative arts, along with inspired industrial, primitive and architectural objects. These objects are personally selected by the partners, with an...
Bungalow
Kensington Market - Toronto, ON CanadaBungalow is a one stop shop for retro cool. Half the store is filled with quintessential mid-century modern furniture--a teak Danish coffee table, a lime green sofa and the like. The other half is dedicated to vintage clothing. Some, like...
Carla
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIn an area bursting with glitzy vintage furniture stores where pieces are priced in the compact car price bracket, Carla offers vintage furniture and accessories with zero pretense and less astronomical prices. The '40s-'70s are the eras...
Cosmo Modern
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesThe key to finding that perfect mid-century modern piece for your home is to constantly be on the look out. That's why a place like Cosmo Modern is particularly useful--what with its large inventory and quick turnover. We're not sure...
Danish Teak Classics
Northeast Minneapolis - Minneapolis, MN United StatesReader Suggested: Danish Teak Classics specializes in the kind of furniture known as "Danish Modern" design--that is, furniture and accessories mainly designed and produced during the mid-20th century in Denmark. They have a ton of well-priced primarily teak but also some rosewood and walnut Danish...
Denmark 50
Melrose Heights - Los Angeles, CA United StatesDenmark 5000 is more like it. Denmark 50 stocks classic Danish furnish by the the hundreds. The showroom is overflowing with Danish chairs, tables and larger pieces. Classic pieces by Wegner, Juhl and others abound. There's just too much...
Epicene
Humboldt Park - Chicago, IL United StatesThere's one sure advantage to not opening shop in an uber-hip neighborhood: the cost of rent is not carried over to the product. In this case Epicene offers a quirky, yet impressive collection of mid-century modern furnishing and...
Eric Vetter Modern
North Portland - Portland, OR United StatesReader Suggested: Fantastic stuff, all period MCM, no re-pops. Mixture of high-end name brand designers (McCobb, Eames, Jacobson, Mies, Jere pieces last I was in) and non-name brand but super stylish period American and Euro mid century. Also a good range of stuff from furniture to art to dishes and glasses to...
Fat Chance
La Brea - Los Angeles, CA United StatesFat Chance is where you come when you want the real thing. You don't want Nelson "inspired" clocks or Eames inspired lounge chairs. You want the original article. The mid-century modern furniture and accessory showroom is a...
Filter
King Street East - Toronto, ON CanadaReader Suggested: A wonderful collection of mid-century modern pieces, industrial do-overs and cool and classic stuff.
Form Vintage Modern
Rockridge - Oakland, CA United StatesAt Form Vintage Modern you'll see two different approaches to the same aesthetic. First are mid-century modern furnishings in pristine condition. Teak chairs, Danish casegoods, low-lying fabric couches--all the standards are there....
French 50s-60s
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesSay mid-century furniture and people will immediately assume you're taking the the Scandinavian and American furniture that was being designed by Eames, Nelson, McCobb and friends. French 50s-60s is like one giant signpost saying "Hey,...
Gala Home Furnishings
University Heights - San Diego, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Excellent selection of mid-century furniture and miscellaneous period items-lamps, pillows, dishes, etc. Great prices. Convenient location on Alabama St in North Park/University Heights. Andre, the owner, is very knowledgeable and helpful and will find pieces for you if you ask him.