Mid-century Modern Stores

A list of the coolest mid-century modern shops around.

Abodeon

Porter Square - Cambridge, MA United States

Emphasizing 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 States

Reader 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 States

Area 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 States

Area 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...

Baxter & Liebchen

DUMBO - Brooklyn, NY United States

If 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 States

Mid-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...

Bungalow

Kensington Market - Toronto, ON Canada

Bungalow 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 States

In 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...

Collective

Ballard - Seattle, WA United States

Collective combines the finds of several different eras to create a vintage furniture wonderland. The main floor groups the eclectic furniture in home-like arrangments, mixing and matching different materials and styles. Mid-century modern is...

Cosmo Modern

Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United States

The 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 States

Reader 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 States

Denmark 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 States

There'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 States

Reader 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 States

Fat 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 Canada

Reader Suggested: A wonderful collection of mid-century modern pieces, industrial do-overs and cool and classic stuff.

Form Vintage Modern

Rockridge - Oakland, CA United States

At 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....

Glimpse

Downtown - Fort Lauderdale, FL United States

Reader Suggested: Glimpse is a vintage store located in east Ft. Lauderdale with a primary emphasis on mid century modern design and décor. The store offers everything from vases, chairs and lamps to iconic designs by Philippe Starck, Herman Miller and Jens Risom;...

Histoire

Arnhem - Arnhem, Netherlands

Reader Suggested: To all of you who are interested in the concept of Scandinavian Modernism I wish to point out an interesting store in The Netherlands, Histoire. Their collection of designs by the "Grand Masters of Good Design" such as Finn Juhl, Hans Wegner, Nanna Ditzel and Arne Jacobsen is brought...

In Abstracto

West Queen West - Toronto, ON Canada

Rest assured that the furniture and accessories at In Abstracto are quite real. The shop features mid-century modern furnishings at their best--not as rarefied design icons but as fully functional pieces of furniture ready to be incorporated in...