Vintage Furniture Stores
A list of the coolest vintage furniture shops around.
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...
Depression Modern
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesDepression Modern is exactly what it says it is--furniture from the '30s and '40s that will fit in seamlessly in modern interiors. The sofas and club chairs, pendant lights and case goods at the shop have been lovingly restored and are...
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...
Empiric
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, 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...
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....
Fresh Kills
Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY United StatesThe goods at Fresh Kills are at least 30 years fresher than most vintage furniture outposts. Instead of going the mid-century modern route like so many other shops, Fresh Kills draws a lot of its inventory from the '70s and '80s. But...
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.
Glimpse
Downtown - Fort Lauderdale, FL United StatesReader 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;...
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...
Gore Dean
Georgetown - Washington, DC United StatesImagine an Antiques Road Show best-of-the-best episode and that'll give you a bit of insight into what Gore Dean is like. Inside a magical brick warehouse of a space are a collection of some of the finest antiques you're ever going to...
Histoire
Arnhem - Arnhem, NetherlandsReader 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 CanadaRest 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...
Indigo Junction
Brunswick East - Brunswick East, VIC AustraliaReader Suggested: One of Melbourne's best retro furniture stores! Retro, kitsch and vintage collectibles.
Koma Designs
Parkdale - Toronto, ON CanadaHear a store described as vintage, retro, modern, functional and ethnic all at the same time and you'd expect a shop with a serious personality disorder. Koma Designs is anything but. Like a good cocktail party, Koma brings together items...
Lawson-Fenning
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf ever a furniture shop encapsulates the eclectic, often contradictory aspects of the Los Angeles area, Lawson-Fenning is it. Consider that the city is ground zero for Hollywood Regency, was the longtime home and workplace of Ray and Charles...
Lawson-Fenning
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf ever a furniture shop encapsulates the eclectic, often contradictory aspects of the Los Angeles area, Lawson-Fenning is it. Consider that the city is ground zero for Hollywood Regency, was the longtime home and workplace of Ray and Charles...