Vintage Furniture Stores
A list of the coolest vintage furniture shops around.
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...
Darr
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United States"What is it?" and "I want it.", in that order, must be the two most common utterances at Darr. The vintage and antique home accessories and furniture store travels to multiple continents and dips back a few centuries for its...
Deluxe Junk
Fremont - Seattle, WA United StatesPeeking inside Deluxe Junk, the displays and shelves and nooks and corners will appear to be filled with junk, garage sale fodder. Only upon closer inspection will you notice that the junk is in fact deluxe. From fifties era appliances, to svelt...
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...
Eclectisaurus
Cabbagetown - Toronto, ON CanadaReader Suggested: Eclectisaurus sells great Brocante (French for vintage goods). An unusually wide selection of really cool things, from Furnishings to Lighting, Kitchen stuff, Art, even Clothing & Jewelry. Very friendly staff and fair prices make Eclectisaurus one of the best stores in Toronto.
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....
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,...
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.
Garden Street Bazaar
North Narabeen - North Narrabeen, NSW AustraliaReader Suggested: Huge fuschia pink building in the North Narrabeen industrial area in the northern beaches area of Sydney. Great eclectic range of antique, mid-century and second hand furniture and collectables. Always refreshing to check out new stock and spend some time wandering through the many rooms....
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 furniture, pillows by a Brooklyn designer lay near...
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...