Vintage Furniture Shopping Guide, Vintage Furniture Stores

Aardewerk en Zo

Reader Suggested: Aardewerk en Zo specializes in collectors pottery, furniture, design and accessories.

Abodeon

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 it's special. Like the classic '50s ice cream scoop, famous for its simplicity, or the vintage German glass bowl made of a special type of glass...

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Amsterdam Modern

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 shared with Nationwide Classics, Inc., classic and vintage cars that are exported to Europe,...

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Appel Design

Reader Suggested: More a gallery of the all time greatest of last century's furniture design than a store.

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Area 51

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. The vintage stuff is a mish-mash of iconic pieces, retro curiosities and charming appliances. The new furniture pieces are sufficiently minimalist, the...

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Area ID

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 wonderful furniture that was produced in the mid-twentieth century. While a selection of Danish teak tables, plastic molded chairs and chrome lamps are...

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Baxter & Liebchen

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 hundreds of fine examples of mid-century Danish design. Rosewood and teak tables, chairs and case goods with soft lines rule the roost here. Iconic pieces...

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Boomerang for Modern

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 to Wegner, the store has loaded with showroom prototypical mid-century modern design. Some of it is new production of well-known designs. More...

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Bungalow

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 men's suit jackets, are reinvigorated with silk-screened patterns, while others, like bright '50s and '60s summer dresses, are perfect as is.

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Capitol Furnishings

If "antique furnishings" recall images of your grandmother's dresser, you'll want to visit Capitol Furnishings for a new perspective. The shop collects antique and vintage furniture, lighting and accessories that are anything but staid or conservative. The pieces are drawn from 19th and 20th century work and each will make a bold, dramatic statement in your home. Mirrored...

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Carla

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 officially covered with no shortage of mid-century modern pieces. While the space precludes stocking many huge pieces, the lighting, decorative...

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Chartreuse

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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City Foundry

City Foundry doesn't actually manufacture metal goods, but the store sure is partial to them. The vintage and antique furniture and accessories stores focuses on products with an industrial influence. Brushed steel chairs and tables, plastic chairs with steel legs, steel lamps and small appliances are sprinkled throughout the warehouse space. OK, there is some wood too--storage units,...

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Collective

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 well represented, as is '70s stuff, but there are also some much older pieces as well as cool found objects. A loft space holds excess stock,...

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Cosmo Modern

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 where they find all this stuff but on any given day expect the store to be literally overflowing with chairs, storage units, lamps and lights, and...

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Creantik

Reader Suggested: All my furniture is created from previous factory or workshop elements, which are transformed from their original functions in order to create an unprecedented and exceptional touch to your interior or exterior decoration.

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Danish Teak Classics

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 modern furniture. Much of it is by unknowns but they also carry items from designers like Hans Wegner,...

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Darr

"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 one of a kind finds. A small sample: old industrial shelving, antique mirrors, curious tins and jars, giant animal heads and eerie portraiture.

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Deluxe Junk

Peeking 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 cocktail dresses, to bakelite jewelry to classic toys the store is a proper resting ground for all things retro. Go in and you can't help but...

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Denmark 50

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 stuff for any kind of minimalist gesture. Here the furniture is lined up next to each other with irreverence, as if to say "I'm meant to be...

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Depression Modern

Depression 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 available at prices approaching affordable.

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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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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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Epicene

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 accessories. A large green loveseat with teak legs presides over the space, while a stack of Eames-style plastic chairs are stacked up in the corner like they...

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Eric Vetter Modern

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 weird inflatable doll furniture from Japan, dated 1954. Just lots of good, cool stuff.

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Fat Chance

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 collection of iconic pieces. Lots of Herman Miller pieces, some Eames chairs and Saarinsen dressers are part of the collection that reads like a who's...

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Filter

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

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Form Vintage Modern

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. Interspersed between these iconic pieces are official reproductions of vintage classics and modern accessories.

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Fresh Kills

The 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 this does not mean orange shag rugs or neon green sofas. Fresh Kills draws from high-end manufacturers of the era whose designs are every bit as relevant...

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Gala Home Furnishings

Reader 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.

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Glimpse

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; and the selection ranges from Danish Modern to Hollywood Regency. The showroom is a boutique size store, packed full of merchandise and every inch of...

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Golden Calf

When 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 beautiful leather upholstered chairs, antique household items commingle with delicate glass vases shaped...

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Gore Dean

Imagine 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 see under one roof. A pair of pristine French art deco chairs, a huge set of century old china or a majestic Italian chandelier are par for the...

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Histoire

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 together and available in vintage condition as well as new condition (carrying only licensed re-issued...

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In Abstracto

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 your home. The store is quite literally overflowing with furniture: a row of plastic and metal chair stand guard outside while the interior requires...

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Indigo Junction

Reader Suggested: One of Melbourne's best retro furniture stores! Retro, kitsch and vintage collectibles.

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Koma Designs

Hear 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 from different walks of life and blends them to create a delightful, cohesive space. Mid-century modern classics like pod chairs and Eames lounges...

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Lawson-Fenning

If 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 Eames, and hosts a bright crop of modernist architects and designers and it makes the Lawson-Fenning aesthetic crystal clear. The shop's line of...

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Lawson-Fenning

If 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 Eames, and hosts a bright crop of modernist architects and designers and it makes the Lawson-Fenning aesthetic crystal clear. The shop's line of...

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Look Modern

Reader Suggested: Look Modern provides the largest selection and the top condition of Danish modern and mid-century modern furniture in the Pacific Northwest. They have designer pieces by Hans Wegner Arne Vodder, Peter Hvidt, Rosengren Hansen, Grete Jalk and American companies such as Herman Miller and Knoll. They also have art and pottery. Anything you would need for your mid-century home.

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Lost City Arts

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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Lotus Bleu

Lotus suggests Asia, Bleu suggests France and in the case of Lotus Bleu both suggestions are accurate. Lotus Bleu brings together art, textiles and home accents from Southeast Asia and France. The interior designer owned shop is a treasure trove of ideas and objects. Most noteworthy are the textiles. Bedding, pillows, table linens and rugs display a daunting array of patterns, prints and...

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Machine Age

Reader Suggested: Machine Age is a true destination store, with amazing original, mid-twentieth designer furniture you won't find anywhere else in New England. The selection is huge, and the prices much softer than New York's... definitely worth the trip!

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Machine Age Modern

Reader Suggested: Great collection of unique vintage pieces and new custom works. Eclectic before eclectic was cool. Plus Jake the owner is a super nice guy.

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Millennium Decorative Arts

You could think of the furniture, accessories and clothing that fill Millennium Decorative Arts as retro. We prefer to think of the store as a collection of items that will never, ever go out of style. (We dread the day when an Eames lounge chair is considered uncool.) The store does not do retro for the sake of retro, but instead carries truly iconic pieces from Charles and Ray Eames,...

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Mixed Use

Think of Mixed Use as a vintage lifestyle boutique. On the first-floor are vintage, mostly mid-century modern, furniture and accessories. There's everything home case goods, to upholstered chairs to a variety of vintage ceramics. Go upstairs for your wardrobe needs--everything from cute, clean vintage dresses to an impressive collection of vintage shoes and boots.

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Mode Moderne

Mode Moderne gives new meaning to the term "good old days." The store has assembled a top-notch collection of vintage, mostly mid-century modern, furniture and accessories that is testament to how good designers of that era were. While there is certainly a Danish contingent, the selection is mostly drawn from American manufacturers. Looking for classic Herman Miller or Heywood...

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Modern Artifacts

Artifacts, in this case, is not an overstatement. Modern Artifacts finds and sells the type of furniture, mostly from the mid-20th century, that can also be found in the permanent collections of modern art museums around the country. In addition to iconic furniture chairs, tables and casegoods expect to see an interesting selection of vintage objects such as ceramics, clocks and the like. Just...

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Modernlink

Whether you like your modern old or new, Modernlink has something worth looking at. The shop began as one dedicated to mid-century modern design. They import containers worth of wooden and upholstered furniture from Scandinavia. This is top tier stuff from Wegner, Jacobsen and friends in good condition and there's enough of it to a make their rather large space seem small....

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Modern Times

Modern Times: because someone has to fill all the posh lofts and condos being built in Chicago. The vintage furnishings store is rife with top-notch examples of mid-century modern furnishings from the masters of the era. These are iconic pieces that are in better condition than we are and worthy of the most audacious loft spaces. The store could fill your closets too: they also have a...

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Mondo Trasho

Reader Suggested: Mondo Trasho stocks rare and unique vintage furniture and objects. Not your average 20th Century design store.

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Monument

Monument is just that to the world of mid-century furniture and accessories design. Th museum like space house an enviable line up of furnishings. Like any museum, some pieces are classics that any informed vintage furniture buyer will instantly recognize while others of a more obscure provenance. The prices are high but we suppose that's what you get for not having to dig through

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Aardewerk en Zo

Abodeon

Amsterdam Modern

Appel Design

Area 51

Area ID

Baxter & Liebchen

Boomerang for Modern

Bungalow

Capitol Furnishings

Carla

Chartreuse

City Foundry

Collective

Cosmo Modern

Creantik

Danish Teak Classics

Darr

Deluxe Junk

Denmark 50

Depression Modern

Empiric

Empiric

Epicene

Eric Vetter Modern

Fat Chance

Filter

Form Vintage Modern

Fresh Kills

Gala Home Furnishings

Glimpse

Golden Calf

Gore Dean

Histoire

In Abstracto

Indigo Junction

Koma Designs

Lawson-Fenning

Lawson-Fenning

Look Modern

Lost City Arts

Lotus Bleu

Machine Age

Machine Age Modern

Millennium Decorative Arts

Mixed Use

Mode Moderne

Modern Artifacts

Modernlink

Modern Times

Mondo Trasho

Monument