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Posts tagged “Midwest”

Grizzly Metal Furniture

A number of years ago Martha Stewart had a catalog, which sold some pretty cool stuff. I bought a fair amount from it both for myself and for clients, and missed it when it shut down. One of the be...

FlyingBeds.com: Murphy Beds Gone Wild

This takes the cake. Out in Denver, CO, FlyingBeds.com is pushing the envelope. They have a whole line of beds that come out of the wall in various different ways using the Murphy bed mechanism. R...

Composition

Over the holidays, I was in Colorado and despite the snowstorms, I was able to make it to Composition. This is a great modern design store in the newish Belmar shopping district, just west of Denver...

The Home Port

Located in St. Louis' Central West End, The Home Port carries decorative objects, furniture, and lighting with an exotic flair. ...

Three Sheets 2 the Wind

We blogged Jenny Sauer's artwork yesterday but also wanted to point out her online shop, Three Sheets 2 the Wind, where you can purchase her handmade bedding, screen printed wall hangings, and pillo...

Paul Robinett Aromatherapy Candle Shop

Smelling it. We spent the weekend in and around the Short North arts district of Columbus, Ohio. Our tour guide whisked us into Paul Robinett's Aromatherapy Candle Shop for a quick look at the 70 scen...

Nell Hill's Home Emporium

On a recent visit to Kansas we were lucky to come across Nell Hill's, a cozy, charming enclave of interior design set in the vast open midwest. The Atchison, Kansas location is an old industrial tow...

Toys Et Cetera

(This is Post #2 from Kris, one of the finalists vying for a blogging position at the upcoming AT:The Nursery. Comment away.) If you are looking for aisles of Bratz merchandise and aggressively marke...

Mahvelous Mailboxes & More

While mailboxes are their specialty, Mahvelous Mailboxes also sells a wide variety of home accessories. Most of these are unnecessary for urban apartment dwellers, but I found the selection so intere...

Vogue Fabrics (Guest Post)

(Back in Chicago for lunchtime, Heather treats us to a tour of a local hotspot. Comment away) So, you sew? In the Midwest, every serious sewer knows that Vogue Fabrics is an endless source of materia...

Stumasa: Unfinished Furniture

(Over in Baghdad by the Bay [this really is a nickname - we looked it up], Lisa digs up a great furniture store in Cole Valley. Comment away.) Raw wooden furniture always seems to me to be screamin...

Marshall Fields Flea Market (Guest Post)

(They call it Paris on the Prairie, and that's just what Janel finds for us this week: a bit of Europe in Chicago. This is a nice scoop. Comment away.) Once again Marshall Field's pulls out all the...

Morlen Sinoway (Guest Post)

(Near the Loop in the City of Big Shoulders, Heather leads us on..... Comment away.) Morlen Sinoway is a welcoming and sophisticated highlight among many other showrooms, galleries, studios and shop...

Local 59 Durables: Steel Furniture

Last month a reader was looking for simple steel tables, this month we got the tip where to find them. From Kalamazoo comes Local 59, a small company with a desire to design good stuff and make it lo...

Pryde's Old Westport Kitchen & Home Accessories

From the heartland. If you are looking for new and hard to find kitchen resources, here's a new one to consider: Pryde's of Old Westport in Kansas City, MO. We just got this rousing tip from Brian: ...

JetSetModern.com

Mod from the heartland. Joe Kunkel heads up Jet Set Modern in the Chicago area, but maintains a one-man army when it comes to the rest of the country. Jet Set is a store, a magazine, a classifieds r...

Grizzly Metal Furniture

Solid colors. If you like vintage American steel furniture then Grizzly is a great resource for new stuff. While they cater to factories and industry, these simply, sturdy designs are a funky altern...

Stitch Chicago

Chi Town. When we visited friends in Chicago this winter they took us to Stitch to show us where they bought the furniture in their house. Very nice. With a selective eye, Stitch has taken the bes...

Past Present Future

Vintage Motherload. This is why the web is going to change how we buy furnishings. We were tipped off to Past Present Future by a reader and can't believe was a huge resource it is. Steven Mogol st...

Rare Earth Hardwoods, Inc.

Good wood. A few weeks ago we listed The Mountain Lumber Co., and heard about ...

Treadway/Toomey Galleries

To the Trade. A friend is getting help with her apartment and tipped us off to this great resource: Treadway/Toomey Galleries. Two cooperative auction houses with one website, Treadway/Toomey has a...

Urban Workshop

The heartland stirs! We came across Urban Workshop when we ran a piece about shelving a few weeks ago and we thought we had died and gone to heaven. Designed and manufactured by David and Julie...