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Vintage Tub & Bath

If you are looking for tubs, put Vintage Tub on your list. Started six years ago, it is a family run business in Pennsylvania that wants to corner the market on antique and reproduction bathroom fi...

Faucet.com: Faucets, Sinks, Clawfoot Tubs...

This site will help you triangulate for the cheapest prices. Though it's nice to be able to see, touch and feel your faucet, when it comes to buying, you want a good price. Online, the market is fi...

White Forest Pottery

We were tipped off to Nancy Bauch's White Forest Pottery by a friend who said that walking into her studio was like walking into another world. We haven't been there, but her website and her potter...

Niche Modern Lighting

Falling color. We first met Jeremy Pyles of Niche Modern at the 2005 Brooklyn Designs, and it has been wonderful to watch him take his unique glass lighting designs further and further. Above is ...

Get Real Surfaces

With lots of experience in NYC, Get Real Surfaces is the place to go for interior concrete finishes. They do thin concrete wall finishes or monolithic concrete tubs. Check out their standard produc...

The Iron Shop

Who knew buying spiral stairs was this simple? Certainly not us, but at The Iron Shop, it is. Are you building a loft in your apartment? With this shop, you have the option of intalling a sprial sta...

Fleur, Inc.

For garden decor like antique statuary, plants, tools and home fragrances, Fleur is a nice shop near the city. Located in Mt. Kisco, the shop's displays change seasonally, offering ever-changing ins...

Sylvester & Co. - At Home

We were impressed. This past weekend we checked out Sylvester & Co. in Amagansett after being tipped off to them by the folks over at Tucker Robbins. Started by Lynda Sylvester and Nancy Dow as a...

Green Demolitions

Seek out showroom samples and nearly new kitchens, appliances, bathroom fixtures, and building materials at Green Demolitions. Or donate your old materials for a tax deduction. Reuse is less expensi...

Desmond Electric

Finally. That's what AT reader, Mimi, said after finding Desmond Electric. She's 3/4 through a substantial renovation of her apartment, and has been so pleased with the work Desmond Electric has done ...

Campbell Iron Works

Got metal? No? Then check out Campbell Iron Works. Recommended by a reader as a "tremendous resource" for "elegant, solid iron curtain hardware", Campbell also makes Tolkien-like fire shovels & to...

Artistic Tile: Luxury Stone and Tile

There are a few big luxury tile stores in town, and Artistic Tile is one of them. With its cheesy ad campaigns and general lack of style, it's not our favorite. So tell us we're wrong. Founded in 198...

LB Furniture Industries

Dept. of Hospitality. Sent to us by a reader, LB Furniture is a company up in Hudson NY, that specializes "in dining, banquet, conference, function room and common area seating environments." Which i...

Lumber Liquidators

Prices that hit the floor. We don't know how good a tip this is, but on the face of it, it's very good. If you are looking for wood flooring - as someone was a few weeks ago - Lumber Liquidators is ...

Arthur Works: Custom Cabinetmakers

Can't find it? Get it built. Wednesdays we try to find something that is upscale or hard enough to find that is usually reserved for the trade, and Arthur Works is this week's pick. This Pennsylvan...

Huisraad NL: European Furniture at Affordable Prices

Nice furniture. The web site says it sells "nice furniture to nice people, nicely." You can't beat that, and they must be Dutch. They are. Huisraad is a real alternative to Room & Board, Crate & Ba...

Monitor Top.com

Pure gold. This is when the NYTimes really shines. Reporting in If the Shell Fits, Fix It, Carole Braden tells the story of Mike Arnold, who has forsaken new houseold appliances for old ones, for a...

Mid-Century Modern

This just in: New York City no longer center of world. As rents go higher (despite economic dips), and civilized people crave the country life, furniture stores have proliferated more and more outsid...