Unica Home: Big, Modern, Fun
Showtime! What if you opened an online modern homestore in Las Vegas and offered every cool design manufacturer under the sun, along with products for children, pets as well as soap, watches and ar...
Showtime! What if you opened an online modern homestore in Las Vegas and offered every cool design manufacturer under the sun, along with products for children, pets as well as soap, watches and ar...
On a sunny afternoon, the bright white space of Williamsburg's Mc & Co is alive with light. Carrying an assortment of table- and house-wares from independent designers and artists, the shop always h...
It's been nearly four years since we posted Williamsburg's Two Jakes. Two Jakes has a large inventory of used office furniture (much of it is suitable for home use). Vintage pieces like Saarinen ch...
The Naked Chair from designer Alberto Colzani makes a good alternative to a classic Bertoia wire chair. In addition to being visually light and extremely sturdy, the Naked Chair is also stackable......
If you like vintage industrial, you'll love City Foundry. Recently expanded to two store fronts along the northern side of Atlantic, CF is filled from floor to ceiling with metal everything from li...
Name: Bob Location: Tribeca Size: 1200 sqft loft Years lived in: 22 years Bob is, as he says, "good at small problem solving." He enjoys "looking at what's there and deciding what's necessary to g...
Hello AT, I need help figuring out where to put the furniture in my living room--I've been reading about flow in the AT book, but my apartment seems so fussy that I can't figure out how to translate ...
For Parisians who don't have the room or the inclination for a real tree but like its cozy holiday symbolism, the new Arbre Lumineux Bijou from Habitat comes with golden or reddish lights, and can b...
"We believe a modern home is not a spread in a design magazine", says the Haystack home page. The shop feels like home, with comfy and stylish upholstered furniture from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams ...
"Modern rural" design might seem to be somewhat of a contradiction... At least in the U.S. But for Irish design types like Sasha Sykes, it seems modernity wasn't quite in such a rush to sell the famil...
Patrick McKeon is the Tibor Kalman of thrift shops... Ever since Housing Works introduced the concept of "Salvation Armani" in the mid-1990s, NYC thrift shops have been drifting upmarket. At Angel Str...
Super-Store. With a mission to "market and sell Scandinavian Design worldwide" we thought it was time to devote a store post to the online retailer Scandinavian Design Center. After all, we've poste...
Eastern Influence. We had a good time browsing through the DUMBO location of Jay East this past weekend. Imported Chinese furniture, artwork and decorative items fill the garage-like space. Stocking...
Light up. Pursuing a "a passionate love affair with antique lighting, hardware, and old houses since 1977," Rejuvenation is a great resource if you like the classic look. They've just updated thei...
We'll always have Paris.... A young couple on their honeymoon return to Chicago from Europe. The year? 1962. With their arms full of beautifully designed and inexpensive housewares that have never ...
Spanish Minimalism meets American Wood. When you walk into De La Espada you feel like you are either in dry, hot Spain, or dry, hot Arizona, and you feel like you are in a huge, airy home with wind...
The Godfather of NYC Green. We met Bart Bettencourt a few years back at Brooklyn Designs and added him to the blog right away. Since then, green has grown and so has his business and reach. Since ...
A sustainable lifestyle store, One Earth One Design is located in Seattle, Washington. But don't worry, the green shop has an online branch, too....
For every room of your home, Environment 337 has something. A visit to one of their shops in Manhattan or Brooklyn or a look at their website shows that they are all about every facet of the home en...
We say: For the cutting edge of hip and not necessarily beautiful modern design, Moss is the place to go. By alternate turns stuffy, pretentious, inventive, creative, and welcoming of the latest d...
Please go to our new link for Gus* Design Group Mostly masculine, tightly constructed, a top performer in Canada, and coming out in Chelsea. Enter Slideshow No, not Brian Boitano� but Gus* th...
How could we have forgotten? When we interview clients, we always ask them to name their favorite home store in NYC. About 75% of the time the answer is ABC. After years of growth (over 100 actual...
We were browsing for a glass coffee table when we came upon Ultra Modern. They deal in, well, ultra-modern furniture. They ship for free and much of their inventory is from Italy. And what a jackpot...
Organic furniture. That's the business of Furnature, an organic furniture manufacturer and showroom in Massachusets. They create chemical-free mattresses, sofas, and upholstered furniture and sell o...
Definitely not modern. The worn and aged appearance of most products at Sundance could really add a rustic warmth to your kitchen, bedroom, or dining room. The store also carries apparel and persona...