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Sites We Love
Sprout Home
Takes the mundane tools of gardening and homewares and makes them cool: everything from retro-stylish patterned shower curtains to sherbet-colored polka-dotted gardening gloves to a toaster that looks like a pig.
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Retromodern
The selection is vast but the browsing functions make it easy to shop on this site for everything mod for your home.
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Yolk
This Silverlake stalwart's motto, "New design is hatching all the time," is reflected in its ever-evolving selection.
From Los Angeles' Hollywood neighborhood store listing.
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Zipper
This mod store stocks an unusual mix of the zany and the elegant, from ladybug nail clippers to luxe wooden floor mats—and it always has the coolest things months before other shops.
From Los Angeles' Hollywood neighborhood store listing.
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Chapman Radcliff
Proprietor/decorator Ruthie Sommers' cottagelike shop is favored for its well-kept '60s and '70s furniture and groovy lighting fixtures.
From Los Angeles' Hollywood neighborhood store listing.
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OK
This shop stocks hard-to-find home design items, including modern, colorful pottery, rare coffee-table books, and unique candlestick holders.
From Los Angeles' Hollywood neighborhood store listing.
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Design Within Reach
This home accessories and design shop caters to furniture junkies looking for reproductions of such modern masters as Eames, Starck, Saarinen, and Noguchi.
From Miami's Miami Beach neighborhood store listing.
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Turquoise
Housed in a cozy bungalow, this shop is chock-full of eclectic vintage furnishings, all gorgeously revamped by owner and interior designer Vanessa de Vargas.
From Los Angeles' Westside neighborhood store listing.
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Prize
This charming and feminine gift store is full of treasures: shells and coral, graphic maps, plates, chandeliers, and other items that are perfect for gifting.
From San Francisco's Marina and Russian Hill neighborhood store listing.
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Swallowtail
The mix of antique and new home items at this Russian Hill destination is masterful: You'll find metal alphabet letters as well as a selection of vintage lab beakers and flasks.
From San Francisco's Marina and Russian Hill neighborhood store listing.
