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This is a store-cum-gallery unlike anything we've seen in the city. Instead of overflowing with merchandise, the space feels curated, with unusual items such as a cheeky bronze-cast cocktail stirrer next to macabre skull pendants. From San Francisco's Mission neighborhood store listing.

Browse the proprietor's own line of affordable French-made furniture at this meticulously curated spot. Also score accents, including mirrors and lamps. From Washington D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood store listing.

You'll find a little of everything in this lifestyle store, including simple but beautiful recycled wood furniture, Mud Australia tabletop, Anne Black porcelain and housewares, Mandarina Duck handbags, contemporary jewelry from Adina, local Jill Renae sterling silver jewelry, and the shop's signature urchinlike bleached coconut shell lighting. From Seattle's Belltown neighborhood store listing.

Done up with appliquéd Kyrgyzstanian tapestries and an engraved wood entry arch from Zanzibar, Petulia's is famed for home and wardrobe essentials that reflect its global-modern aesthetic, including Moroccan-print Antik Batik tops, Mexican clay cachepots, Italian silverware, and flats from Sigerson Morrison. From Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood store listing.

This spot manages to be feminine but not frou-frou, with a distinct collection of women's and home accessories and vintage and new furniture. From Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood store listing.