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- Etsy
- On the Web's largest marketplace for indie designers, everything's priced at wholesale.
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- Etsy
- On the Web's largest marketplace for indie designers, everything's priced at wholesale.
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- Structured Green
- A tangerine-colored daybed, sleek-lined benches for the outdoors, and recycled aluminum chairs designed by Philippe Starck are just a sampling of the slick, modern furniture here. For affordable—but equally stylish—options, click over to the Accessories and Sale sections. As a bonus, each product on the site is given a helpful green rating based on a list of such qualifications as materials, recyclability, and packaging.
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- Abodeon
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Owned by a furniture designer and a Houston Museum of Fine Art veteran, this 10-year-old institution is exactly what a great midcentury-modern home store should be: There are burnished walnut coffee tables and Danish consoles, but they're really just a backdrop for the winning selection of finishing touches: Carved '60s nesting bowls and ceramic coffeepots share the shelves with new picks, like Iittala mugs and flatware.
1731 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-497-0137
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- Lekker Home
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For more than five years, Lekker Home has offered the sort of clean-lined housewares that never go out of style. The emphasis here is on European designers (lekker is Dutch for "tasty" or "enticing"), who turn out everything from gold-plated serving spoons to porcelain salt and pepper shakers modeled after mini tin cans.
1317 Washington St., South End, 617-542-6464, lekkerhome.com
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- Scout
- Each season, owner Paul Scott Silvera selects a theme for his home decor shop and stocks accordingly. Currently, he has the shelves lined with summer camp memorabilia, including vintage pennants ($30) and antique binoculars ($55 and up).
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- Nested
- Located in an old five-and-dime, this crafty store is one of those places you'll remember long after you leave. It's full of affordable, functional one-offs by artists, like collaged passport covers and handpainted decks of cards.
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- Artifacts
- Inside this ivy-covered brick 1870s store front, you'll find a well-edited, affordable selection of antique furniture.
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- Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire
- Held on the first Sunday of each month, rain or shine (more likely rain, since this is the Bay Area), this mega-flea market sprawls over acres of a decommissioned military base. Primo pickings here range from flapper-era costume jewelry to mod furniture.
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- Essentials
- This gift emporium holds witty offerings like handknit slippers designed to look like sneakers and ingenious mini purses that organize all of your bag essentials.
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- Montana Antique Mall
- Come to this storied antiques center for high-quality, low-priced collectibles (it's situated in a Wild West-looking old railway hotel).
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- Towne Interiors
- Coolly glam home decor boutique owned by a young local interior designer.
