By: Maren Beverly By: Maren Beverly | January 24, 2022 | Home & Real Estate Style & Beauty
Decorating your apartment can feel like staring at a blank canvas with a paintbrush and color palette in your hand.
Certainly, becoming the Creative Director of your own space is a feat that requires dedication and artistry. So many aesthetics to choose from, so little square foot space to work with!
How does one turn their West Village studio into an Insta-worthy, Iris-Apfel-Esque abode?
Luckily, New York is home to a variety of burgeoning curated home decor shops.
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We’ve rounded up the best places to find trendy home decor in NYC. Check them out and become the curator of your own home gallery.
252 Elizabeth St/Website
Walking into Abbode, located on Elizabeth Street, is like stepping into your cool aunt’s home. Featuring, “a unique mix of eclectic, antique homewares, vintage jewelry, custom floral arrangements” and “the work of local artists,” this store boasts the most unique selection of trinkets to elevate your space. (Because honestly— who doesn’t need a glitter outlet cover?)
53 Canal st,17 Allen st 5fl/Website
Your apartment’s best self is ‘Coming Soon,’ with the help of this furniture design and home gift shop. Working directly with artists, this shop offers a magical assortment of home goods. Whether you’re in the market for unique glassware or vintage furniture, they have it all - and more. Shop ‘IRL’ at one of their two locations at the intersection of the Lower East Side and Chinatown.
673 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Dream Fishing Tackle is described as a “fishing-supply center stocking bait & tackle plus rods, reels, & equipment from popular brands.” This description is certainly a catfish: they don’t stock bait and tackle, but they do stock antique furniture. Vintage furniture is enough bait for us to head over to Greenpoint for a “real-life treasure hunt,” as one online reviewer wrote.
319 Graham Ave, Brooklyn, NY/Website
Open Thursday through Sunday 12-7 pm, Home Union in Brooklyn is a specialty vintage furniture store offering the funkiest home pieces and goods. Whether you’re obsessed with mid-century modern furniture, or 21st-century fashionable houseware, this chromatic store has something surprising for your home.
192 Amity Street, Brooklyn, NY/Website
Specializing in hand-made, women-owned businesses/creators, Lolo NYC curates the crown jewels of home decor. We can’t wait to add this ceramic drinkware to our bar cart and these sculptural candles to our dining table.
This New York City-based online retailer selects “uniquely beautiful vintage objet and homewares,” sourced from around the globe. And no, ‘objet’ is not a typo. The Collins Dictionary defines it as, “a decorative object that is meant to be exhibited or open to view.” If you didn’t know your house needed ‘objets,’ now, you do.
An “ever-evolving design studio,” Sounds offers playful, domestically sourced goods for “life, work, and home.” Maybe all your apartment really needs is a Goober Candle and a museum-worthy tissue box— because your final touch should be a lasting touch.
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