Laura Weiszer’s showroom is filled with retro and modern gently used objects — pink suede dining chairs; sumptuous Børge Mogensen camel leather sofas; Italian marble arc lamps — that have most likely already been somewhere pretty cool, like in magazine photo shoots or TV commercials. Read More »
3232 Collins Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-291-4480 | Website
Stunning pieces — cheetah-print ottomans made for tucking under a console table; a mid-century end table; stately leather armchairs — that are all cast-offs from Main Line neighbors populate this eclectic shop. Read More »
155 East Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA | 610-995-0300 | Website
With two new modern Italian furniture stores (Natuzzi and Calligaris), a sprinkling of so-pretty-you-want-to-live-in-them showrooms (Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Ballard Designs and Arhaus), and Anthropologie’s huge selection of furniture, textiles and fixtures (difficult to find elsewhere except online), the King of Prussia mall is now a homeowner’s holy grail. Read More »
160 N. Gulph Road Suite 2700, King of Prussia, PA Website
If all of the Main Line got together and had a communal yard sale, it’d look something like this shop, where very gently used French marble sideboards, antique claw-foot dressers and rich leather love seats find fresh life in new – equally fabulous – homes. Read More »
880 West Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA | 610-519-9500 | Website
As indie boutiques continue to shutter along this vaunted shopping row, this newly opened handmade furniture haven gives us hope. Hit it up for subtly curvilinear bed frames, leather-wrapped seats, and writing desks so inviting, they’re sure to inspire productivity. Read More »
1605 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA | 610-995-9500 | Website
Located next to sister store Bulthaup studio, this new 5,000-square-foot closet, furniture and wardrobe showroom gives new meaning to try and buy: Spend the night in one of three immaculately furnished on-site lofts (book through Airbnb) before making a purchase. Read More »
140 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-534-2029 | Website
How to turn your home into a place that looks as if it's been plucked from the pages of a modern-design magazine: Let owner Jinous Kazemi walk you through her collection of Ligne Roset couches; customizable wall hutches by USM Modular Furniture; and decadent leather armchairs, side tables and headboards by Poltrona Frau — and then buy it all. Read More »
33 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA | 267-455-0374 | Website
Bigger doesn't always mean better, but in the case of this Delco design store — which in June upgraded from a 3,000-square-foot showroom to a cavernous, gallery-like 12,600-square-foot space — bigger actually means best, if only because there's extra room for more than 75 lines of high-end furniture and home decor, artfully arranged in vignettes so lovely, you'll want to move right in. Read More »
101 Applied Bank Boulevard, Glen Mills, PA | 610-314-8820 | Website
For modern design the way God intended it (i.e., not space-agey, sterile or silly), head to Usona. Read More »
113 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-496-0440 | Website
Vintage originals from all the heavy hitters Eames, Saarinen, Knoll, Herman Miller along with new versions of licensed classics, make up the stock at the Mid-Century Modern shop Mode Moderne. (They're also experts at refurbishment.) Read More »
159 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-627-0299 | Website