Part one: Shopping Retro

An occasional series on shopping by category. This week: Local stores offer classics for the home.

By Kim Yeager, Star Tribune

Last update: October 16, 2007 - 6:57 PM

DANISH TEAK CLASSICS

Specializes in mid-century Danish Modern furniture and accessories produced in Denmark; restoration services.

UP SIX

Funky, mod-'60s pieces in a mid-century mix. One find: a three-piece Paul McCobb planner group set.

KILROYS CLASSIC MALT SHOP SUPPLY

New and vintage malt shop booths, stools and tables, neon, jukeboxes, other '50s decor; vintage gum-ball machines.

ROOM & BOARD

Designs by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Hans Wegner, manufactured as they were originally by companies such as Herman Miller and Carl Hansen & Son. Furnishings in the style of original works by Marcel Breuer, Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, others.

BEAN BAG STORE

Repro '50s tables, chairs, sparkly diner booths, pay phones, etc.; custom chrome-plated table sets (think Boomerang).

SUCCOTASH

Focused on the '50s to the '70s with an array of Scandinavian modern glassware, enamelware and pottery. Lighting, kitsch, furniture.

HUNT & GATHER

Changing selection of vintage bark-cloth curtain panels and remnants and pillows made from them; nostalgic-patterned oilcloth table coverings.

CLASSIC HOUSE SUPPLY

Colorful '50s "Big Chill" and pre-turn-of-the-century Elmira Stove Works appliances.

DESIGN WITHIN REACH

Authorized classics from license holders Herman Miller, Knoll, Cassina, Fritz Hansen, Stua, Vitra, Kartell, Emeco, Artek, Objekto, Flos and Cherner Chair Co.

CLASSIC RETRO@PETE'S

Mostly mid-century modern furniture, accessories and lighting; but other periods, too - Art Deco to Arts and Crafts.

REMNANTS UPHOLSTERING THE CLASSICS

Owner David Osterberg is trained in upholstery and furniture design, including mid-century modern; also carries iconic Vitra Nelson clocks.

SWANK INTERIORS

Couches, chairs, lighting and kitchen items from the '50s, '60s and '70s. One find: a set of combo drink coaster/ashtrays. The footstool is inscribed underneath with one family's anniversary "journal."