Part one: Shopping Retro

Article by: Kim Yeager , Star Tribune
Updated: October 16, 2007 - 6:57 PM

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

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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.

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