More for the home, straight from the streets of Tribeca. Good luck not shopping for yourself.
STELLA
138 Reade | Greenwich & West Broadway | by appointment
Mischelle Arcus is approaching two decades of offering fine home goods to Tribeca.
••• Malini is a sucker for a beautiful vase, and this one, of recycled glass from Belgium, would fit with any décor: $360
••• I have a limitless appetite for tea towels, so this giant squid drew me in with its tentacles: $32.
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180 THE STORE
180 Duane | Hudson & Greenwich
••• Handsome on its own and stiff competition for that tall glass of water. Bedside pitcher and glass: $115
••• Conversation piece alert: A glass vase that looks like crumpled paper in translucent colors from Germany on the mid-Century sideboard, if you ask me. $750-1200.
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HEMINGWAY AFRICAN GALLERY
88 Leonard | Broadway & Church
••• Because a confusion of guinea fowl adds to any holiday table (and it was the national bird of Botswana): in terracotta, $20 each.
••• I would hang this over a doorway in the country. Wood dancing shields from Cameroon, $350.
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ESPASSO
38 N. Moore | Hudson & Varick
••• A salad bowl for weightlifters with a cultured eye: $700.
••• Laying off the three-legged stool jokes, since this is really a beauty: $1400.
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RE: AL ABAYAN
165 Hudson, entrance on Laight
••• It’s nearly impossible to choose in Al’s curated shop, but going with the unique, made in Brooklyn, wood stem vase: $395.
••• I got these for my daughter’s dresser: pompom tassels, $29.
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TED MUEHLING
52 White | Broadway & Church
••• If you’re proposing, put the ring in this snail dish: $250.
••• The table setting won’t need much more than these twig candle sticks, $2000.
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CLIC
140 W. Broadway at Thomas
The founder of Calypso applies her keen and clever eye here to home goods.
••• Their signature mohair blankets in all sorts of pastel colors. Queen size is $850.
••• For the glass-half-full types on your list: tumblers in several colors — mix and match. $25 each.
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Thank you for these posts! I was an early adopter of online shopping (back when I was in my office 14 hours/day) and have been trying to cut back for years. This is inspirational and I am looking forward to supporting local businesses and/or local branches of larger businesses.
Putting on your hiking boots and get that card ready! ;)