Archipelago
Address: 38 Walker Street (between Broadway and Church)
Phone: 212-334-9460
Website: www.archipelagoinc.com
Custom and ready-made quality linens designed to suit every taste and design scheme. Choose from more than 170 fabrics that range from suede to sharkskin. They also carry table linens and home accessories.
This two-room furniture showroom contains over 12,000 square feet of traditional furnishings by Midwestern manufacturer, Baker. If your taste runs toward stately and traditional, this is the place for you.
Chestnuts In The Tuileries
Address: 55 Van Dam Street, #801
Phone: 212-367-8151
Website: www.chestnutsnyc.com/
If it's good enough for the Four Seasons Restaurant and Bergdorf Goodman, perhaps it's good enough for you. This florist, supervised by Emily Weaver, features signature mono-chromatic arrangements that exude refined simplicity.
Donzella
Address: 17 White Street (between 6th Avenue & West Broadway)
Phone: 212-965-8919
Website: donzella.com
This showroom sells original antiques in museum-quality condition. They always offer an eclectic inventory of rare collector pieces.
Interieurs
Address: 149 Franklin Street (between Hudson & Varick)
Phone: 212-343-0800
Website: interieurs.com
This home furnishings store puts a softer slant on home furnishings. Many of their pieces are Asian inspired. There's also a nice selection of lighting, and a few antiques mixed in.
Master architect Frank Gehry, of Bilbao fame, designed the interior. If that's not enough to get your attention, the fashion certainly will. Miyake's clothes are more like works of art than apparel, offering unique custom designs for women and men.
Room
Address: 182 Duane Street (between Greenwich & Hudson)
Phone: 212-226-1045
Website: www.roomonline.com/
This showroom has the feel of a private loft furnished with some of the most striking modernist pieces on the contemporary design scene. Each is unique and custom-designed in-house.
Stella
Address: 138 Broadway (Duane Street)
Phone: 212-233-9610
Co-owned by interior decorators, this shop features a premiere selection of classic, luxury linens and exquisite antique beds.
Totem Design Group
Address: 71 Franklin Street (at Church Street)
Phone: 212-925-5506
Alright, you've bought your $3.5m loft on Warren Street. Now, what do you put in it? Totem Design will supply you with the answers. This store has a collection of some of the hottest home furnishings going. The names of the designers are like a "who's who" of stars in the field including Ron Arad, Karim Rashid and Verner Panton. Great stuff even if you're just there to look and get ideas.
Tribeca Wine Merchants
Address: 40 Hudson Street (between Duane & Thomas)
Phone: 212-393-1400
Website: www.tribecawine.com
This intimate (i.e., small) boutique features an interesting selection of rare wines from all points domestic and abroad. Well known for carrying a number of lesser-known labels from Oregon and California, they also sell premium Scotch and other liquors.