New York

You probably don't have the money for this store, but...I want to write about it anyway, since I walked by it without ever going in for 3 years, which was foolish, since I'm one of those people that likes to look at cool furnishings even though I can't afford cool furnishings (everything in my house that people comment on is on loan from my father-in-law; I shall not complain that I don't own it, however). What's especially nice about Yu Interiors is that it seems as if everything they've chosen to display has been selected with uber-care, since I went around saying "I'd buy that," "I'd buy that," "I'd buy that," in my head (because I didn't want to give the proprietor the false sense of being ACTUALLY able to buy that, or that, or that). As with all good antique stores, the stuff you think is very cool (like the corrugated table lamps pictured) tends to sell pretty quickly, so if you do see something you like (and have the cash to purchase it), don't dither, because it most likely won't be there when you go back. And really, can there be anything worse than not getting those cool $400 table lamps you saw? Well, maybe one or two things...

Photo:  Rob Tallia