Shop Around
Chelsea gallery Demisch Danant is helping Lisa Perry Style, now on the UES (976 Madison Ave., 212.334.1956), curate a vintage furniture selection, which includes works by Pierre Paulin. Downtown, ABC Carpet & Home (888 Broadway, 212.473.3000) just added in-shop boutiques for two Brit furniture designers: Timothy Oulton, whose aesthetic is gently distressed and steeped in cigar smoke, and Reeves Design—think shiny lacquer and baroque profiles. Romantics can now find whitewashed Gustavian- style furniture and accessories at Oly Atelier (408 Greenwich St., 212.219.8969), the firm’s first stand-alone store.

Over the Hill?
Two new shops make an old neighborhood a hot place to hunt for dome decor
The sleepy-but-posh hamlet of Carnegie Hill has always been a swell spot to snag a bottle of Montrachet or a powder-pink cashmere onesie, but residents usually head south for home décor that isn’t emblazoned with mallards. Two new shops bookending the neighborhood could change that. The Silver Peacock (1110 Park Ave., 212.426.2610) opened this fall with the kinds of things worthy of making tablescape a legitimate concept. China, both new and estate, joins jewelry- like trivets and napkin rings and machine-washable, jewel-tone table linens. So far, the It item for the uptown boudoir is silk and velvet bedroom confections in unexpected Peter Max-esque patterns by Kumi Kookoon. The store also offers a full assortment of interior design services. Further north, Deborah Buck has consolidated her art gallery and antiques shop into one elegant storefront, Buck House (1318 Madison Ave., 212.828.3123), which concludes a stroll along upper Madison Avenue on a high note. The cheery mix of furniture and objects is culled from antiquity through the 1990s, and, says Buck, allows clients to “have fun with their interiors without losing their children’s tuition.”

Eastern Promises
Two top Hamptons destinations for art and design have recently opened outposts in the city. No-frills antiques depot Center 44 now counts East Hampton’s Roark as a tenant (917.690.3712). Blocks away, Karen Boltax of Shelter Island’s Boltax Gallery installed work from each of her contemporary artists in a Midtown East apartment she dubs “the gallerette.” Credit the effect to art by Suzanne Unrein, Nuala Clarke and Louise Crandell, all of whom she showed at Miami Beach’s Fountain fair (by appointment, 917.754.2891, boltaxgallery.com).

Straight Outta Brooklyn
The shop responsible for Brooklyn’s glittering modern-design reputation just opened in Noho. The Future Perfect (55 Great Jones St., 212.473.2500) offers a taste of witty and weird furniture (a glowing, life-size resin sheep, anyone?) and covetable gifts for the hipsters in your life.

Best of the Best
Product line: File under “seen in a new light.” The mix of high- end furniture at Suite New York elevates young design talent and refreshes the appeal of midcentury classics, such as hanging lamps ($2,000-$3,000) by Danish powerhouse Verner Panton.

New Accessory: Design cognoscenti can spot a Chilewich textile from across the room—the studio’s basket- weave vinyl products appear on tabletops, windows and now iPhones. The just released iPhone covers ($40) are the best use yet for the rugged-but- refined material. momastore.org

Décor Statement: If the 2010 buzzword is transparency, then take a look at interior designer Brett Beldock. Her new line of see-through wall coverings for Stark adds a thin veneer of lace, gemstone or roses to surfaces, while letting paint color shine through. Through Design Professionals, 212.759.6894

Store Offshoot: The Flatiron Gallery, a new shop from Restoration Hardware, courts the urban dweller who’s equal parts aesthete and explorer. CEO Gary Friedman hired noted artisans to reproduce far-flung finds like a desk made from classical corbels ($1,495).

Accent Piece: Furniture maker Frederick P. Victoria & Son is now selling a “ready-to-wear” line outfitted with design details such as a tripodal, nickel-frame occasional table ($4,250).