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Furniture Week

Furniture Week

A celebration of sofas, side tables, and everything in between, with intel on where to shop and the best pieces to buy, no matter your budget.

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The 18 best design and furniture stores in Philly

Everyone loves having that one glorious piece of furniture to show off in their home—especially when it's one of a kind. So behold: 18 awesome furniture stores in Philadelphia that can help you find your dream couch, coffee table, bar cart, etc.

Best budget-friendly furniture and decor to buy now

In the market for something new at home? Check these out.

The best furniture stores in the U.S.

From antique stores in Detroit to a steel and wood manufacturer in Philadelphia, we’ve rounded up 13 standout furniture and decor stores across the U.S.

The best furniture for tiny apartments

See our picks for space-saving furniture that doesn’t skimp on style, with pieces for the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and beyond.

15 beautiful museum furniture collections around the world

From period rooms to hand-carved chairs, we’ve rounded up the best furniture on display.

10 fun Amazon buys for the home

When it comes to refreshing your home, Amazon shouldn’t be overlooked. Here are some of our favorite items to shop now.

The most unusual finds on Wayfair

These canopy beds and racecar-style sofas are far from midcentury modern.

At Milan Design Week this year, nostalgia was in

From reissues of scene-stealing executive desks from ’60s-era Bond films to revivals of mid-century classics by Danish and Italian masters, nostalgia was the theme this year at Milan Design Week.

Furniture inspiration from six inventive homes

Six ideas from our House Calls column, where expertly-designed interiors offer a host of ideas and surprising combinations, courtesy of their owners (or renters).

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The best furniture and antique stores in LA, mapped

Consider this your definitive guide to shopping for home decor and furnishings. We've mapped 26 of the best stores to fit every style and budget, from Highland Park-based vintage store Sunbeam to luxury French retailer L'Éclaireu's WeHo outpost.

It’s Furniture Week on Curbed!

We’ll debut our refreshed Home Shopping Guide, show you how to buy a sofa, and share tons of budget-friendly picks across categories like beds, rugs, ottomans, and more.

10 cool home decor upgrades under $50

The home, much like life in general, is also about the little things. So let’s not forget the important finishing touches, shall we?

6 online stores for stylish children’s furniture

Parents love stalwarts like Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Buy Buy Baby for their affordability and general convenience, but if you’re looking for more inspired design, we’ve got you covered.

Daybeds: What are they good for?

What are daybeds, really? Are they of any use at all? Is a chaise longue a daybed? What of fainting couches? And when, if ever, is a bench a daybed?

Iconic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ bedroom scene recreated in new installation

This one’s for all sci-fi lovers out there: Now you can now live out the ending scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey in a new Los Angeles exhibition that recreates the film’s iconic bedroom.

How speakers went from statement furniture to unseen tech

Today, small, easily hidden speaker systems are the mainstays of home listening. But how did we get from full cabinetry to speakers not much bigger than a tin can?

8 furniture and decor pieces that channel your favorite artists

A few new releases—from furniture to home decor—blur the distinction between art and design.

How Frank Lloyd Wright’s early furniture designs reinforced his vision

The architect’s early interior work helped develop his idea for homes as total works of art.

One day at Ikea’s biggest store in the U.S.

How 12 hours in the Burbank Ikea destroyed my soul.

Modern furniture reinvents this traditional Venetian apartment

Casa Flora, a holiday rental with a boutique hotel feel, showcases furniture from 20 different Italian furniture companies.

Salone del Mobile 2017: What to expect at the design fair

Salone del Mobile—and Milan Design Week—kicks off in the Italian city on Tuesday, April 4. Here are the trends, exhibitors, and more you can expect from the design world’s biggest fair.

This self-assembled kids chair is made from 11 pieces

Called the Hamaika chair after the Basque word for 11, the simple chair combines short, wooden boards that are all the same dimensions but have notches, grooves, and holes cut out of them.

10 Ikea essentials and their best alternatives

It’s hard to beat Ikea for super budget-friendly modern furniture, but sometimes you just want something different. Here are some ideas.

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Seattle’s 21 best furniture and home decor stores

Furniture and home decor stores in Seattle are as eclectic as the city itself.

11 cool online stores for home decor and high design

From handcrafted artisanal chairs to sleek ceramic objects 3D printed on-demand, the wares in these online stores are worth a look.

Cheeky table incorporates a birdcage-like base

The Mass Table designed by Alain Gilles for Italian furniture company Bonaldo is a refreshing twist on the standard dining table.

This flatpack furniture is made of raw bamboo

German designer Stefan Diez used untreated bamboo for a glass-topped trestle table and accompanying bench. It all assembles with simple kevlar rope, no tools required.

The 7 best Etsy furniture shops to check out now

Etsy is a great place for furniture shoppers, especially those looking for anything "midcentury," "reclaimed," or "rustic-industrial."

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A furniture designer finds—and makes—magic in her home in Orinda's hills

As the designer of custom furniture for clients ranging from private citizens to large companies, aesthetics are important to Alexis Moran.

Welcome to Furniture Week!

Sofas, coffee tables, beds, and more: What to buy, where to buy it, and the best deals around.

This collapsible chair is perfect for small spaces

The genius of the design is in the chair’s slatted wood seat, which is flexible enough to lay flat or curve into the expanded chair.

14 mattress companies that are in bed with the internet

Mattress-slinging upstarts are cashing in on a couple of things: Millennials’ love for the internet and for all things "artisanal"; a parallel distaste for Big Box stores; and the lack of real competition across the industry.

A guide to interior lighting

The owner of lighting design shop Cedar & Moss shares her foolproof tips for navigating the lighting market to find the perfect fixtures for any space.

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5 breakout Austin furniture and home designers

It’s Furniture Week (Friday!) at Curbed, and for our final episode on Curbed Austin, we’re sharing photos of some of the exquisite work done by some of our best local makers (and re-makers) of furniture, home items, and the odd structural item.

After Ikea: 8 mid-range furniture stores that won't break the bank

Where do you shop when you graduate from Ikea?

Q&A: Akron Street on designing simple, thoughtful furniture for city dwellers

Akron Street, a nascent New York City-based furniture brand targeting design-minded urban millennials, recently introduced new products that mix solid white oak with powder coated steel. Here, we chat with one of its founders.

How a single, adaptable product brings success to a Swiss furniture company

USM Modular Furniture is best known for a single product, the USM Haller, a system of modular shelving first manufactured in 1965 for its new offices. Since then, it has taken off as a design cult classic, no doubt owing to its near-infinite capacity to be configured and customized for any space.

The 10 best side tables and nightstands under $250

Here are ten accent tables and nightstands perfect for Scandinavian-loving minimalists, always-connected gadget obsessives, midcentury modern diehards, and everything in between—all for less than $250 each.

8 best consoles under $400

We’ve picked out the eight TV stands and media consoles in a variety of styles—all for under $400.