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Used Furniture
Most used-furniture stores have three things in common—overcrowded showrooms, an inconvenient location, and a pervasive “old-upholstery smell.” Not so at DomiStyle Furniture & Art. This Fountain Square purveyor of gently used home furnishings displays its wares in 7,000 square feet of brightly lit showroom space. If you’re squeamish about strapping your finds to the roof of your car, the shop also offers inexpensive delivery. 1315 Shelby St., 917-0654, domistyle.net
One-Stop Decorating Inspiration
It just opened this fall, but already Chateau Design Centre has us collecting paint chips and rethinking floor plans in lavish Old World style. And with a focus on the architectural aspects of residential design (vendors include Santarossa Mosaic and Tile, The Stone Center, and cabinet-maker The Premier Group), the Carmel decorating clearinghouse also has us making big-picture plans about home sweet home. 301 E. Carmel Dr., 818-0497
Nightlights
Afraid of the dark? The selection of nightlights at Mass Ave Toys ranges from high-tech (a Space Age statuette resembling a lunar module) to classic (illuminated sock monkeys and rubber duckies). Night-night. 409 Massachusetts Ave., 715-9158, massavetoys.com
Showroom
The tableaux at Kitchens by Design serve not only as working examples of the company’s design sensibility, but also as a real-life catalog of its products. And nobody will stand in your way if you can’t resist the temptation to poke around in the faux kitchens—opening cabinets to find cool drawer inserts such as custom knife blocks and cereal bins. 1530 E. 86th St., 815-8880, kitchensbydesign.net
Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products
TraceyClean founder Tracey Hiner was increasingly concerned about the amount of chemicals used in her home. So she started her own line of cleaning products containing natural ingredients and essential oils that she sells at area farmers markets and online. traceyclean.typepad.com
