Style starts at home, which is why you may want to discover the best deco stores in London.
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London deco store: article summary
London interior design store: Aria
Aria is set in an atmospheric space in Islington's Barnsbury Hall. Many of the building's original features have been restored. They now contrast beautifully with the ultra-modern lines of contemporary furniture and homewares.
High-quality designer pieces are here, as well as more unusual pieces like Fornasetti's black-and-white hand-painted wall plaques and Ferruccio Laviani's Bourgie table lamp.
This mix, combined with an attractive in-store café-bar, makes Aria a pleasure to visit. Chairs are a specialty, with Starck and Patrick Jouin well represented.
Smaller items of note include a Fisheye Kompact camera and a pretty Taika bowl that would make an excellent gift, especially if it contained a very tempting selection of Aria toiletries.
What are the opening hours?
The venue opens :
- Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Mint
Mint is like a Dalà painting come to life, with its hand-picked, specially commissioned furniture, glassware, textiles and ceramics, arranged as an avant-garde curiosity store.
Owner Lina Kanafani fills her space with two levels of design, and shape and color play an important role in her selections.
Much of Mint's stock could be considered art with a capital "a", a fact reflected in the prices.
Louise Hindsgavl's superb porcelain one-offs Everyday Scenario and Surgery Suggestion would be hard to define as anything other than sculpture. Ezgi Turksoy's limited-edition sterling silver spoons are not everyday objects. the vintage of the pieces add to the sense of uniqueness.
What are the opening hours?
The venue opens :
- Tuesday to Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Deco store in London: Heal's
Heal's is perhaps the oldest institution in the field of interior design. Its helpful staff and its constantly reinvented layout keep it relevant.
Heal's commitment to seeking out new designers is impressive, while established names such as Orla Kiely, Clarissa Hulse, LSA and Designers Guild are also well represented.
The first floor of the store is the most fun for casual visitors, offering a cornucopia of table and kitchen utensils, toiletries and giftware, as well as a formidable lighting department.
The first and second floors house most of the furniture, and for fans of mid-century modernism, there's a great selection of vintage furniture.
What are the opening hours?
You can visit us on site:
- Monday to Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
Pitfield London
The elegant Pitfield London interiors store is housed in a large, double-fronted former office building, and is the commercial arm of the Pitfield Group. by renowned interior designer Shaun Clarkson.
Clarkson fill the space with pieces bought at home and abroad and you'll find everything from brightly coloured 1970s sofas to vintage items including :
- Glassware
- Syrian soaps
- Indian rugs
- Classic and ultra-modern wallpapers by London designers
The mix of old and new gives the store its distinctive character. Stock is constantly replenished, giving customers every reason to visit.
In short, it's the kind of design space you'd expect to find in the most upscale neighborhoods.
What are the opening hours?
You can visit this location:
- Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Saturday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Sunday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There are plenty of interior design stores in London. During your stay, if you wish to bring back a piece of typically English interior decoration, I recommend you to visit one of the stores on this list.
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