Now you can fit a Mid Century dresser in your pocket! The Furnish Green gift certificate is the perfect way to give the gift of design and decoration without the pressure of deciding on which dresser to purchase. The recipient has a year to use the certificate so there’s no pressure there either. Although it may be small in stature, this gift opens up a world of furniture.
Purchase assorted denominations HERE. Give us a call if you have a different amount in mind.
The holiday season is upon us, and we will do our best to keep you updated on any changes in the regular business hours of operation. Stayed tuned for news about Christmas week, but here are the amendments thus far:
Christmas Eve, December 24th: CLOSED
Christmas Day, December 25th: CLOSED
New Year’s Eve, December 31st: OPEN 10-6pm
New Year’s Day, January 1st: CLOSED
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Thanks for bearing with us during this holiday season!
The Furnish Green showroom will be closed on Thursday, November 27th for Thanksgiving. We apologize for any inconvenience. Don’t forget that we will be having a big in-store-only sale on Saturday, November 29th! Check out the details here.
Happy Holidays!!
For our freshest Dwellings issue, we take you to yet another new neighborhood with yet another stylin’ apartment. Nikolai resides in the West Village where the buildings are a bit lower, and a sense of history permeates the narrow meandering streets… The perfect place for a Fall FG Dwellings trip in our opinion.
The building, located in the historical West Village, has plenty of history itself, as it was constructed circa 1845. Walk up the four flights to find the apartment, a compact space with original crown molding and about a hundred antique locks on the front door.
Nikolai relocated from California and bounced around the many neighborhoods of Manhattan. Knowing that he had always wanted to end up in the West Village, Nikolai was pleased to move into his current apartment 3 years ago. He found Furnish Green on Yelp around the same time, giving him the opportunity to make the place his own. The apartment consists of a bedroom, kitchen, living room/office space and a bathroom. When working with a smaller space, it’s important to optimize your dimensions, and Nikolai has definitely achieved that, effectively utilizing the walls and vertical space.
Having an affinity for older styles and vintage furniture, Furnish Green was the perfect stop for him. The kitchen contains a couple of FG cabinets and a rustic kitchen table with iron base that works perfectly in the small space. His favorite purchase though (and ours) is a beautiful ornate shabby white desk with a unique double pedestal/trestle base that features a carved wood harp detail in the center. A real looker.
Some other vintage accents in the apartment are a couple of sturdy rustic folding chairs in the kitchen that once belonged to an armory and a great trunk from the 1930s that functions as his coffee table. (Cool tidbit: He actually picked up this trunk from the set of “Kill Your Darlings” when he worked as an assistant to the director, and the trunk may have been bled on by Michael C. Hall after a minor accident on set involving a broken wine glass).
Nikolai describes his design style as “shabby chic” with a mostly black, white and brown color palette. He explains that, being from Woodside, California, he has a strong inclination to incorporate some “woodsy” vibes into the space, and it shows. He has plenty of raw wood, an “in the woods” sort of drapery covering his bedroom wall and an attention-grabbing petrified wood tree stump side table.
As a filmmaker in New York City, Nikolai clearly pays attention to detail not only in the design of his apartment, but in his career as well. He has been writing and directing since he was 16 years old, and his first feature length film, “Before,” came out this year! His second will be coming out next year, so stay tuned. You can take a look at his work here.
some of Nikolia’s polaroid shots
vintage camera collection
As always, it’s nice to get a chance to learn a bit more about our customers and to see how our pieces have gotten acclimated to their new homes; it’s like visiting old friends.
Here are some more photos of the space. Enjoy.
some wall-mounted moose and deer, hand made by Nikolai
We hope you’ve enjoyed this installment of our Dwellings series! Stay tuned for future posts, and let us know if you’d like us to feature your space!
On Saturday, November 29th, we’re having a big sale for Small Business Saturday, giving you a chance to save some money while supporting a small local business. It will be an IN-STORE-ONLY sticker sale, in which all inventory will be on sale with discounts ranging from 12%-60%. Holiday cocktails will be served and spirits will be high. So whether you’ll be purchasing gifts for others or items for yourself, we hope to see you there!
Please Note: The sale will last from 10am to 6pm (showroom hours). If you plan to take furniture out with you, it will have to be done before 3pm as our freight elevator closes early.
We are very excited to announce that The Village Voice has awarded us the honor of “Best Antique Shop” in NYC for 2014! We would like to thank all of our customers for supporting us as we’ve grown as a company and for transitioning with us in our recent move down to the 3rd floor of our building.
Check out the write-up HERE.
We are excited to present the fourth installment of our Dwellings Series. This time we take you to a quaint corner of Brooklyn, into the home of a couple of Furnish Green regulars.
On a beautiful sunny fall morning, David, Amanda and Cat (their kitty who posed as a fixture in the window for most of our visit) welcomed us into their charming Brooklyn apartment. The newly married couple lives on a quiet street in East Williamsburg, a neighborhood that is of late in a constant state of flux, developing and expanding in all directions.
Years ago, Amanda was referred to Furnish Green by a friend. She still has her first purchase from the store – a darling little rustic bookshelf which resides in the kitchen and remains her favorite FG piece. Amanda has now been shopping with Furnish Green for about four years, and she has only become more enthusiastic about both vintage items and furniture, opening her own vintage focused Etsy Shop and taking a furniture appraisal course. David shares her enthusiasm, so when the couple found their new space they knew they’d be heading to Furnish Green to help furnish it, allowing them to find quality pieces within their budget. Both have certainly become familiar with our quick rate of turnover; Amanda unknowingly snatching a piece of interest to her friend, and David missing out on a Scandinavian Valet Chair by mere seconds.
Amanda’s favorite rustic shelving unit with a Mid Century umbrella stand.
David and Amanda moved into their apartment in January of 2014 and have fittingly come to define the theme of their space as “Knick Knack Attack.” Amanda, coming to New York from Florida, was unfortunately unable to bring some of her larger family heirloom furniture pieces, but the smaller knick knacks made the trip and have become fixtures in their home.
The first room we encountered was the kitchen. It features a Furnish Green farm table and great vintage folding chairs. Bright and sunshiny with marigolds, sunflowers and the walls painted a yellowish hue actually called “Sunflower”, this kitchen has an energizing effect, yet still manages to feel homey.
They explain that their honeymoon trip to India served as a source of inspiration in decorating the apartment with Indian artwork and knick knacks and a colorful paint palette.
David’s favorite piece: A Late Deco Chifferobe.
David, a life coach and massage therapist at Bodyworks DW, has taken advantage of the nature of his business and recently swapped sessions with an interior designer who is a client of his. She did a walk-through of their home, and while she approved of many of their design choices, she helped to guide them in some of the final decision making.
From desks and dressers to accent seating and compact storage pieces, these Furnish Green regulars have acquired a truly unique mix of items. Thanks to a variety of influences, outside perspectives and their own innate design sense, the apartment is becoming a comfortable and quirky space immediately welcoming guests to feel at home.
butler’s tray end table
Mid Century desk with Herman Miller desk chair
fire engine red formica top table
empire style dresser
The couple has been married one year this week, so we’d like to congratulate them on their marriage and on so stylishly furnishing their new home!
David’s guitar collection
** If you like what you see, you can get more information about the interior design company they worked with, Teri Breajewski Design, at www.twbdesign.com.
We love to see our pieces in action, and we hope you do too! So stay tuned for future Dwellings Features, and let us know if you’d like us to feature your space!
For the second time, Furnish Green is collaborating with Rhythm Break Cares (RB Cares) in a vintage furniture drive! RB Cares is a 501(c)(3) non profit devoted to using partner dance as a form of dance therapy for individuals with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Furnish Green will be accepting donated pieces** of furniture between October 20th and October 25th, and the proceeds from the donated pieces will go to the RB Cares “Dance for Dementia Programs.”
Why Rhythm Break Cares? Furnish Green’s owner Nathan Hescock is not solely a vintage furniture enthusiast. He co-founded RBC in 2009 and has since worked to demonstrate the benefits of music, movement and touch through this form of dance therapy.
What is Rhythm Break Cares? The RB Cares mission is to provide the restorative power of music, movement, and touch to older adults with dementia. Since 2009, they have utilized their love and knowledge of dance to improve the quality of life for those with all stages of dementia residing in the community or in a memory care facility. Their dance artists are professionally trained Ballroom and Modern dancers who have completed training to work with older adults with dementia.
Dance for Dementia: They have designed each program to incorporate the elements of…
Music. Songs that are inspiring or motivating promote recognition of past and present day events and allow people to communicate associations to sounds they hear.
Movement. Using simply-adopted movements promotes activity, exercise, posture, and connection. By making use of the techniques of ballroom dance specifically, we provide support for participants’ bodies and create connection.
Touch. Offering participants a method of social dance provides them with much the needed elements of touch and human interaction. By simply offering a hand, we create an inviting social environment where people feel like members and even distinguished guests.
** If you would like to donate a piece of vintage furniture for the cause, please send an email with images of the piece to furnishgreen@gmail.com ASAP. Please note: we will not be accepting all furniture as we have a limited amount of space. Pieces must be in fair condition needing minimal repairs and must fit with Furnish Green’s aesthetic.
Rhythm Break Cares Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) public charity; all donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Your donation will support their dance programs, research, raising awareness and general administration costs. Your gift will help them to accelerate their mission by ensuring that their dance therapy programs have greater reach, sharing the benefits of dance as therapy with the community and by providing the best care and support to those living with Alzheimer’s, Dementia and their caregivers.
Due to construction in our building, the Furnish Green showroom will be closing at 6pm this Thursday, September 24th.
We apologize for any inconvenience!
So sorry for the short notice, but due to building construction (that we were just informed of) we are closing at 5pm today, Friday 9/19. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience! Tomorrow, Saturday 9/20 we will resume normal hours: 10-6pm.