Dispela Antiques

Now I know where to go if ever I need antique lighting.  I was drawn by the lamps and lighting in the window from the 70s and the chairs that lined the outside of the stores which also were from the 70's.  But when I went inside to take a look the amount of lighting hardware in the store clearly overshadowed a great deal, anything else that was being sold.  On the floor, downstairs and upstairs, were tables, cabinets and chairs and on those tables, cabinets and chairs were a sea of lamps and wall sconces.  The walls which you could barely make out were lined with wall mounted lights, electric candelabra lighting, and mini chandeliers.   On the ceiling which you could also barely make out were hanging with chandeliers large and small.  And needless to say, everything was an antique.

In the back of the store there was a section much resembled a cave with low hanging chandeliers

459 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3523
(323) 934-9939

Mix Furniture Store

There is a huge store in Los Angeles on busy La Brea Ave called MIX.  Well, there are many stores on La Brea and many of them just happen to be stores selling furnishings, lights and antiques and things for the home.

The Mix in my opinion is Emperor of all these stores on La Brea Ave.  A huge warehouse-like space filled in no specific order with all things you would imagine an east trading company to bring.  A great amount of large wood items such as wooden masks, bowls, starburst-like wall decor, tables of all kinds high and low, a huge bed frame with stacked orb posts, statues... daybeds with beautiful carvings!  Walk in and out of the many rows and aisles and continuously become enthralled in a store offering furniture and decor you think are only possible to get in the east somewhere.

 

The price matches the quality which seems to be great, but I don't seem to mind it, the price seems fair for these pieces.

MIX
442 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.939.7500
Mixfurniture.com

tini. This Is Not Ikea

On 515 S. Fairfax Ave a busy street in Los Angeles with much traffic, with my car in the traffic, I had as of late seen an enticing store.  In large red rounded block letters above the doorway it reads "tini.".  My affair with vintage items  leads my eye to the store every single time, at the front of the store laid out in a row are retro looking seats, boxes of old pictures, lamps, large funny signs, a myriad of distinct and unique general decor all vintage-e, all whispering for me to come take a look inside.  It wasn't until  today I stepped in with the utmost excitement.  Inside, at the top of the doorway a sign reads "This Is Not Ikea", it certainly is not, one could see that right away.  

A maze of of various items stacked on top of each other: furnishings, kitchenware, an old LP player, clocks, retro chairs, rustic looking tables, old faded magazines, mirrors, a lava lamp, old radios, old fans, large signs!  Manikins?!  Traffic lights?!  A bust?!  An interior designer's dream and a set designer's heaven no doubt.

When I arrived home and looked up their website the 'about' page described their items as "retro, modern, vintage... unique.  Pieces that all spoke to them was how all the items were chosen"  needless to say, they spoke to me too.

tini.

515 S. Fairfax Ave

LA CA 90036

323.938.9230

thisisnotikea.com