The boutique Austin store specializes in its refurbished midcentury furniture, but there’s a large, eclectic selection of vintage and new rugs, pillows, throw blankets, candles, kitchen items, and planters from many eras for sale as well.

You can indeed get a lavish kitchen and/or bathroom designed at Lavish’s recently opened Domain Northside studio showroom. You can also find, gaze upon, become inspired by, and/or purchase custom-made furniture and home accessories in a store that showcases internationally renowned designers, such as Austin-based Erin Adams and Kyle Bunting.

Modern Redux, which sells refurbished-vintage furniture and decorative items, is newer on the scene than some of the stalwarts on this list, but it has made a big splash with its unique, high-quality, 20th-century modern offerings.

While Austin’s Couch Potatoes has three showrooms and a general discount vibe in its advertising, it’s a completely local business that carries a variety of national brands and styles in a wide price range, and its experienced designers can help you style your life and customize your stuff in locavore fashion. The company also makes a point to feature some Austin-made goods and has an in-town warehouse with many of its items in-stock.

Alexander Marchant is marketed as a hardware store, and it does indeed supply a huge variety of unique, high-end hardware (you know, handles, pulls, hinges) to pretty much all the big-name local architects and designers (you know, Paul Lamb, FAB, Bercy Chen, Alterstudio). It also has amazing lines of lighting and plumbing, and the staff really knows its stuff. You can shop with them online, but a visit to their West Fifth showrooms is also highly recommended.

You can find many stunning, statement midcentury-modern furniture pieces at this expertly curated resale shop specializing in items from that era. If you’re not quite ready to make that leap, there are many accessory and decor items, including lamps, art, and knickknacks that fit almost any budget.

Unlike many of Austin's mod-leaning design companies, Wendow emphasizes eclecticism, with unique furnishings, textiles, lighting, art, and accessories that run the gamut from 18th- and 19th-century antiques to high-quality, clean contemporary. Founder/designer Shannon Dyer Dowell mixes it all up with style.

Designer Kimberly Renner restored historic homes in Austin for more than 20 years—the Austin American-Statesman once anointed her the “Home Whisperer”—and now owns and operates this 5,000-square-foot store and studio on North Lamar. There she curates and presents high-style, 20th century modern, vintage, and antique pieces curated in a series of “roomscapes” that showcase both her excellent eye and the many gorgeous pieces she has for sale.

Popular interior designer Melanie Clapp owns and operates Side Street Home, which offers a mix of unique new and vintage home items from all over, including rugs, luxury bedding, decorative pillows, custom furniture, hand-painted tile, lighting, and other small-batch, specialty items.

Designer and owner Sara Scaglione started Shabby Slips Interiors as a slipcover and custom finishings boutique that opened in 1994, but it soon grew into what it is today: a full-service design and furnishings outfit, focused on classic, elegant design of all eras, from formal to casual, and mostly residential.

A fairly new boutique in one of Austin’s fairly established design districts (i.e., Fifth and Lamar area), Open Invite features a nicely edited selection of furniture and home goods, both vintage and new, on-trend and classic, with a flair for combining all those things and topping it off with choice gift items.

Note: The Austin showroom is relocating to 2120 East Seventh Street soon—but that means a moving sale in December. Scott and Cooner started in Dallas, but since its only other store is in Austin, we won't hold that against it. Owners and designers Lloyd Scott and Josy Cooner Collins have a definite focus on modernism and travel the world to bring more of it to Texas. They specialize in European lines, including the classics, and showcase consistently gorgeous items, often with a fun kick.

Opened in 2012 by Deeyn Rhodes and Lonzo Jackson, Nannie Inez is the manifestation of its founders' concept of contemporary minimalist design and has a decidedly international focus. The shop features everything from Danish furniture and French textiles to Swedish art, Japanese office accessories, and handcrafted American items, and you'll find things there you can't find anywhere else in town. Nannie Inez (named after one of the founders' grandmother) also has a robust online inventory for sale.

Nest Modern's collection is informed specifically by midcentury modern style and its vocabulary but offers new designs that stretch out from that concept. Its large showroom displays a huge variety of furniture, lighting, rugs, textiles, accessories and more, all with quality and modern lines, as well as having knowledgeable designers on hand.

Described on its website and store sign as “French-inspired living,” Back Home is especially well-known and lauded for being a great source of traditional, European-style furniture as well as for its design services.

Four Hands is not a boutique purveyor of local home goods, but it is a locally grown business that offers a wide selection of pieces and styles from all over the world: rustic, reclaimed, traditional, midcentury, contemporary, and more. In addition to its Woodward Street showroom, it has an outlet store on Anderson Lane.