The locally bred Home Design Store is where it's at for medium-high-end, imported furniture that you'll actually want to come home to each day (with prices typically starting in the low hundreds).

4, 5, 6 at 86th St. This 1,800-square-foot home-design store is sprawling, but inviting, with a bar in the rear serving espresso or wine. Owners Charlie Akwa and Jennifer Flanders are well versed ...