Fair Oaks Antique District, Pasadena · Antique center
Dozens of dealers in two buildings: antiques, art, and vintage furniture and decor.
“Ground zero for vintage furniture,” this Fair Oaks “landmark” is “where interior designers, set designers (hello, Mad Men), and antique dealers shop”; a “marvelous labyrinth of antiques, art, and vintage treasures,” it runs “from small collectables to large pieces of furniture,” with “something to look at around every corner.” The dealers “definitely know quality,” the staff is “very helpful,” right down to “getting it to your car,” and the prices are “fair for the items”; one convert is simply “obsessed with this place.” Plan to “reserve a morning, if not entire day”: it’s “difficult not to spend an entire afternoon here.”
Inside the Pasadena Antique Center
Restored mid-century modern furniture, mostly Scandinavian and American classics.
A restoration-first dealer: pieces are sold refinished and ready to use, and the business describes its work as design preservation. The space also holds a small library of design books. Nationwide shipping.
Inside the Pasadena Antique Center
Vintage furniture, Latin American art and folk pieces, and objects with patina.
Run by a designer couple with a strong point of view: chunky oak furniture and textured, patinated objects, put together with a mid-century eye. Their own restored Eichler, furnished from the shop, was featured in Dwell. Prices range from modest to serious.
Inside the Pasadena Antique Center
Handmade modern rugs with restored vintage furniture, sculpture and paintings.
Designer Arvin Olano’s label. The look is calm and layered, with the rugs and vintage pieces chosen to work together, so the space reads like a finished room.
Inside the Pasadena Antique Center
Art, objects, ceramics and lighting, with some furniture.
Everything here is chosen for color and form, and much of it is functional. Prices are mid-range, and it comes up often when people post their favorite antique shops.
Fair Oaks Antique District, Pasadena · Shop
Mid-century to postmodern furniture, lighting, objects and art.
Between the Pasadena Antique Center’s two buildings sits “a refreshing contemporary vintage store displayed in a gallery setting,” with pieces “so beautiful, that you feel as though you’ve walked into an estate home.” Expect everything from small gifts to “rare, one of a kind pieces,” all “priced reasonably.”
Fair Oaks Antique District, Pasadena · Antique mall
A multi-dealer showroom on two floors: art, rugs, lighting, furniture and decor.
Up the street from the Pasadena Antique Center, this “two-story haven for art dealers, rug sellers, chandeliers, Asian pieces, and even a shoe shine stand” packs in “tons of dealers and pieces spanning across decades and regions.” It’s “a fun place to walk through,” and the chandeliers at the entrance are “really enchanting.”