From Veritables: Handmade porcelain topiaries from Italy, $420 each; porcelain book, $150; dining table in medium burnished oak, $3,300; painting by Tyler Huntzinger, $3,000; and Lucille lamp from Oly, cast resin with silvering, $1,650.
Shopping
Hunting & Gathering
SH&L beats a path to three of the area’s newest stores. Ranging from hand-crafted natural contemporary to ultra-urban luxury to modern organic, these retail shops offer design enthusiasts even more ways to feather their nests

The summer of 2008 was a hot season for fresh design in this area with fabulous stores opening every month. Western Avenue welcomed Liave in June and BoConcept in August. In late July, Veritables opened a third location, on the Eastside.

Veritables
10220 Main St., Bellevue, (425) 455-8335

Inspired by trips to Italy, Belgium and the south of France, designer Marie Harris expands her home furnishings collection with her third Veritables store—in Bellevue. While devotees of Veritables in Madison Valley will feel right at home in the latest locale, Harris’ Eastside digs offer a subtle twist on her signature modern luxe style. Her European-influenced furnishings and accents are mixed with a Northwest modern, modern Asian and modern organic perspective. We fell for a stunning petrified wood-top coffee table, gorgeous linen upholstered armchairs that contrast beautifully with their natural wood frames and bejeweled pillows scattered throughout the gracious 1,500-square-foot space. Don’t miss the outdoor back terrace with distinctive garden accents and outdoor furnishings.



BoConcept Seattle
901 Western Ave., (206) 464-9999

BoConcept is all about custom options: choose from more than 80 different fabric and leathers to cover sofas and chairs.

A global retail furniture chain with more than 200 BoConcept stores and 150 BoConcept studios in 47 countries, BoConcept is a Danish retail furniture brand, offering affordable luxury design with a highly customizable range of furniture and accessories. With more than 80 different fabrics and leathers to choose from and an incredible range of options in veneers, legs, armrests and handles, the design possibilities seem endless. Opened in August by former photographer Brady Woo, the Seattle franchise is located in the historical Maritime Building and has more than 6,000 square feet of display space. Stop by to check out the complimentary design service, where a Design Consultant can create a three-dimensional interior rendering of your floor plan using a program called Furnish®. Fashionable, friendly and fun, BoConcept has an upbeat urban attitude that’s easy to love.



Liave
1205 Western Ave., (206) 364-0748
From Liave: rocking Cloud bed by Kloker, $7,800; Indoor/outdoor lightweight concrete stool by Holmes Wilson, $420.

Fashioned from parts of her first and last names, Liave is the name of Cornelia Veit’s new Seattle furnishings and lifestyle store, a highly personal vision that’s close to her heart. The store is filled with a thoughtful assortment of beautiful and functional products and fulfills Veit’s dream of creating an inviting retail space where customers can relax and explore. A small sampling of merchandise seen at the June opening includes vases and vessels from a ninth-generation Greek potter, linens from Lithuania, a dramatic rocking bed from Kloker and a Northwest exclusive: indoor-outdoor concrete furniture by Pamela Holmes and Brad Wilson.