Nadeau

VERY excited about this post. Today I was going about my usual weekend routine with two friends when we decided to go check out this "little" furniture store on Ravenswood called Nadeau. Holy cow: best "lets just wander in" find EVER. Touting "furniture with a soul," this place has so much unbelievably cool furniture it was hard for me to contain myself. The store is a no-frills warehouse, packed literally floor to ceiling with amazing imported pieces. And while it is super crowded, everything was so unique and homey that I didn't feel visually overwhelmed.

Pretty much everything I saw was solid wood and many pieces were painted with a distressed look that reminds me of Real Simple (which means I love it based on principle). What makes Nadeau such a score beyond the homey/hip furniture, is that nearly everything is very reasonable price-wise. We're talking Ikea price range here, people. As if all of this weren't enough, they have several locations outside Chicago (including my hometown of Minneapolis!).

I can't wait to go back and buy a few pieces. I'm almost regretting posting this because now my mental-purchases might be missing by the time I get back... the pics I posted are of the things I really want so DON'T buy them : )