Blue House (Bethesda on Woodmont)
Restoration Hardware
Anthropologie
Urban Country (Bethesda Ave)

Arrange collections of rocks, shells, baskets, candles

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how much of their inventory qualifies as traditional but I like Pier One for that kind of thing. Ten Thousand Villages (in Old Town) also has nice things with an international flair.

Sorry, sweetie, but she specified "unique." Pier One is the Olive Garden of interior decor.

I'm not the PP, but I thought the only people who still cluttered their homes with traditional knick knacks most likely had generally Olive Garden taste.

Still, for people who like that sort of thing, you might try the cave-like downstairs area at Reincarnations on 14th Street. I'm not sure what OP considers "unique", but I think Reincarnations is going for an appeal to people who would like to describe their accessorizing as "unique". Only, you know, each unique item comes in 5 colorways and 3 sizes.

Well if you don't put traditional knick knacks in your cabinets, what are you supposed to accessorize with? We do pick up interesting objects from our travels, but it's not nearly enough to fill a 5000 sq, ft. house with multiple curio cabinets, dining room cabinets, sofa tables, etc.

5,000 square feet? My G-d, woman! Downsize and you'll need less clutter to fill your barn! Problem solved.

I haven't seen much in the way of "curio cabinets" since the '80s. Yuck. In fact, the only people I know who have them are Boomers and even older neighbors who haven't looked around in many years. I guess I've seen them in the homes of younger military families from fly-over country, too. Let me guess, they're cherry or oak and have all kinds of foofy nonsense accents.

Dining room cabinets are also kind of two decades+ ago, but they're for dishes, not random junk.

You could maybe put a little something on a sofa table, but I assure you that less really is more.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how much of their inventory qualifies as traditional but I like Pier One for that kind of thing. Ten Thousand Villages (in Old Town) also has nice things with an international flair.

Sorry, sweetie, but she specified "unique." Pier One is the Olive Garden of interior decor.

I'm not the PP, but I thought the only people who still cluttered their homes with traditional knick knacks most likely had generally Olive Garden taste.

Still, for people who like that sort of thing, you might try the cave-like downstairs area at Reincarnations on 14th Street. I'm not sure what OP considers "unique", but I think Reincarnations is going for an appeal to people who would like to describe their accessorizing as "unique". Only, you know, each unique item comes in 5 colorways and 3 sizes.

Well if you don't put traditional knick knacks in your cabinets, what are you supposed to accessorize with? We do pick up interesting objects from our travels, but it's not nearly enough to fill a 5000 sq, ft. house with multiple curio cabinets, dining room cabinets, sofa tables, etc.

Simplify. If you don't have curios you don't need a curio cabinet. Get some nice art and hang it on the walls instead. Get plants and books for the sofa tables. Display plates and bowls. Silver candlesticks.

I like Pottery Barn for table "stuff", or at least for ideas. But I am not big on Pier 1 style knick knacks.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how much of their inventory qualifies as traditional but I like Pier One for that kind of thing. Ten Thousand Villages (in Old Town) also has nice things with an international flair.

Sorry, sweetie, but she specified "unique." Pier One is the Olive Garden of interior decor.

I'm not the PP, but I thought the only people who still cluttered their homes with traditional knick knacks most likely had generally Olive Garden taste.

Still, for people who like that sort of thing, you might try the cave-like downstairs area at Reincarnations on 14th Street. I'm not sure what OP considers "unique", but I think Reincarnations is going for an appeal to people who would like to describe their accessorizing as "unique". Only, you know, each unique item comes in 5 colorways and 3 sizes.

Well if you don't put traditional knick knacks in your cabinets, what are you supposed to accessorize with? We do pick up interesting objects from our travels, but it's not nearly enough to fill a 5000 sq, ft. house with multiple curio cabinets, dining room cabinets, sofa tables, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how much of their inventory qualifies as traditional but I like Pier One for that kind of thing. Ten Thousand Villages (in Old Town) also has nice things with an international flair.

Sorry, sweetie, but she specified "unique." Pier One is the Olive Garden of interior decor.

I'm not the PP, but I thought the only people who still cluttered their homes with traditional knick knacks most likely had generally Olive Garden taste.

Still, for people who like that sort of thing, you might try the cave-like downstairs area at Reincarnations on 14th Street. I'm not sure what OP considers "unique", but I think Reincarnations is going for an appeal to people who would like to describe their accessorizing as "unique". Only, you know, each unique item comes in 5 colorways and 3 sizes.

I'm a sucker for Crate and Barrel but I like their design asthetic .

We have bought a lot of neat stuff from Community Forklift - older hardware and random building supplies that DH converts to decorations. He is not afraid to weld and use a variety of saws and whatnot though.

Anonymous wrote:Do people actually head out to buy knick knacks? I thought people had them because they can across them in the course of living their lives and just couldn't resist.

OP here. We just bought several cabinets (dining room glass cabinet, wall unit), etc. and need some additional knick-knacks (home accessories) to fill them up. So yes I do head out to buy knick-knacks, because otherwise my shelves will be empty!

I have been to Home Goods for knick-knacks, that is definitely a good place.

You can fin some interesting stuff on Etsy, but you have to dig. Thrift stores and garage/yard sales are also good. Not so unique, but Home Goods often has a decent selection of knick knacks similar to what you'd find in more upscale shops, but for much less.

Try Kellogg Collection and Random Harvest.

Do people actually head out to buy knick knacks? I thought people had them because they can across them in the course of living their lives and just couldn't resist.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how much of their inventory qualifies as traditional but I like Pier One for that kind of thing. Ten Thousand Villages (in Old Town) also has nice things with an international flair.

Sorry, sweetie, but she specified "unique." Pier One is the Olive Garden of interior decor.

Wake Up Little Suzie in Cleveland Park

I'm not sure how much of their inventory qualifies as traditional but I like Pier One for that kind of thing. Ten Thousand Villages (in Old Town) also has nice things with an international flair.

Any recommendations for where to get unique knickknacks in the area? Our style is traditional/transitional.