Judging by the store window, I expected Michael Taylor Interiors to feel like I was stepping among the pillages of Marlow from Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." Taylor does have more exotic items than most of the shops in the 8th Ave S antique district, alongside the more traditional, but still incredibly ornate items (wooden wardrobes, crushed velvet sofas, a carved walnut chest for $2800.) The furniture and sculptures here are really unique, and I liked the almost haphazard, no-frills presentation of his hundreds of antique valuables.
The guy working there (I think it was Taylor himself) was friendly, and told me that everything was currently 20% off. But the best part of the store was the little white terrier who snuck up behind me with a toy in its mouth. read more