Vintage Home Goods & Finds
FROM TOP: Jimmy Fallon’s
Tron dressing room;
Quest Love’s personal
dressing room.
Records & Reads
While away the day at vintage record shops
and bookstores near you.
Providence
Records: Olympic Records;
Armageddon Shop; Round-
Again Records; Music
Research Library. Reads: Cellar
Stories; Paper Nautilus
South County
Records: Looney Tunes,
Wakefield. Reads: Kingston
Hill Book Store, Kingston;
ReReads Bookstore
East Bay
Records: In Your Ear, Warren.
Reads: The Book Nerd,
Barrington
Interior Designer
Kyla Coburn’s
Favorite Vintage Finds
In her own words, the mastermind behind the state’s
dreamiest restaurants — think: Loie Fuller’s, the Grange and
the East End — spills on her love of vintage and her favorite
project to date: Jimmy Fallon’s dressing rooms.
W E W O R K H A R D AT KC D T O A LWAY S I N C O R P O R AT E
vintage items into our designs. The way people shop has
changed; access to trends is insta-mediate and it’s easy to step
into a Homegoods or jump online and walk out with an off-
the-shelf design “kit.”
In order to create spaces that prompt people to think or
draw an emotive response, it’s important to both get creative
with the style references that are being layered, as well as
choose individual pieces, each with their own authenticity,
meaning and story. It’s like making | | CONTINUED ON PAGE 98
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West Bay
Records: The Time Capsule,
Cranston. Reads: Twice
Told Tales, Cranston
Newport County
Records: Vinyl Guru,
Newport. Reads:
Commonwealth Books,
Newport
Blackstone Valley
Records: Antiques Alley,
Greenville. Reads:
Stillwater Books, Pawtucket
VINTAGE YARN:
The Rhode Island
Antiques Mall
From “mantiques” to “grantiques,” this Pawtucket emporium
has something for everyone. BY NANCY KIRSCH
“ W E TA L K A B O U T T H I S P L AC E L I K E T H E T H R E E B E A R S; W E WA N T
it to be just right,” says Scott Davis, who owns Rhode Island
Antiques Mall (RIAM) with his wife, Rae Davis. “Whether you
come with $10 or $10,000 to spend, you’ll find something here.”
The Davises know what makes antique stores special; their first
date was an antiquing expedition. Delighting serious collectors,
secondhand shoppers and casual browsers alike, RIAM, which
opened in 2007, sells jewelry, apparel, posters and original art,
furniture, countless odds-and-ends, “mantiques” — man cave items
such as political paraphernalia, musical instruments, electronics
and tools — and “grantiques” — items rattling around your grand-
mother’s china closet. | | CONTINUED ON PAGE 99