Two weekends ago during the Memorial day holiday the Apt.30 crew hit the road with some amazing friends and discovered the best thing in Baltimore since
John Waters!
Hampden Village. This little town has more vintage shopping in a 3 block radius than most large cities. It was store after store of hidden treasures. Clothing, jewelry, and furniture. Oh the furniture! You know I was in heaven.
One of my absolute favorites and a MUST see is a store called
Denova. This cozy two story retailer is a Mecca for all things mid century modern and danish modern classics. The pieces are off the wall amazing, the condition that they've been kept in is phenomenal and their prices will not break the bank.
I mean come on! I wanted to take everything home..... but we all remember my
Dumpster Diving incident....(just in case you were wondering, the chairs will
finally be finished shortly!!).
The second store that we all loved was less vintage and more surreal and edgy. At
Trohv; the items are all new and vintage inspired but the way they play and push the boundaries of design and function is great. There were large scale images of the anatomy studies of the human body hanging from the ceilings (see the image below, it's not as gross as it sounds), a fleet of paper airplanes suspended over the check out counter, old school wooden lunch tables with retractable stools attached. The store is just fun, they have a definite aesthetic and I really enjoyed it.
The next few stops were a hodge-podge of vintage wonderful!! Old records,comic books, art nouveau hair accessories, turquoise refrigerators and a cherry red 1960's carry-on we all now lovingly call Jeanne!
Oh and let's not forget the amazing breadpudding the size of your head from Cafe' Hon.
Hampden village is a must see and I will definitely be visiting again for the Hon Fest, I hear it's going to be a blast... think Mummers on crack!
