Michael Taylor Interiors

The guy working the place was a sweetheart. The dog was an even bigger sweetheart with his cute little bone in his mouth.
The selection was literally in my face. I didn’t have enough room to walk honestly. I kept my purse pushed to me for safekeeping and kept my fingers crossed.
The place had some nice chests, although I’ll admit I couldn’t get THAT great a look at them because I was made to be harassed by the thing at the same time.
Give me some walking room, and we’ll talk.

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 8^th 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.