Two venerable shops from the suburbs have opened branches in the city recently. Pierre Deux , the French-country furniture and accessories shop that’s a national chain, is now open in River North. (Love this pewter tray.) And Montalbano, a generations-old furniture maker/restorer, has joined the ever-growing (Morlen Sinoway, Organic Looms, Green Home Chicago, Jan’s Antiques, Black Walnut Gallery) Fulton Market area.
—JAN PARR