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COMING SOON, 53 Canal St.; comingsoonnewyork.com

stores learned how to do it from Coming Soon,” says Singer of this Lower East Side spot founded in 2013 and known for its giftable home décor and custom furniture upholstery in bright colors and unorthodox shapes. (“Totally bonkers” was how one person described its inventory.)

Even though its typical wares—which Zoe Report fashion editor Aemilia Madden tells us range from bright velvet chairs ($550) to crazy glass straws ($28) to a giant marbled-concrete bowl ($850)—aren’t serious per se, bookstore owner Leigh Altshuler says they’re all still adult (and that her customers keep trying to buy the water carafe she once bought there out from under her nose). And Todd Heim, who goes by the drag name Steak Diane, tells us that its recent move to the corner of Orchard and Canal, incrementally closer to Dimes Square, “has made it a true ‘clubhouse for the neighborhood.’” Speaking of its new location: It’s slightly larger, meaning room for more of the vintage furniture, like a Milo Baughman love seat ($3,500) and a ’70s Italian marble coffee table ($3,200) that it also sells in its fifthfloor showroom around the corner on Allen Street.