Hunted House

My husband and I recently discovered this place – and we love it! I called the store a couple days prior during their closed hours to inquire about a piece. Mark was very helpful and even offered to meet me at the store that evening! We ended up snatching an amazing lamp and sideboard which Mark then helped us carry into our car. Very good experience overall. Only downside is that I wish I had bought more stuff! For vintage pieces of this style and quality I really don’t think you can beat their prices. Will be back soon.

I love love love this place. I love mid-​century modern furniture but it can be really pricey. I go to Miss Pixie’s, but there really isn’t much in the way of mid-​century there. Modern Mobler is great, but whoa, it is expensive. This place has what I want and at prices that you can actually afford (ish). I’ve purchased several tables from here, chairs, etc. All of them are in good condition (it’s old, what do you expect?) and Mark is wonderful. If I see something on the website I like I email him and he holds it for me or we can chat about it. He knows his stuff and while his store isn’t jam packed with a million things, there is always something I can leave with. In fact, am going back today!

Ridiculously expensive.

Like they always say, «Come for the awesome mid-​century modern ware, stay for chatting with Mark.»
Hunted house definitely has a great selection of stuff – even if its crammed into a tiny place. Prices are fair and quality seems pretty nice overall. From cocktail glasses to great artwork and vintage clothing, it seems like this is the type of place where I could find a little something each time I stopped in.
But it is also really fun! All of the folks there seem super cool. I had been eyeing a painting in the window for a while, and putting it off because a lot of vintage shops can be a hassle. Mark on the other hand was awesome. And the thing is, a great experience will stay with that painting and make me like it even more. Wish there were more shops like it!

If this place were a club, I’d want to hang out here! Awesome stuff, good feng shui. Too expensive for me.

Not my thing. I love mid-​century modern aesthetic and appreciate kitsch pieces, but these pieces are battered and bruised while the prices are still demanding. $ 150+ for a worn out chair with holes in the fabric… you’d be better off at a thrift store or flea market.

Great staff, amazing products. I purchased an amazing canvas print of Paris from them. It was reasonably priced. I love how they put the store together. I often stroll through to get some design inspiration. Although the space focuses on mid-​century pieces, I think someone with other tastes could from accent items to complete any room.

I love this place! Mark is friendly and helpful and the selection is great. I have found many unique pieces here. I appreciate the laid back atmosphere. I like to take my time strolling though the rooms and at HH, I always feel welcome to do so. The piece we bought was in great condition and looks amazing in our apartment.

I really like Hunted House. I think they have a great selection at fair prices and the owner/​salesperson has always been very nice and friendly to me. Every time I go in, I find something I like and I think it’s better curated than some of the other second-​hand/​vintage shops on 14^th St. The location is a bit strange, but I think it just adds to the unique experience. I try to go once every couple weeks and am looking forward to new finds!

This place just did not impress me. I really didn’t care for the merchandise there, it just wasn’t my cup of tea. Don’t get me wrong, I think that this place may offer some great items to someone who really likes 50’s/60’s/70’s furniture, but I just really wasn’t feelin’ it.

This is a great store. It’s a small furniture store, run by a local businessman (not a chain), and he has a very good eye for mid-​century pieces.
My wife and I were impressed by what was in stock, and moreso by the prices (less than half of what we would pay at a similar store in Venice/​Santa Monica)… so much that we furnished virtually our entire apartment with one trip to Hunted House.
Mark also arranged for delivery (added cost, but reasonable), which we appreciated since we don’t have a car.

Small but well curated shop. Always fun to stop by and browse and friendly owner will try to help you find what you are looking for. Good website, good service, good local/​small biz.

In retail first impressions are very important. I must say that my first, second, and third impression of Hunted House was really completely awful. We walked up the stairs from 14^th street. The first thing we heard was some kind of siren. I guess to ‘warn’ of our presence. Kind of like if we were breaking into a bank or something. It was loud. It was very unpleasent. Next, as we walked down the hall we heard somebody calling from several rooms away behind us. «Who is there?» again. kind of like we were breaking into a house. I almost thought we had stumbled into somebodies office or something since it was not welcoming at all. Then we heard, «Do you know where you are going? I am behind you. I have a lamp.» So like totally unwelcoming. Like not only did we break in, but we were in the guys way. I almost felt like somebody had a gun to my back and was forcing me down a hallway. Really, totally BIZARRE! Then when we got to the back room. «The guy asked gruffly if we knew what we were looking for». He didn’t ask what we were looking for or even if he could help us look for something or anything. His manner was totally rude, unwelcoming, aggressive…
We spent about 20 seconds longer in the store before we left. I can see how the other one star review that spoke of a horrible experience during and after purchasing something from here could be completely true. If the customer service is hostile from the beginning I am sure that if you stuck around longer it would just get worse.
SKIP THIS PLACE!
I stand by the accuracy of this review. I do not agree with the way the owner characterizes his actions below at all. He did not ask us if he could help us or if we had any questions or greet us in the manner in which he describes. As I mentioned I am not the only person who has given this store a one star. I would invite the reader to refer to the other one star reviews that have been given of this business and see if they notice a pattern or not. I rarely give out one star reviews. When I do give them out they are completely earned as this one was.

All the reviews about this place having reasonable prices are WRONG… most of the stuff here is a STEAL!!!
My boyfriend and I went to multiple stores looking for some good used furniture. Having decorated our past apartments completely with craigslist and thrift sore items back in LA I figured we could do the same here… Wrong! Where are the decent thrift stores??? (please message me if you know of some i can take the metro to?) and the CL selection, slightly vomit inducing.
So feeling slightly defeated we started walking back home and stumbled across a menagerie of nice looking Mid-​Century pieces on the sidewalk next to a ghetto looking «thrift» store. We climbed the tiny staircase in to a brightly painted second floor of a town house and stumbled upon a fantastic little collection of Mid-​Century and some 70’s décor. Each room of the store is set up like… a room, which is nice to be able to get an idea as to if the furniture will fit in your tiny DC apartment.
The selection is fantastic for being on the small side and we didn’t have any trouble with Mark. On the contrary he was quite friendly to us once we started chit chatting about estate sales and swap meets. So maybe try speaking his language for a friendlier result?
We bought a FANTASTIC little coffee table the converts into a 4 person dining table with a turn of a lever. Mark offered to deliver it, but we were renting a zip car anyway, so we picked it up.
When we picked it up he was friendly and helped my boyfriend carry the substantial piece of 50’s engineering down the tiny stair case (how the hell he get things into the store is beyond me?!)
Our table is so awesome we are definitley shipping it to the next place we move, It was very affordable (the same price or cheaper than ALL of the coffee tables we saw at TARGET!!!) and it, along with the cockroaches in our apartment, will probably out last a nuclear war.

I had a recently great experienc when I bought a Broyhill dresser /​chest. Mark was super helpful and responsive; they delivered on time and accommodated my schedule; and the dresser is in fantastic condition!
I highly recommend… there is a large collection of reasonably-​priced, well-​kept mid-​century furnishings. I wll be shopping there again!

If you love mid century furnishings, then you’ll love Hunted House. The furnishings are gently used pieces ranging from side tables to sofas and are reasonably priced compared to other area mid century furnishing stores. The owner, Mark is very helpful, nice, and is also somewhat flexible on prices. I had been looking for a danish modern styled daybed for quite some time and gave him my information to contact me if they got one in and he did just that when he received one similar to what i was looking for. Its definitely worth checking out… you’ll surely come across some great finds.

My furniture buying experience at the hunted house was less than pleasant. Mark the owner is all cheery and smiles when he wants you to buy his shit, but then once you do he turns into a mean little b*&$# with a bad attitude. In other words, DO NOT FEED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
When I went to pay for the furniture the day after I originally looked at it, he tried to charge me $ 100 more than he promised the day before and said, «oh, I thought I quoted you $ 800.»
Pick-​up of furniture is all based on his schedule, not yours. Customer service was clearly not being taught at whatever random community college Mark went to. PLUS I’ve heard from other people in the furniture business in town that he’s not the most amiable of characters.
There are better midcentury shops around. Go to Millenium or Good Eye and someone might actually be pleasant. Plus, their goods are better. I just happened to buy from Hunted House because the other two shops didn’t have a small enough piece for my space.

If you weren’t looking for the Hunted House, you’d miss it. Located on the 2^nd floor of an old townhouse, visiting this vintage furniture store is like visiting someones house. The first thing I noticed was the strong smell of incense. Actually I noticed this around half a block away. It was a bit much… almost headache inducing. The owner greeted us immediately upon entering and was very friendly and helpful. The A/​C only worked in one of the rooms, so shopping was somewhat uncomfortable.
The Hunted House had a small selection of living and dining room furniture. Most of it tended toward mid century modern, but there were definitely some funky 70’s style contemporary pieces mixed in. A few furniture items caught our eye, but they were already sold. I got the impression that regulars scour the stock frequently for new items. However, we came here a week after our initial visit and only around 10% of the store was different. I did not notice any major defects with their pieces, though some could have used a good cleaning. They also carry some home décor items — lamps, art, vases — but nothing seemed «quite right» for us.
The pricing here was fairly standard for this type of specialty shop, though nothing really struck me as a bargain. Their small selection made our visits short. I don’t think I’d come back unless I was in the neighborhood or knew they had something I wanted. That being said, their website is kept up to date and actually includes prices!

I really enjoyed this store. Not a huge variety but everything is super sweet. I found a great dresser, unfortunately it was just a tad too long for my room. I will return for sure!
**It was such a great dresser that I re thought my entire room to make it fit. They delivered! They were on time and very friendly.

A trove of carefully selected, highly covetable second-​hand furniture (predominantly mid-​20^th century). But still affordable enough to furnish most of your rooms. Hunted House offers the rarest blend of unique style, environmental-​soundness and practicality. Is there some sort of Unilocal pact, where we all agree to keep a place between ourselves?
It only opens Thursday through Sunday (I think) as the owner goes to auction the other days of the week to gather his wonderful finds. Predominantly living and dining room furniture within an especially good range of lamps when I visited, but of course the pieces will vary each time.
Most of the furniture is in very good condition, other pieces, especially upholstered chairs etc,. might want a bit of steam cleaning or a french polish.
If you are fan of mid-​century style, as I am, then this place is a must-​see. The biggest problem is making final decisions between an array of equally desirable gems.