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photography courtesy of room & Board AmericAn All-StAr Room & BoaRd arrives in new england with a 39,000-square- foot showroom on newbury street. by jessica laniewski "We've been looking for a space in Boston for seven years," says Dave Nash, store manager of Room & Board. Well, they finally found one. The Minnesota-based design company, which prides itself on its made-in- America offerings, has landed in the Back Bay with an impressive five-story showroom dedicated to sleek, modern furnishings. "We have a really great concentration of customers on the East Coast," Nash says. "Ninety percent of our pieces are sourced and produced in the United States, and so many of them—like Lyndon Furniture in Vermont and M.H. Parks Company in Winchendon, Massachusetts—are based in New England." Room & Board's 10,000 -plus existing customers in the Boston area made opening in the city an easy decision for the company. The new digs are located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street in the 106 -year-old Sherman Building. After an extensive renovation, a glass structure and second-f loor terrace were added to the property, in keeping with Room & Board's crisp, clean aesthetic. And what to buy for your home this fall? Keep an eye out for the bold, minimalist pieces of the Parsons Collection by Bell Manufacturing. "Bell Manufacturing is a steel manufacturer; we asked them to make our popular Parsons dining room table, and they did it," says Nash. "All of our pieces have great sto- ries to them." 375 Newbury St., 617-351-0020; roomandboard.com BC Room & Board's first New England store offers five floors of stylish modern furniture and accessories, including a level devoted to children's furnishings. bostoncommon-magazine.com 129 tHE GUIDE Eat, Drink, Shop, Unwind