Like a gleaming fine mineral, J. E. M. lures you inside its deep teal-colored walls with shiny promise and luxurious allure. Proprietor Jane Miller fills her petite, yet inviting home furnishings boutique with a fantastic mix of vintage finds, reinvented found objects and avant-garde artisan pieces: an arresting potato-sorter table turned console, fanciful apothecary bottles, ceramic bulldogs, folding chairs ensconced entirely with hand-felted wool. Books on wabi-sabi and back issues of ‘50s pocket-tabloid magazine TEMPO provide cheeky-chic inspiration, and gift ideas abound in small but...
Parking:
If Shawmut Avenue fills up, there's usually plenty of metered parking available mere blocks south on Washington Street or Harrison Avenue.