Fodor's Expert Review Anouk Beerents

The dazzling, skylighted quarters of this hidden Grachtengordel atelier-cum-store evoke the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Since 1987, antiquarian Anouk Beerents has been buying 18th- and 19th-century antique mirrors from France and Italy, and restoring them for local and international clients (including Ralph Lauren shops in Chicago and New York, and the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Amsterdam). Replete with ornate gold- or silver-gilded frames, several hundred museum-quality mirrors (some actually from the Palace of Versailles) adorn the walls of this space, which is so large that customers are invited to park their cars inside. Visits are by appointment only, and international shipping can be arranged.