I would happily live inside the world of Stissing House, the early Americana-with-a-twist restaurant in Pine Plains, NY, helmed by chef, writer, and style setter Clare de Boer. Or, for that matter, King, her minimalist city bistro in NYC.
Which is why we were thrilled to stumble on new furniture company Roseland—another product of Clare’s assured eye. (We’re not quite sure how she does all that she does—she’s been nominated for a James Beard Award four times.) Roseland is Clare’s first foray—with her husband, Casper co-founder Luke Sherwin; a trio of furniture makers; and a design collaborator—into housewares, and the line takes its cues from the lithe simplicity of early Shaker designs.
We emailed Clare to get info on the company’s debut:
“We want to design and make things that we want ourselves,” she writes. “Classics, made with native woods and materials and finished minimally with natural and/or low-VOC finishes. In the medium term, this means partnering with small workshops to design and make a tight set of designs across the wider home.
‘We think there’s an opportunity to celebrate American craftsmanship while also making it relatively accessible,” she adds. “We’ve furnished a couple of homes together over the past few years, and we’ve found that most of the domestic furniture we gravitate towards is a real reach. We came to the conclusion that the secret to offering affordability without a loss in quality is just focus: Make fewer designs and put them into production vs. make them to order.”
Take a look at the company’s first few—excellent—designs.
Photography courtesy of Clare de Boer (“feat.,” she adds, “my upstate bedroom in various seasons”).
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Shown is Roseland’s Kitchen Work Table, “inspired by early American kitchens” and made from American maple, food-grade mineral oil, and optional locking casters (made from carbon steel with wooden wheels); from $1,590.
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For more, head to Roseland.
And for more furniture we love, see:
- Currently Coveting: The Flatpack Spoke Sofa from Takt Furniture in Copenhagen
- Kitchen Tour: A Creative Couple Give Their Handmade Catskills Kitchen a New Coat of Paint
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