An Under-the-Radar Shop in Nolita - Remodelista
Photograph by Michael A. Muller for Remodelista. A Détacher, a small shop on Mott Street in Nolita, is two parts fashion, one part housewares, and it’s so current you’d think it opened yesterday. Her unique slant toward all things style-related extends to the housewares she designs and stocks in-store: “I’ll buy something for myself to use at home, or like this for my hair [she points to a French Wire Hair Pin], and then we’ll realize we want it for the store and I have to track it down,” she says. A Détacher is located at 262 Mott Street in New York City. A vintage wooden bench marks the exterior of the shop. The tiny sign in the corner of the front window. Mona adjusts a piece of jewelry on display. The large front windows are covered with simple matchstick blinds. “We did a complete gut of the space: We had the old floor taken out, put in a new floor. There was a dropped ceiling, which we removed to make the space feel loftier.” Mona installed a series of vintage ceiling lights in a random arrangement. The back wall of the shop was veneered in teak and clad in mirrored tiles for a silvery effect. The handwoven Giant Basket is 41 inches tall and costs $375. A low display table with an array of home objects: “Vintage, Japanese bowls, traditional Indian towels,” says Mona. Rope Incense bundles sourced from Nepal are available in cedar or sandalwood; 20 pieces for $12. The Tornillo Wooden Dish Rack is something that Mona originally designed for herself to use at home. After guests continued to ask about it, she decided to produce them for the store; $125. Dried foliage in a vintage vase. An iron and leather basket holds cotton Portuguese Bath Mats (40 by 19.5 inches); $75 each. Stacks of oversize Woven Reed Boxes (each measures 23 by 15 by 7.5 inches); $250. Two pairs of wood-soled Eleanor Pumps are displayed back-to-back in the window. A two-seater chair in the middle of the store is layered with a brown sheepskin, vintage beaded 1970s car seat covers, and a Hot Pink Hairy Pillow ($253). Custom-made iron clothing racks display seasonal A Détacher collections. A Détacher always includes a knee sock or two in every seasonal collection. On a small rustic wood chair sits a stack of design books, topped off with one of A Détacher’s Black Felt Balls. Electric pink masking tape is a signature on all A Détacher packaging. Mona standing in front of the World Map by Future Mapping Company; the map is a cylindrical equal area projection that represents countries according to their true size; $175.