Flourist: A Shaker-Inspired Flour Company in Vancouver

hotography by Conrad Brown,  courtesy of Ste. Marie

Canadian interiors firm Ste. Marie is deft at creating singular spaces to eat, drink, and celebrate, and when they took on the project of making a space for Flourist—a small-batch, community-based flour mill founded by Janna Bishop, a clothing designer, and Shira McDermott, a food industry expert—they drew from “the 18th century Shaker communities’ guiding principles of simplicity, utility and honesty.”

Inside the cafe, a palette of pale wood and marble mixes with the agrarian.

The eating area, with the mill behind.

Just a few of the Shaker touches: brooms, cutting boards, and blankets hanging from wall-mounted rails.

The shop in front stocks their Canadian-milled flours, packaged in paper bags.

Built-in shelves hold baskets and stoneware jugs.

The company offers fresh-milled organic grains with no added ingredients, best bought in small batches and best stored in the fridge.