High-Style Hillbilly: Tyler Hays for M. Crow & Co. - Remodelista
Designer Tyler Hays established his signature luxe-rustic look at BDDW, his handmade furniture company in New York. More recently he s delved into the world of trading blankets stoneware mugs and rural economic development as the rescue owner of M Crow... ...Co a general store in Lostine Oregon not far from where he himself grew up in the Wallowa valley trapping mink and building go karts Hanging Bud Vase of blown glass and leather, oak “hanging puck” included; $275. Striped Boiled Merino Wool Blanket, 65 by 50 inches, knit in Hays’s other outpost, his Philadelphia studio; $700. Pair of Douglas fir plywood-encased Audiophile Speakers by Phila Audio Corp; $450. Stoneware Coffee Mug, $48, made from Wallowa County, Oregon, clay, and glazed with ashes from M.Crow’s wood-burning stove. Bandsaw Blade Steak Knives of carbon steel with handles available in four woods (from left; black walnut, osage orange, toasted maple, and American holly); $65 each. Thin Cutting Board with leather covered handle, available in cherry, oak, and oxidized oak, from $210. Hays concocts his Bear Fighter s Hair Fixative using only locally gathered materials pine tar beeswax from our hives and... ...oils we expell ourselves from local grains and other wild natural ingredients The container is made of Wallowa County clay 120 Waxed Canvas Tote with leather pocket, cord handles, and an interior tie closure in plaid; $450. Copper Hanger, 2 by 2.15 inches, bronze screws included, $45. Linen Beach Blanket with Leather Weights; $420. M. Crow & Co. is at 133 Highway 82, Main Street in Lostine, in northeastern Oregon; it’s open seven days a week.