The benefit of using handcrafted elements in your home

There’s a reason handcrafted items, like unique pottery and wooden bowls, are so popular today in home décor. Not only is each piece one-of-a-kind and will never be identically duplicated, but by purchasing these items you’re supporting skilled artisans from all around the world. In Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Florida and beyond, these handcrafted items create jobs and support an artist’s livelihood.



For instance, Mary Hong is a Florida-based glass artist who has a small scale studio in the Gulf Coast. Through her partnership with one of our high end vendors, her exquisite mirrors and glass mosaics are highly sought after by our clients. In fact, it's hard to keep her beautiful pieces on our floor because they're so quickly purchased.


                      

     

                         



Another talented artist our customers can't get enough of is Austin A. James from Texas. His art is beautifully incorporated onto furniture, like these stacking tables, which are covered in a hand-applied vitreous finish and a hand applied gold base. We love supporting talented artists like Austin, who has expanded his art into an entire collection of furniture with his beautiful designs.





Like Mary and Austin's art, we also source handmade glass spheres through a vendor who has concentrated their business exclusively on Mexican blown glass and metal art. All of their pieces are individually handmade by craftsmen using inherited skills who take great pleasure in creating their products. This vendor prides themselves on having every product in their catalog custom designed and hand crafted in Mexico from 100% recycled materials, resulting in our ever so popular glass spheres that we are delighted to offer to our clientele.

                           


            

                             




Custom made items, like these gorgeous hand-carved wooden bowls, also bring warmth to a home. Often customers will avoid wooden accents with a weathered or handcrafted feel because they fear a rustic look in their modern home. Including just a few natural elements won’t turn your beach home into a farmhouse, but it will benefit a room by adding warmth and making it appear less sterile. See how in this photo it makes the space feel less cold and more comfortable by incorporating this décor. Even in the ever-trending mid century modern and scandinavian styled living space, handcrafted pottery with minimalistic design is the perfect touch.





These pieces also create a well traveled look while providing interest to a room. Handcrafted accessories come alive and are a topic of conversation in a group setting, while the imperfections on handmade antiques become celebrated. Whether it’s a hand carved wooden sculpture you’ve had handed down in your family or an oil painting you’ve brought home from your travels in Bali, these pieces speak volumes in a living space. We have an extensive inventory of Balinese hand painted oil pieces that were personally selected by our owners for you to enjoy.

         

These items are also more sustainably sourced. Hand crafted pieces are more environmentally friendly by utilizing natural elements and usually requiring less waste for both the production process and for packaging, (especially if you're the second owner of a lovely recycled piece). When trends change, neutral, wooden and organic materials won't fade out as easily, making you feel good about including them in your styling rotation.


With handcrafted pieces, you can be sure you’re getting a one-of-a-kind item that will never be mass produced or identically replicated. These artisans create beauty in the everyday things around us and we are so grateful they choose to share their talents with businesses like ours, so you, too, can have beauty in your home. With new inventory arriving to us daily, you’ll be sure to find interesting, unique items on our floor each time you visit. We look forward to helping you “Furnish Your Escape!”