Postcard From Miami: Stiltsville
Tweet For our summer catalog, we went on location to Stiltsville, a collection of wood stilt houses rising from the water on the edge of Miami’s Biscayne Bay! Siltsville was founded in the 1930s, and before long it was a veritable village of 27 private sea shacks, where anyone with a boat and an invitation...
Postcard From Haiti: Croix des Bouquets Artisans
Tweet The street of Croix des Bouquets are filled with the sounds of chisels clanging raw materials into works of art. The artisans in this small town – just north of Port Au Prince – shape beautifully sculptured pieces out of recycled oil drums, creating designs that are inspired by traditional religion and the nature...
Office Dog: Otis
Tweet Otis isn’t just our Brooklyn office’s beloved resident dog, he’s also the official model for west elm Market’s new selection of Made in USA pet accessories! Enjoy these behind-the-scenes pictures from Otis’ photo shoot and get to know this charismatic pup.
Making Our Ceramicist Vase Collection
Tweet Our Ceramicist Vases are some of our favorite new accessories from this spring season! Here’s a look at how they were developed from a couple of rough drawings in our Brooklyn office to a full collection of 8 finished pieces…
La Colombe + west elm Market: The Craft of Coffee
Tweet Handcrafting coffee and supporting community are true passions for La Colombe‘s co-founder Todd Carmichael, which is why west elm proudly partnered with the brand to help bring Haiti Blue Forest coffee to America. Now one of the world’s rarest coffee beans is exclusively available at west elm Market stores!
Roberta’s by Photographer Donny Tsang
Tweet Brooklyn-based photographer Donny Tsang has passion for food — and it shows. His photos of Bushwick’s Roberta’s are especially meaningful for us — every morning, our west elm Market store in Dumbo gets a delivery of freshly baked pastries, straight from Roberta’s! We love that we can bring this delicious perk to our neighborhood, and...
Studio Visit: Brooklyn Copper Cookware
Tweet “We’re 5 guys in Central Brooklyn banging on copper, and that’s what we do,” says Mac Kohler. But Brooklyn Copper Cookware is far more than just that. It’s the only copper cookware manufacturer in the United States, handcrafting beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces right here in New York City. When we saw copper pots being made...
Volunteering In Breezy Point
Tweet Last Friday, our office loaded up onto buses and we drove out to Breezy Point at the tip of the Rockaways in Queens. We were there to help clean-up some of the overwhelming destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Breezy Point is a NYC waterfront community that was hit especially hard by...
Subtle Pattern: Source of the west elm Herringbone Wallpaper
Tweet We’ve had many requests for the source of the subtle chevron wallpaper that makes an appearance in the recent west elm catalog…
Letter from Brooklyn: Inspiration
Tweet I was recently asked to speak to a group of leaders at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. on the topic of inspiration. I was excited to exchange ideas with the future leaders of my company — all of who are very much steeped in our culture and excited about the potential for West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. The...
Fashion Week Windows: Chris Benz + west elm
Tweet Fashion designer Chris Benz blends colors, textures, and time periods to craft a style that’s distinctive as his shock of pink hair. For the launch of Fashion Week in New York City, we worked with Chris to transform the windows of our Broadway store. After taking some cues from Chris’ fall collection and his...
Stories from Sutter Street
Tweet Go behind the scenes at our Sutter Street workshop, where America’s finest craftspeople construct furniture much like it was made 100 years ago—by hand, with care.