The best home design store in LA – The Hollywood Reporter

Holly Hunt

The latest addition to the Sycamore Arts District – home to designer havens Blackman Cruz, Ralph Pucci, Apparatus and JF Chen – Holly Hunt’s new flagship is a near-block-long warehouse built by the architecture firm Johnston Marklee reimagined as a welcoming complex. It includes two villas that feature selections from the brand’s nearly four-decade-old portfolio of lighting, furniture and textiles. Hunt’s works, which include works by designers such as Vladimir Kagan, Christian Astuguevieille and Elizabeth Lyons, appear in the homes of everyone from Regina King and Gwyneth Paltrow to Beyoncé and Kaley Cuoco. 945 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, hollyhunt.com

Atrio

Interior designer Jeremiah Brent (Ellen Pompeo, Shawn Levy, said: “California is where I grew up and I’m still very inspired by the California coast – that’s where my design journey began. , and it’s fitting that Atrio’s beginnings are here as well”) of his first store.

Located at Culver City Platform, the 2,300-square-foot lifestyle store showcases exclusive collaborations, including Cultiver linens and Serax tableware, a flower shop, pantry, and furniture. household and clothing. Both the design and the name of the charming one-stop shop, which means skylight in Portuguese, delighted Brent’s grandmother, and the glass-enclosed solarium, where she would have her morning tea . He said: “I remember dreaming of one day having my own space where all the values ​​and interests I hold dear, so it was truly a fulfilling moment for me. with me”. A restaurant, Juliet, will open soon. 8888 Washington Blvd., Culver City, shopatrio.com

Galerie Baruch

In 2016, Rhett Baruch opened her Koreatown apartment as a shopping space. It’s filled with the work of young, talented artisans, ceramicists and furniture designers – Taidgh O’Neill, Jessica Ayromloo, Shino Takeda, Saraï Delfendahl, Keita Jackson, Francie Bishop and Francis River among them – as well as the fascinating anonymous works he finds in him traveling around the city. He has now opened a Galerie Baruch space in Melrose Hill, giving him another outlet for their work as well as his growing list of fine artists, including Colt Segar, Jonathan Todryk, Gwen Hollingsworth and Doug Meyer. The Future Perfect’s Kelly Wearstler and David Alhadeff find unique pieces there. 6057 Melrose Ave., Melrose Hill, rhettbaruch.com

Great Commune Store Test

As a backend to their online store, Roman Alonso and Steven Johanknecht of Communal Design opened a store in the 1925 Spanish Colonial building in MacArthur Park, which also houses their studio. The space showcases items by the West Coast’s most exquisite craftspeople including textile artist Adam Pogue and woodworker Bruce Mitchell. Communal fans include Tracee Ellis Ross, Julianne Moore and costume designer Arianne Phillips. 2502 W. 7th Street, MacArthur Park, Communedesign.com

Hackney’s House

The glamor and circumstances of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral have heightened an appreciation for all things UK. So it’s a coincidence that House of Hackney, a luxury furniture brand, is in the modern era. British page and lifestyle, appeared at Pierce & Ward’s Los Feliz store until the end of the year. Founders Frieda Gormley and Javvy M Royle create fascinating Victorian-inspired plant and animal prints, featuring wallpaper, fabric and pillows, which can be found in Vanessa’s home Hudgens, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. 1956 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz, houseofhackney.com

Soho Home

Soho House members-only club brought its hometown products to LA

Inspired by the design of Soho House clubs around the world and created in-house, Soho Home products include mid-century style floor lamps, sleek velvet sofas and stone coffee tables Italian marble, so members – and non-members – can take the house home. 8540 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, sohohome.com

CarbonShack

Steve Pallrand has long been an outspoken advocate for green building, creating and renovating homes that exceed sustainable building standards. Now, he’s formalizing his commitment to a new design agency, CarbonShack, and a showroom, just below their office in Cypress Park near Mount Washington. The space showcases interior design products, from lights and fabrics to decorative tiles and wardrobes, sustainable and beautiful, with designs inspired by the natural world and by artists. done by local people. “People want their values ​​instilled in their lifestyle, their home and the things they own,” he says. CarbonShack is the place to start. 715 Cypress Ave., Cypress Park, carbonshackshowroom.com

Wrensilva

San Diego-based HiFi recording console maker Wrensilva has opened its first LA showroom in West Hollywood just off the Pacific Design Center. The store showcases the brand’s hand-crafted reproductions of a vintage record console, with built-in high-performance audio that allows music lovers to seamlessly switch between vinyl, Sonos and Bluetooth recordings .

“Whether you listen to vinyl or stream music, a beautiful recording console is like a musical bonfire to gather around and enjoy together. Our goal is to bring that timeless HiFi spirit into the present and future at a level of performance and quality that belongs in the most luxurious spaces,” said Wrensilva CEO Greg Perlot.

The new store decor is the work of artist and illustrator John Van Hamersveld, including many of his famous album cover designs and photography from The Rolling Stones recordings for Exile on Main St. 8625 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, Infrared

A version of this story first appeared in the October 5 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Click here to subscribe..