Please go to our new Andrianna Shamaris link
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Still in Africa. Andrianna Shamaris's new store in SoHo is from Mars, and SoHo is lucky.
Unlike the increasingly corporate and buttoned down shops taking over the area, her "primitive home furnishings" shop feels like the totally personal project of an artist. It is both luscious and excessive at the same time.
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Filled with the fruit of her itinerant life and travels to Africa and Asia, Shamaris' store is an assembly of her unique designs, lightly transformed natural objects and raw materials. There is everything from raw wood planks for $900, to large, solid carved wood screens, beautifully shaded lamps, intense candles and LOTS of picture frames. Think Martha Stewart meets Peter Beard.
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At her opening last night we came away with three parting thoughts:
1. her found objects, such as huge pieces of smooth tree trunk, are amazing
2. her designs are much more tempered. Some stand out, while most are pleasing and (perhaps) more saleable, and
3. her prices weren't bad for this part of town. MGR
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Comments (3)
Read this review and was so intrigued that I went to see this store for myself...this place transports you to another part of the world! A treasure trove of rare and exotic furniture, art objects and accessories one can’t miss. My global trotting has led me around the world, and I have to say if you are seeking something unique you won't find anywhere else, this is one place you must go.
i love this place! it's a hidden gem - i stop by whenever i am in soho to poke around. so many cool things to add to my stylish apt. i'm a side table hound!
So happy this store is still here! I actually went to the opening in 2004 and when I visited this weekend, I ended up purchasing a new dining room table. Totally unexpected. I even met the owner - super friendly! Check it out.