Specialty: Beautiful, quality, handcrafted furniture
Price Range: ($$$) High-End
British gentility, some Danish curve, and a Belgian palette: it's the continental feel, and unique point of view that is Ochre. Ochre is an offshoot of the London-based design group of the same name, created by Harriet Maxwell McDonald and Andrew Corrie.
Their chic and charming store on Broome Street is their one and only US outpost. It's full of what they're known for: custom lighting (like their signature Arctic Pear chandelier) and a spare but elegant upholstered collection that has stood the test of time nicely. Many of their pieces extend their unique handling of materials like blown glass, horn, chain mail, linen, patina'd bronze and polished nickel to door and drawer hardware, soft goods and table top, both of their own making and gathered the world over.
Ochre emphasizes high quality materials and expert craftsmanship, with much of their U.S. offering now made here in the States. Ochre "creates objects of style and beauty which are both timeless and contemporary." Prices reflect the quality of their merchandise and the unique, rich materials from which they're constructed.
The Soho store also carries selection of antiques and vintage pieces from the UK, France and Italy that complement the new Ochre pieces.
For more on Ochre, visit their store page over at Marketplace.
Updated on 11.29.11 by Patrick Hamilton from a post by Cambria Bold on 11.18.08
Images: Patrick Hamilton
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Comments (7)
ooh, I love the blue-gray on the walls in the first 2 photos. I've been trying for weeks to find a color like that - and have spent so much time and money on samples! Aargh.
The store is pure eye candy as well. I've spent many a lunch hour in there, coveting all the things I can't afford.
jbaked..greys are very hard and I feel like I have tried them all, went through a similar exercise this past summer.
I think that color is Benjamin Moore "Smoke" or very darn close.. you just don't know until you try in your own space and light.
I wanted a similar color but since I have so much white wainscoting in my living room I went with a lighter crisper grey-blue color. My bedroom is more smokey grey with less blue and I think if I was to combine the paints of my living room and bedroom it would be that color. So possibly mixing BM "cashmere grey" and Ralph Lauren "Moonlight" might give you that color..now there is an idea for my hallway.
Anyone know where to buy convex mirrors like the ones in the picture? I can't find them on Ochre's website.
I loved the Arctic Pear table lamp. That was just divine! The chandelier was pretty awesome too! *swoon*
Do you think they'd notice if I moved in?
I love the arctic pear chandelier too. Now I just need a shedload of money and huge ceilings to install one.