It's surreal seeing the work we pour into South Loop Loft recognized by those beyond our walls.
We’re honored to be named one of Architectural Digest’s Best Home Stores in America this year. To stand alongside so many thoughtful voices in the design world is a moment we don’t take lightly.
South Loop Loft has always been more than a storefront. It’s a space shaped by curiosity, built through connection, and rooted in a belief that good design isn’t just visual, it’s deeply felt.
Thank you to @archdigestpro , Benjamin Reynaert (@aspoonfulofbenjamin ), Kelsey Mulvey (@kmulvs ), and Lila Allen (@lilerr ) for seeing us, and for the kind words.
We can’t wait to keep doing what we do, with even more heart.
Last night, we opened our doors to celebrate the launch of two new collections: functional ceramics by Chicago-based artist @paige.schlosser and a new collection of handmade rugs by Portland-based @pattymeltworldwide .
The turnout, the energy, and the conversations were all reminders of why we do what we do. A room full of people who care about design, about craft, and about what’s next. Our creative community shaping the future of our design world, all under one roof.
Thank you to everyone who came through and celebrated with us!
Introducing the When You Were A Tulip Rug by @pattymeltworldwide .
This beloved design — a whimsical and textural statement bloom in the flower bed, capturing wonder and a playful sort of order — is now nestled amongst some of our most cherished pieces.
Himalayan Wool and Chinese Silk. Three colorways. Now available.
Inspired by the natural landscapes and storied architecture of the South of France, the Patty Rug Collection embraces saturated color, playful yet livable pattern, and an exceptionally luxurious hand. Thoughtfully hand-knotted in Nepal, each rug feels like a landscape unto itself; richly layered, deeply tactile, and worthy of shaping an entire room around.
Explore Patty Studios, now available at South Loop Loft, through the link in our bio.
There are pieces you find, and pieces that find you. This lacquered Pelletier coffee table — deep red, gilded detail, tiered — has been turning heads on the floor since it arrived. It belongs somewhere with nerve.
Now in view and online.
Somewhere in Denmark in the 1970s, a maker pressed their mark into wet clay and called it finished. The pattern radiating outward from the center — concentric rings, scored lines, arcs repeating like something half-remembered — looks like a cartographic record of a place that doesn’t exist. Teak base. Ceramic tile top.
Head to the link in our bio to see more.
During Milan Design Week, a handful of private apartments unlocked their doors. Among them, a preserved 1948 residence designed by Osvaldo Borsani himself, seen by the public for the first time. In a city that crowded, intimacy is the rarest thing on offer.
That feeling followed us home. This chair — burgundy, sculptural, self-assured in the way Borsani’s work always is — needs no fair, no crowd, no context to make its case.
Paired with André Cazenave’s Dora Rock lamps, glowing like something pulled from the earth before anyone thought to name it, the room becomes its own kind of exhibition.
Quiet. Certain. Enough.
Hand-forged wrought iron defines this French floor lamp from the 1960s, an object shaped as much by gesture as by material, where each curve and detail carries the trace of the maker’s hand.
Leaf motifs climb the stem and extend across the base, botanical but never literal. The parchment shade softens everything — light filtered through texture rather than thrown.
Now on view and online.
A city that breathes design. I’ve been back more than a dozen times and each time it surprises and delights in new ways.
Milan is layers: Incomparable architecture. Marble-clad entryways casually strung with Carlo Scarpa Sconces and Murano pendants. The effortless way art and innovation are woven into the cultural DNA.
And then, of course, the vintage. Always the vintage.
This year at Salone, we walked away with one major appreciation: history is not behind us. It is actively shaping what comes next.
What excited us the most is a real return to process. Craft, in its most honest form, was everywhere. Materials, technique, even color…was less about decoration and more about authorship. You could feel the hand behind the work and the celebration of processes that require rigor, time and a trained hand.
A renewed reverence for environments shaped by discipline and history abounded. From Borsani’s structural clarity to Villa Necchi’s quietly opulent restraint, inspiration came from spaces where modernity was never sterile. Omnipresent were reminders that great design balances historical intelligence with the human desire for beauty.
It all pointed to the same idea: history isn’t just a reference point. It’s a living force and more relevant than ever…
And yes, oxblood IS having a moment. ;)
XO,
Beth
Container: From Private Collections introduces a trio of hand-cast glass coffee tables by Lothar Klute, who trained as a blacksmith in Mailar before studying sculpture in Aachen. He developed a bronze alloy specifically to forge by hand, and each glass top was produced through a casting process adapted for the individual table.
The three work together or apart — that’s part of the design.
Collected apart, but now in conversation.
A vignette from our Private Collections Container, paired with the Labelle rug by @pattymeltworldwide , a goatskin-topped side table, a neoclassical umbrella stand sourced from a Parisian hotel, and a ceramic lamp by Georges Pelletier.
Now on view for a limited time, in the showroom and online.
Container: From Private Collections is live.
Sourced from private villas, dealer-held collections, and quiet warehouses. In many cases, these were not on the market, but released. To us, and now to you. Each one carries a clear sense of origin, and a reason it remained in place for as long as it did.
Now they’re here, and ready to be lived with again.
Explore the full collection through the link in our bio.
