Whether you’re in the market for a compound-crystal chandelier or just want a visually stimulating air-conditioning break, it’s worth a stop by new home-décor shop Arhaus. The Cleveland-based retailer’s first Manhattan location, which opened last month in the meatpacking district, is a two-floor, 28,000-square-foot behemoth of plushness. Inside, you’ll find vintage and new pieces from designer Gary Babcock’s world travels to Indonesia and China, in addition to the brand’s mass-produced line of furnishings. Photo: Janelle Zara
Gary took reproductions of an eighteenth-century bottle-drying rack ($99) and wired them to these chandeliers ($299) to function as light fixtures. Photo: Janelle Zara
Throwback Edison lightbulbs ($15 each) are updated with hanging ribbons for this customizable fixture. “It’s more mood lighting than task lighting,” Gary says. Photo: Janelle Zara
The second floor houses an authentic Indonesian joglo: the framework of an actual Indonesian home ($28,000). Measuring 12-by-24 feet, the structure was shipped to New York in pieces and then, says Gary, “assembled like Lincoln Logs.” Photo: Janelle Zara
This unit, purchased in England, is filled with old books, bottles, and seashells in homage to the Victorian tradition of keeping a cabinet of curiosities from world travels ($7,299). Photo: Janelle Zara
The store’s decorative details are intended to give inspirations to customers in their own homes. The vintage books in this arrangement, for example, are covered in Italian paper. Photo: Janelle Zara
The one-of-a-kind root chairs, benches, and tables (from $599) in Arhaus’s collection are all remainders of harvested teak trees from Indonesian plantations”the roots were dug up, finished, then constructed into furniture. Photo: Janelle Zara
When put in water, these curly willow branches ($27 a bunch) set roots and bloom leaves. “I love it because it has an exotic feeling,” Gary says, “and it is also inexpensive so you can have a huge impact without a lot of money.” Photo: Janelle Zara
The columns surrounding this hand-forged iron bed ($999) were found in Indonesia, then painted yellow and white ($999). Photo: Janelle Zara
