Roman and Williams Guild New York boasts flower store, boutique and French cafe La Mercerie

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, the husband-and-wife staff behind design agency Roman and Williams, have created a lofty two-storey emporium in Manhattan’s Soho district.

Named Roman and Williams Guild New York, the 650-square-metre flagship homes an artwork studio, flower store, gallery and boutique, and a restaurant referred to as La Mercerie.

“Once we based Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors in 2002, we knew that ultimately we wished to take among the issues we would made, and contribute them to the houses of individuals in all places,” the agency stated in an announcement.

“To this finish, we’re establishing our personal modern-day guild, a guild of the senses, that gathers the very best of every little thing we make, and every little thing we love, and helps others to do the identical.”

Accomplished in 2017, The Guild carries Founding Assortment, a 55-piece catalogue of Roman and Williams’ customized furnishings influenced by or created throughout earlier tasks.

The duo’s treasury of lighting and furnishings match spans a number of classes of dwelling, from eating to workplace and lounging to storage. The boutique additionally boasts objects collected from the workshops of craftspeople around the globe.

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The ethereal house on Canal Avenue options painted brick partitions and picket flooring, and is adorned with an array of curated objects to lend a live-in feeling; reindeer fur hides and sculptures by artist Casey Zablocki, La Soufflerie glassware, painted stoneware by Andrew Mcgarva, and numerous printed ephemera are a part of this choice.

Roman and Williams’ collaborations seem all through the house: taps and fixtures come from RW Atlas Assortment for Waterworks, and architectural door and cupboard was created with H Theophile.

The Guild’s in-house florist Emily Thompson hand-selected “wild, feral [and] stunning” botanicals to fill the room. Thomspon’s floral compositions are offered in a devoted nook onsite.

On the rear is La Mercerie, an all-day French cafe idea by restaurateur and frequent collaborator Stephen Starr and chef Marie-Aude Rose.

“We wished to create one thing comfortably lavish, that evoked each the refined and earthly facets of French delicacies,” added Standefer and Alesch.

The elegant eating room is “impressed by calm reveries”, in accordance with the designers, that includes a watery-blue forged, thick marble counters, pale-gray flooring, and an enameled kitchen outfitted by Athanor. Customized “Angelica” eating tables and hanging pendant lamps are part of Founding Assortment.

Roman and Williams lately put in a cupboard of curiosities inside the shop on 53 Howard St. Different tasks by the studio embody the “romantic” Veronika restaurant inside New York’s Fotografiska museum.

Images is courtesy of Roman and Williams.