In the beginning, our home was our workshop, a studio and a showroom. Everything was for sale. One morning we were woken by a Norwegian couple standing on our doorstep with suitcases at their feet, they had come directly from the airport. We showed them armoires; the calling cards of our new design studio, the small sofa designed to fit in the bay of a window, tables, chairs. They were pleased; complimentary of the hard-won finishes and details and they bought most of it, emptying the rooms. We begged them not to buy our dining table.

In 2014, we moved into our studio and in April 2017, we viewed an empty retail space on The Pimlico Road that a friend mentioned was available. We were just looking, researching the business of retail, and as designers with a busy studio we already had our hands full. But that day there was something about the way the sun fell in the space and the way we could immediately see our collection making a home and living its best life within those walls.

Our shop is nestled amongst the furniture, antiques and furnishings shops of London’s celebrated interior design district: The Pimlico Road. Moving here totally changed our business, as we instantly became part of a community of world-renowned designers and antique purveyors. This created the most wonderful opportunity for us to connect directly with our customers, those local to Chelsea and others who have travelled from far away to experience our collection.

For many in today's digital world, bricks and mortar shops are no longer a necessity for small designers but for us, it is so incredibly important to keep shopping places and experiences alive, connected and human. Meeting our customers in real life has been and remains such a privilege, understanding who is buying our furniture and how they intend to live with it. There is no better feeling than when an old customer pops in to just say hello, these are the connections we value the most.

The space shares its history with British cook Elizabeth David, who opened her first kitchenware shop here. It was only after we’d moved in that Sir Terence Conran mentioned that it was the very same building she’d set up shop at in November 1965. Elizabeth David was passionate about elevating everyday British cooking which allowed a sense of appreciation of the process. This was something we could resonate with, creating products to live well with. The store, with its marvellous window displays, was as influential as her books would eventually be, pioneering a new generation of shops devoted exclusively to kitchen accessories.

Over the years we have collected various cookbooks that are now dotted all over the shop. A special ode to the small history that existed within the space.