New shops set trends for home interiors
Retailers offer items for vintage, modern tastes
In the retail world, shops come and go, sometimes a style is in, sometimes it’s out. But what’s always constant is the thirst for the new (and vintage) — which these stores hope to satisfy.
MOXIE INTERIORS
From the street, Moxie Interiors on West Alabama, looks like a quaint, ivy-covered house but in fact is a building with 8,500 square feet of retail space filled with fine antiques, art and home-décor accessories. The four business partners who run this shop have amassed a collection of antiques and vintage pieces from all over the world. The recent renovation created a series of rooms with distinctly different personalities. A few are filled with glossy shelves of vases, fine porcelain and items like George Briard glass trays (in clear or Hermès orange, $125 and up). Some look more like living rooms, with striking chandeliers and furniture ranging from custom pieces made in the on-site upholstery shop to fine antiques such as a pair of ornately carved Chinese Chippendale-style cabinets ($300,000 for the pair). You’ll find small objects, too, for as little as $50. 2031 W. Alabama; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday or by appointment
THE WEBSTER
Laure Heriard Dubreuil’s clever Galleria shop, The Webster, is now carving out some space for home goods. Parisian architect/designer Stéphane Parmentier will be sourcing inventory for the store, ultimately a collection of unusual and, often, one-of-a-kind pieces that will evolve throughout the
year. In addition to a curated collection of art found throughout the boutique, you’ll find hand-blown glass pieces by master artist Laurence Brabant, ceramics/sculptures by Belgian artist Harvey Bouterse, Franz West’s floor lamps, and stools, stained-glass trays and artful tableware from the artisan-based Dragonfly Collection. 5045 Westheimer; open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday
ROSEANETTE NAVARRO INTERIORS
Interior designer Roseanette Navarro’s dream for the past 20 years has been to open her own store, and she finally got it in the Matt Camron cottages. She has exclusive U.S. selling rights to the French Amanda de Montal candles ($80 and $300) and carries a smattering of beautiful throw pillows ($75-$400), coral ($125), crystal pieces ($200) and geodes ($140). You’ll come here for her French and Italian lighting and antiques, including an original Murano glass Sputnikstyle chandelier ($8,500) or an ornate French chair she reupholstered in a more modern black leather ($1,800). 3209 Westheimer; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday
JANET GUST DESIGN STU-DI-O
In a small corrugated metal building in the Heights, interior designer Janet Gust has just opened a trade-only, very contemporary shop with pillows made from gorgeous fabrics, vintage-style furniture reupholstered with whimsical prints and high-quality prints that Gust has gotten licensing rights to create from original works. Right now she’s got works by Pam Smillow of New York and Barbara Lanier of Boston. She carries rock ’n’ roll photography by Robert Landau ($1,500 and up), and one clever new product is a collaboration with florist David Brown, when Gust had Brown bring in flowers that were photographed, then manipulated in a variety of colors and backgrounds for prints with bold pops of color ($250, framed). 5338 Cornish; by appointment, call 713-202-0552