64 independent home shops/brands on my radar

Let's support small businesses while acquiring unique decor to create a singular home

I’ve been collecting sources for unique homewares — up-and-coming (and long-established) brands, vintage re-sellers, curated shops — and I’m sharing them all with you!

I believe home decor with character is key to creating a collected, personal home where one can thrive and make every day special. But, one of the biggest obstacles is actually identifying where to buy it.

I started Sense of Spencer, in part, to solve the sourcing problem I had myself — so many of the of the cool brands and interesting pieces I liked were in Europe. Short of blowing a quarter of my budget on shipping/duties, I set out to find and shine a light on worthy home shops and brands in the U.S.

I figure I’m not alone in this. We all know the mainstream retailers, but it’s much harder to discover the niche brands, shops, and makers. Precisely because of that, even those of us with the best intentions might default to what we know, at the expense of finding things that are truly special and patronizing small businesses that really need our support to continue offering these options.

So, this list is my attempt to consolidate as many independent home shops and brands as possible to make it easier for us all to shop small, and therefore collect unique, in the pursuit of a singular home.

In case you’re curious, all of the businesses meet this criteria (to the best of my knowledge):

• U.S.-based

• Independently owned

• Available online via website or IG (as opposed to brick and mortar only)

• The focus is mostly on decor, but there’s some furniture

• Offer a selection of unique, high quality pieces, new or vintage/antique

I have one ask for you — this list is by no means exhaustive, so please leave a comment with home businesses you love to keep the list growing. (If viewing on email, click on the logo to navigate to Substack to comment.)

Clockwise from top left: Borne Edit; Salter House; Nickey Kehoe; Reed Smythe

Independent Home Shops & Brands Worth Checking Out

1. Alice Sergeant Textiles - textiles, soft furnishings, upholstered furniture

2. Ann Walters Interiors - custom pillows

3. Ark Elements - tabletop, decor, kitchen, art

4. Art/Artefact - antique/vintage decor, art, tabletop

5. Berner & Co - tabletop, decorative objects

6. Biscuit Home - bed linens, tabletop, decor, bath

7. Borne Edit - vintage silver tableware, decor

8. Casita Amada - vintage art, decor, pottery, kitchen

9. Clove & Creek - decor, soft furnishings, art, tabletop, kitchen from local makers

10. Collyer’s Mansion - soft furnishings, decor, original art and prints, furniture, storage

11. Coming Soon - tabletop, decor, furniture, soft furnishings

12. Courtland & Co - bed linens, table linens, bath, soft furnishings

13. De Montague Designs - antique French furniture, decor

14. Dear Keaton - soft furnishings, lighting, furniture, art, decor, storage

15. Elsie Green - vintage decor, furniture, art & prints, desk, kitchen

16. Found - vintage and antique furniture, decor

17. Furbelow and Bibelot - tabletop, vases, decor

18. Gannon Munro (launching soon) - tabletop

19. Gohar World - tabletop, decor

20. Goodee - tabletop, decor, soft furnishings, kitchen, furniture, garden

21. GRDN - pots, candles, vases, plants & flowers (in store)

22. Great Florals - ceramics, bespoke lampshades

23. Half Past Seven Home - tabletop, vases, bar

24. Heirloom Artifacts - lighting, furniture, soft furnishings, art

25. Host Pretty, Host Often (via IG) - vintage decor, art

26. Houses and Parties - tabletop, bar, decor

27. Hudson Wilder - glassware, dinnerware, books

28. Il Buco Vita - tabletop, decor, art

29. John Derian - tabletop, decor, furniture, art, soft furnishings, vintage

30. Lazy Jamie - dinnerware, utensils

31. Les Indiennes - fabric, bed linens, soft furnishings, wall hangings

32. Lily's Vintage Finds - antique/vintage furniture, decor, tabletop

33. Logan Taylor Antiques (via IG) - vintage/antique art, lamps, decor, bespoke lampshades

34. Lone Fox Home - vintage, decor, furniture, art & prints, desk

35. Maison Saint Cake - antique/vintage tabletop, decor

36. Marigold Living - table linens, soft furnishings

37. Mosser Glass - tabletop, kitchen, bar

38. Mr P’s Placecards - table accents, small batch pantry items

39. Nicky Kehoe - tabletop, decor, soft furnishings, bed linens, vintage

40. Nightshade Studio - bespoke lampshades

41. November 19 Market - tabletop, decor, kitchen

42. Olive Atelier - ceramics, pots & planters, furniture, vintage/antiques, decor

43. Orangerie - pots, vases

44. Ottar - custom children’s art, books

45. Over the Moon - tabletop, decorative objects, bed linens

46. Parvum Opus - decor, desk, lighting

47. Persay - gifts for home, tabletop, decor

48. Pierce & Ward - soft furnishing, bespoke furniture and lighting, decorative objects

49. Plain Goods - tabletop, decor, soft furnishings, textiles, furniture, vintage/antique

50. Porta - tabletop, decor, art

51. Prints Charming - antique/vintage prints, art, ephemera, decor

52. Reed Smythe - vases, decorative objects, tabletop, art

53. Roan Iris - tabletop, organization, ceramics, kitchen, decor, soft furnishings

54. Salter House - table linens, decor

55. The Six Bells - decor, tableware, vintage, soft furnishings

56. Slowdown Studio - tapestries, soft furnishings

57. Soil to Studio - table linens, soft furnishings

58. Sommer - tabletop, decor, soft furnishings

59. Sophie Lou Jacobsen - tabletop, decor, vases

60. Sophie Williamson Designs - table linens, pillows

61. Sunday Shop - art, bespoke furniture, bed & bath linens, lighting

62. The Green Vase - paper plants

63. Thrills of the Hunt - estate sale finds, vintage, antiques, needlepoint pillows

64. Tori Jones Studio - art, soft furnishings, decor, furniture

If you have the Substack app, you can save this post for future reference. I saved all these websites in a folder on my ShopMy as well.

Don’t forget to drop a comment in this post on Substack with your favorite brands/shops not included above.

Happy hunting!

x Melissa