Home Accents

For more than two decades, Jenifer Green and her team at Greentree Home have been making candles in the foothills of the Catskills Mountains. Everything they make is 100% pure beeswax, a material they choose because it burns cleanly, gives off a subtle sweet scent, and produces a luminous glow. Their Josee Pillar Candle is…

Drawing inspiration from a gender studies class, Sharon Ngassa, Berea Class of 2021, designed the Intersections Charcuterie Board to express how gender equality is crucial to creating a healthy society. Handcrafted by Berea students from FSC-certified cherry, maple, mahogany, and walnut, each board is a unique work of art. Full proceeds from all sales benefit…

Brooklyn-based ceramics studio SIN was founded by multi-disciplinary designer Virginia Sin in 2006. One of her first clients was Design Within Reach, and we share her passion for ‘putting the fun into the functional.’ Her ornamental Double Loop Knot is handmade from clay and will serve you well on windy days when papers and napkins…

Alexander Girard was the director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division from 1952 to 1973. He was asked to add an element of ‘aesthetic functionalism’ to Herman Miller’s first open-plan office system, called Action Office. He responded with more than 40 images for Environmental Enrichment Panels (1972), which are now available as quality, high-resolution…

Herman Miller stands at the forefront of modern American design, producing timeless classics while fostering an innovative, influential, and sustainable future. Herman Miller: A Way of Living (2023) chronicles the company’s storied history, detailing its defining moments while showcasing its visionary designers, including Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Alexander Girard, among many others….

This unique book explores the enormous variety of shades within colors, going far beyond the basic hues that are usually introduced to children in early concept books. This board book showcases seven stunning floral arrangements, with a flower key at the back of the book, and clever fold-out pages as well as search-and-find prompts for…