#29: Launches from Our Place and Inside Weather, plus the Haand ceramics story

Welcome to issue #29 of The Home Catalog.

This week on Living Cozy, we caught up with Mark Warren, co-founder of ceramics brand Haand. 

Haand supplies a number of notable restaurants including Death and Taxes in Raleigh, and the Park Hyatt in NYC. And now it's focused on selling direct-to-consumers. Mark shares the Haand story with us and how losing 90% of hospitality revenue due to Covid-19 accelerated its consumer shift.

We also have a couple of new brands in our directory and launches from Our Place and Inside Weather coming up below.

Cheers!

Featured Brands

Nugget

Nugget is a kids furniture company with a mission of making furniture for growing imaginations. Learn more about Nugget here.

Abbio

Abbio makes modern, timeless cookware that's engineered for demanding daily use and painless clean up. Learn more about Abbio here. 

Living Cozy is supported by Fyrn, a furniture brand that crafts hand-made modern heirlooms. Check out Fyrn's collection of chairs, bar stools and counter stools here. 

The Roundup 

Our Place's Newest Traditionware Collection

Traditionware products are limited edition and made in partnership with communities to honor Our Place's home cooking traditions. This collection is a celebration of Nowruz - the Persian New Year, and a love letter to Tahdig - the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot at the heart of Iranian cuisine. Check out the collection here. 

Inside Weather's Latest Sofa Style

Inside Weather debuted a brand new sofa lineup. The Aero Collection features a flexible, modular design with plenty of customization options including seat depth, upholstery and arm and pillow style. Learn more about the Aero Collection here. 

Ruggable's Doormat

Meet the new washable Doormat from Ruggable that’s design-forward, customizable, and very giftable. The mat's 2-piece system that will hold up to whatever nature throws at it. The bristle fabric is designed to stop dirt in its tracks and the heavy-duty natural rubber base keeps the mat secure and slip-free. Shop Ruggable here.

Behind the Brand with Haand Co-Founder Mark Warren

Ceramics brand Haand supplies a number of notable restaurants including Death and Taxes in Raleigh, Trail Blazer Tavern in San Francisco, and the Park Hyatt in NYC. And now it’s bringing its unique tableware directly to consumers.

Supplying some of the best restaurants in the United States was hugely exciting and fulfilling for Haand. But both founders were keen to return to the roots of the business and find a way to shift focus back towards home consumers.

In early 2020 Warren and Pence started talking seriously about what it would take get Haand pieces into more homes. This plan was accelerated when Covid-19 shut down the restaurant industry.

“By the end of the month [March 2020] it was radio silence from almost every single restaurant customer we had,” says Warren. “It became very clear very quickly that to survive we needed to build our ecommerce business.”

Read the full interview here.

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