Built on the belief that home should be quiet poetry.
HomenesStore was founded by architectural curator Elena Vance in 2021 as a counterpoint to disposable trend cycles. We operate at the intersection of an independent design journal and a direct-to-patron studio.
Every object in our catalogue is vetted through strict architectural criteria: tactile natural honesty, repairability, and balanced geometry. We partner with small multi-generational woodturners, ceramic kilns, and heritage textile looms throughout North America and Europe.
The HomenesStore Standard
Our non-negotiable benchmark for every material and design silhouette.
Natural Patina
Materials that gather character through living: unlacquered brass, oiled walnut, vegetable tanned hide.
Generational Repair
Modular mortise-and-tenon joinery designed to be re-tightened, re-upholstered, and handed down.
Ethical Provenance
Direct contracts with master craftsmen that pay fair living wages above local union standards.
Spatial Quietude
Silhouettes tuned to reduce visual noise and bring calm, grounded stillness to residential rooms.
The Minds Behind the Curation
Architects, textile conservators, and master ceramists leading our design dialogue.
Elena Vance
Founder & Principal CuratorTrained at the Rhode Island School of Design, Elena spent a decade leading architectural residential interiors in Manhattan before establishing HomenesStore.
Julian Mercer
Head of Timber & JoineryA third-generation woodworker from the Berkshires, Julian oversees kiln drying, moisture tolerances, and structural joint integrity across all wood pieces.
Aria Chen
Director of Ceramics & LoomsFormer research fellow in historic glaze compositions, Aria collaborates directly with artisan potters and Belgian flax mills to curate tactile collections.
Field Notes on Craftsmanship
Read reflections from our visits to Appalachian wood mills and Hudson Valley kilns.
The Grain Tells the Weather: Why We Oil by Hand
Synthetic polyurethanes create plastic barriers that suffocate natural walnut pores. How cold-pressed organic linseed oils let timber breathe and deepen over twenty seasons.
Iron Content and Flame: The Terracotta Reduction
In our Hudson Valley partner kilns, high wood reduction firings pull raw iron to the surface of each clay vessel, imparting subtle warm ochre and scorched burnt-sienna hues.
The Art of the Single Statement Armchair
How placing one sculptural seating object at an off-angle anchors open-plan rooms and invites solitary morning reading without cluttering circulation pathways.