JAYSON HOME NEW YORK

MY NEW FAVORITE STORE

New York is a city in constant change. It's not hard to walk down a West Village Street, a Mid-Town Avenue or an Upper Westside side street you've walked down before and not recognize where you're at.

A new building rises to cloud level, stores that were there last season are gone and new ones have taken their place. It's hard to keep up. I have found myself standing in the middle of a block I've been on hundreds of times before with a look of consternation on my face wondering if Alzheimer's has set in. I don't recognize anything that's there now and fear I've misplaced an entire part of the city. Sometimes it's scary and sometimes it's thrilling to see all that's new

That's what happened in Soho, on Greene Street, at 138. A new store has moved into New York and I'm a big fan. Jayson Home has opened its second store. Their original store still remains in Chicago, another reason to make a trip to the windy city.

Jayson Home has an almost twenty year history of sourcing modern and vintage furnishings and home accessories.

The minute you step in front of the store you get a sense of the whimsical mix of old and new, artistry and structure, antique and vintage.
Once inside the product mix is a toyshop for adults possessing a design gene buried somewhere inside them.

There's even a bit of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in objects like this metal goblet holding a snake's nest of woven leather whips locked away in a glass and wooden display case.

You can move from sophisticated garden tools with leather details

to amazing textiles from every continent you can purchase as upholstery or as magnificent throws with giddy tassels.

There's an emphasis on furniture throughout the space. From antique pieces that have been restored and repurposed

along with ornate mirrors and consoles pulled from estates from around the world

to Mid-Century finds that absolutely blew my mind. I so want this chair

There's also the truly contemporary and unique. This stone cocktail table with a Plexiglas insert tray was another piece that took my breath away.

Styles ran the gambit as well but even though genres from industrial to Victorian to French Moderne were all housed in the shop everything seemed to work seamlessly and flow as a singular vision

Accessories were just as varied mixing lamps with textiles and decorative items.

Tabletop was scattered throughout the shop like appetizers at a social event where you could pick from full sets

to dining accessories like these matte gray pitchers that now reside on our dining table

Another Christmas list find for me were these leather clad thermoses hidden on a shelf, a little treasure tucked away in the amazing mix of products and gifts at Jayson Home.

Trolling the maze of Jayson Home was like being on a treasure hunt where each find was more "must have" than the next.

Who could not lust after this set of vintage luggage that would set conversation rolling in any home entertainment event.

Every category of the home was covered in their mini department store. Books were tucked into every vignette.

Fragrance was everywhere. Beautiful Cire Trudon room atomizers were set out giving the room a scent I secretly squirted on myself when on one was looking

Then there's the lower level that's dressed in vintage carpets any sheik would be willing to purchase to dress up his Bedouin tent.

If you find yourself exploring the cobblestone streets of Soho make a stop on Greene Street and say hello to the finches chirping out the good news that Jayson Home has expanded to New York.

















THE GALLERY

Suzy Parker Shopping Lanvin, 1952
Georges Dambier, photographer
Represented by Peter Fetterman Gallery