The New York Metropolis to Portland migration continues and whereas a lot has been product of the love-hate Brooklynfication of the Maine metropolis, the cross-pollination of cultures can generally yield magic. Working example: lately opened normal retailer, The Publish Provide, “positioned on simply what’s essentially the most occurring road in Portland,” experiences Annie (whose new guide Remodelista in Maine hit bookstores only a couple days in the past.)
Homeowners Katie Bowes and Hannah Haehn met in Brooklyn a decade in the past and remained shut regardless of Katie’s transfer to Portland just a few years later. “We’ve got additionally at all times been aligned aesthetically from clothes to residence decor,” says Hannah—which is why they thought to collaborate on a retailer that will carry handsome, well-made home items. The 2 began brainstorming their dream store in 2020 (simply because the pandemic hit) and opened its on-line iteration a 12 months later, adopted by the brick and mortar Portland retailer this March.
It’s been essential to Hannah and Katie (a Portland resident of seven years now) that The Publish Provide honor and mirror the distinctive can-do spirit of native Mainers. “The neighborhood right here could be very supportive and inspiring of latest outlets, and the approach to life right here lends itself to the kind of product we wished to signify,” says Katie. “That New England ingenuity, love for the outside and gardening and exploring seashores, rivers, and lakes, and in addition the necessity to encompass your self with particular, high quality items at residence. You possibly can see the 1:1 translation in our assortment, the place we attempt to meet our buyer wants with fantastic gadgets for this life-style.”
Pictures by Meredith Brockington, courtesy of The Publish Provide.
Above: “There are a handful of actually superbly curated, particular shops right here and we felt we might add a distinct perspective, signify some new artisans and makers not but represented right here in Portland or, in some circumstances, in Maine,” says Katie. “We really consider within the saying, ‘a rising tide raises all ships,’ and solely need to add to the passion round Portland and Maine typically.”
Above: “We need to be a useful resource you’ll be able to come to and know the work has been executed to make sure the product you’re shopping for goes to be particular, made with care and thoughtfulness, and be a ravishing addition to your house, pantry, or self-care routine,” says Hannah. Among the many merchandise pictured right here on the cabinets are bottles of Frontier Maple natural syrup and jars of Rhea Items preserved lemon, each made in Maine, in addition to some Remodelista favorites—picket candlesticks by Sir/Madam and glassware by La Soufflerie.Above: For a normal retailer, The Publish Provide carries a formidable collection of books. “My private dream has at all times been to simply have an enormous eating room desk of artwork, images, and design books—stacked, unfold open, and out there to be leafed by way of in my residence. I don’t have that, nevertheless it’s with that dream in thoughts that we wished to create that feeling of a searching library at The Publish Provide,” shares Hannah.
Above: “We spent a comparatively very long time engaged on the design for the bodily retailer. It felt actually essential to us to create an area that was emblematic of the model we’re constructing,” says Katie, who enlisted her buddy Kacee Witherbee (of Insides Studios) in addition to her personal husband, Brad, (a woodworker and founding father of Joiya Studios) to appreciate her and Hannah’s imaginative and prescient. “He designed and constructed every thing, together with the move of the house, all fixtures, paneling, the tables that maintain product, and the accent furnishings,” solely utilizing pine and cherry wooden, each of that are native to Maine.Above: The hand-painted ceramic plates on the wall are made by California-based ceramicist Rebekah Miles, a long-time buddy of Hannah. “She created 12 plates with Maine-centric botanicals and native wildflowers like aster and wild blueberries, after which some candy butterflies. Every is fully distinctive. We really feel so extremely fortunate to have collaborated along with her on these and love them a lot,” say Katie.Above: “We’ve got met so many locals who appear genuinely enthusiastic to have us of their space. We have already got just a few regulars and recognizing these new faces and feeling their appreciation for what we’re doing is extremely gratifying,” says Katie.
