Yesterday, I found out that CEO Gary Friedman has put his California home (well, one of them) on the market for 10.5 million.
Rebranding okay, but black? On the other hand, the darkness suits them. This massive renovation was occurring at the same time at the Flatiron store. I remember shaking my head and thinking– who’s paying for all of this? This couple wrote a very funny satire on the best uses for the Restoration Hardware attempt at deforesting the world. We have a recycling bin adjacent to our mailboxes and there it went immediately along with the other junk mail. I recall receiving my 17 pound bundle and thinking they must be barking mad. He obviously, brought renewed life into the brand which survived the recession of 2008. Friedman’s credit, he never finished college and took a job working as a stock boy at the Gap and worked his way up to the top position. (although there was some uhhhmmm… trouble he had in 2012 that caused him to “step down” for a few days.) The store had its ups and downs and at a low point, they brought in Gary Friedman, the president of Williams-Sonoma in 2001 to rescue it. It’s growth was rapid and by the spring of 2001, there were over 100 branches of the chain. (coincidentally the year my husband and I moved to NYC). Restoration Hardware got its humble beginnings in California back in 1979. This is how I remember the store looking – photo: Daytonian in ManhattanĪnd I have fond memories of going in on occasion or just walking past. Via Googs maps is a birds-eye (duh) view of the Flatiron, Madison Green to the right and Restoration Hardware a high-end home furnishings retailer. My future husband lived there when I met him in 1986. They tore that one down and erected a modern high-rise apartment building, Madison Green, circa 1981. I lived in the building underneath the Budweiser sign only it wasn’t that building. An Italianate structure, it was built in 1862 and was one of the first commercial buildings constructed in this area. Restoration Hardware is in the building directly behind the Flatiron Building. The flat iron building erected in 1902 at 22 stories tall was considered quite the skyscraper in its day. Photo taken in the 1920’s – source unknown ………… between 19 I lived catty-corner from the Restoration Hardware store across from the iconic Flatiron building in New York City. You do, huh? Well… I did too… once upon a time……………………………………. Hey, why so bitter, Laurel? I LOVE Restoration Hardware! Even that is a piece of crap in my opinion. You can get your sheets there and maybe a framed print of the Flat Iron Building. You are not to buy a sofa at Restoration Hardware.Īnd frankly, probably nothing else either except maybe sheets. However, I need you to listen to this very carefully. And this in no way is meant to disparage her or her work, because I admire her talent immensely. I don’t know what happened and don’t want to jump to conclusions. And since they pretty much stopped selling HARDWARE, they’ve shortened the name to RH. What you don’t like the coffee table or the fact that the sofas don’t match? What is it Laurel? I don’t see anything wrong? However, I got just a leeeeetle bit side-tracked by a massive road-block. I had intended to carry on with this exquisite Florida home (and I will–) by the beatific and immensely talented Summer Thornton. Sometimes when I start to write one blog post, it becomes apparent that the subject matter I was intending to write about morphs into something else.
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