In preparing blog posts, newsletters, and Instagram posts to celebrate our 9th year in business last month, we pored over hundreds of old photos of pieces that we’ve done over the years. It made us realize just how much we’ve changed over the years and just how many pieces we have sent out into the world.But once those pieces are out the door, we rarely ever see them again. That’s where you come in. We want to see your H&H pieces in your homes, offices, or wherever you have chosen to display them. What can you do to help? Glad you asked! For a chance to win $25 in shop credit, you'll need to: 👉 Follow us on Instagram here! 👉 Share photos of your...
To celebrate 9 years in business, we thought it would be fun (interesting?) to take a look back at some of our past designs, discuss how they came about, and maybe drag a few of them out of the vault—for a limited time, of course! These were the very first pieces of ours that weren’t strictly one-of-a-kinds. In 2016, in order to build the 28’ Waterloo we designed and built for West Elm Austin, we had to find a wood supplier. We knew we weren’t gonna scrounge that much wood. So we found a little local company called This Old Wood. Securing a reliable source for wood (a specific type with a reasonably consistent patina) changed things dramatically for our...
I’ve always been interested in the creative process. I grew up with a love for both film and literature, and I always wondered how some of these great and popular works could spring so well-formed from the mind of one person. As I got older and became more interested in writing fiction, I began to realize that behind a finished novel are hours of revision, editing, and tinkering. I also found that many books or works of art I admire often ended up in very different places than the artist intended when they began them. Maybe there are some geniuses out there whose art springs wholly formed from their minds, but, for us mere mortals, art is a process. In...
