First Look: RH unveils first-ever standalone RH Interior Design location
RH is leaning into its residential design services offering.
The luxury home furnishings retailer has opened RH Interior Design, the first standalone destination for its multi-disciplinary design services, which it said is one of the largest residential design firms in the world. Located in the El Paseo shopping district of California’s Palm Desert, Calif. (part of the greater Palm Springs area), the space is designed as an immersive destination for collaboration and ideation on projects of any scope, indoors or outdoors, anywhere in the world.
The opening comes shortly after RH opened its largest gallery location to date, a 97,000-sq.-ft. space in Newport Beach, Calif. Also in December, it opened a 9,000-sq.-ft. gallery in Montecito, Calif. at The Gallery at The Old Firehouse.
RH Interior Design offers two levels of services, including expedited designs for one-room projects, and more comprehensive, holistic designs for two-rooms to an entire home. It also offers offer bespoke design services for the first time in a physical space, the company said, allowing visitors to experience whole-home transformations from concept to completion.
The space also includes a dedicated Waterworks showroom, offering RH customers the ability to seamlessly incorporate the brand’s products into their projects. It houses an assortment of bath and kitchen fittings, fixtures and surfaces.
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A comprehensive design library showcases RH’s assortment of textiles, furniture and lighting finishes. This interactive space also features private client presentation rooms with state-of-the-art technology, enclosed by contemporary “shoji” doors that provide privacy while preserving the building’s natural openness and light.
“Palm Desert marks a pivotal moment for our brand as we introduce our first standalone RH Interior Design office in a region celebrated for its architectural significance,” said chairman and CEO Gary Friedman. “With great admiration for the city and its rich design history, we were inspired to take the first step in creating a larger design ecosystem here, offering clients an unparalleled space to collaborate and imagine extraordinary spaces.”
RH Interior Design also includes the first North American location of the RH Architecture & Design Library, which features a collection of contemporary books within architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture from some of the most influential creators of the last century.
The center of the library is home to the first modern-language edition of De Architectura Libri Dece (The Ten Books on Architecture), printed in Italy in 1521. The treatise has served as the foundational textbook on classical architecture for centuries and also serves as the pillar of the RH Design Ethos, which it described as “a study of balance, symmetry and perfect proportions.”
