Home & Garden

Husband and wife team Jeanine Hays (former policy attorney) and Bryan Mason (PhD. Candidate) founded Aphro Chic in 2007. They wanted to escape to the stresses of work and to share their passion for culture and design. This black-owned interior design firm is Brooklyn-based. It focuses on high-end commercial and residential design. “Modern.Soulful.Style.” is the phrase coined to express their personal vision. It embraces the mixture of the traditional and contemporary. Several newspapers including The New York Times and Washington Post have featured them. They’ve also been in Elle Decor, House Beautiful, and Better Homes and Gardens. Good Morning America and NewsOne Now with Roland Martin have also run stories. In 2017, they produced HGTV’s Sneak Peek with AphroChic. The Hays created this house tour series for HGTV’s Facebook Live channel. Jeanine and Bryan are leading experts in home decor. They produce content for The Spruce, HGTV, Refinery29, Apartment Therapy, and MOYI Magazine. They also promote global brands, such as IKEA Brand Ambassadors. The Hays are also the authors of REMIX: Decorating with Culture, Objects, and Soul.

"Avant-garde" means to be innovative. It means to push the boundaries of the accepted. To be avant-garde, one has to explore new possibilities in the artistic world. Avant-garde is what founder and CEO Myeshia Brown kept in mind when she created the brand from her kitchen in 2014. A divine revelation inspired Brown to turn a love for candles into a black-owned business. She began researching the candle market. She also tested variations of wax, wicks, and fragrance combinations. For over 20 months, she put hours into creating the formula. She got what would become the golden recipe for the Avant-garde Home candle and oil line. It was important for Brown to do more than just "create another candle company." She wanted to create an Avant-garde fragrance experience. That experience is now one of the thriving Black-owned companies in Houston.

Bespoke Binny is a British based business offering a range of handmade homeware and gifts items made from West African cloth. The birth child of Natalie Manima, Bespoke Binny's products range from Pillows, Lampshades, Aprons, Oven gloves, table runners and card holders.

B K L Y N L E A G U E is a lifestyle brand that specializes in men's apparel, accessories and home goods. The brand was founded in 2016 in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NYC. We make products that uplift people, products that people feel good about. The brand focuses on old and new Brooklyn and marrying the two in an authentic way that is both appealing and pays homage. We use ""BKLYN"" in our name because we are proud of Brooklyn. It's a borough of many different cultures, ethnicities, religions and mindsets. It's a unique gem amongst the concrete jungle. We believe it's our duty to give back to Brooklyn, so we partner with various non-profit organizations for social impact and change.

Original apparel, artwork, prints, and more by Visual Artist Byron McCray!

Inspired by the beauty of Black Life.

Handmade Home decor shop. Here for all of your customized needs.

Bonita Ivie Prints is a gifts, stationery and homeware brand that celebrates African culture with the use of bold colour and patterns synonymous with traditional West African prints, also known as ‘ankara’.

BROTHAS N SISTAS EXIST IN A WORLD MORE BOLD AND COLORFUL THAN OUR OWN. WHERE NATURAL HAIR ROAMS FREE AND STRONG YET RELAXED/CONFIDENT/ PERSONAS COME TO THE FOREFRONT.

CANDID ART WAS BORN FROM THE SINGLE CREATIVE EFFORT OF A PASSIONATE WOMAN, AND QUICKLY TURNED INTO A LIFESTYLE FOR MANY OF ITS CUSTOMERS. In our journey of self-empowerment, through our one-of-a-kind pieces, we want to inspire women to celebrate their personal space, unleash their creativity, and influence the world. Established in 2011, CANDID ART is inspired infinitely by research and affinity with African visual culture, indigenous design vernacular, and cosmic geometry. Each piece is handcrafted and is created for the fearless fashion enthusiast who desires to make a statement without saying a word. CANDID ART funky urban-chic designs have graced the pages of numerous publications such as Essence Magazine,GQ, San Francisco Magazine, Design Sponge, Pynk, Vocab, and Rolling Stones magazine, and have been worn by celebrities. In 2018 CANDID ART Accessories rebranded as simply CANDID ART, to expand their design offering to Jewelry, Art, and Home Decor.