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Bureau of Urban Living
460 West Canfield Street
Detroit, MI 48201
313-833-9336
Hours: Tues-Sat 11-7
www.bureauliving.com
Only a year old, and Midtown’s Bureau of Urban Living is everything you could ever want in a modern home accessory shop. But what really makes this shop special, is the love of community instilled in its owners.
Bureau is owned and operated by husband-and-wife team Claire Nelson (pictured here) & Francis Grunow. Grunow, a native Detroiter, is the Executive Director of Preservation Wayne, and one of the founders of Detroit Synergy. Nelson, who is from the Chicago area, is a graphic designer and co-founder of Open City. They launched Bureau to fill what they saw as a major void in Detroit’s retail landscape.
“It was kind of evident that we didn’t have many shops downtown that catered to people that were living and moving here and living downtown, ” says Nelson, in an interview with The D in Decor. “I moved here from NY in 2002, I lived in Brooklyn last and I just loved little shops in Brooklyn through out NY and in Chicago.”
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Ok, so this is so not related to home, product, or craft design, but I just had to plug Two Detroit Girls, which is a new web development and social marketing firm that I am collaborating on with my good friend and fellow designer/developer Gana Moore. We wanted to get back to the basics with our services, so of course our website design reflects that. It’s still a work in progress though, as I’ll be adding content and images this weekend. If you or someone you know is in need of a new website and/or social marketing/media campaign on a budget, now you know who to call!
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One of my goals of the The D in Decor blog is to bring my readers the best in Detroit-based design and showcase the many talented artists and crafters that Detroit and Michigan at large has to offer. One of the hippest homes to designers on the web is Etsy, my favorite place to buy indie goods. So what better way to showcase local talent, then with this new feature that I’m calling “Etsy Shop Spotlight”. I hope you like and remember buying local helps support our artists and our community….
Etsy Shop: Mary Gamelin Creations
Creator: Mary Gamelin
Location: Michigan
Member Since: October 9, 2007
Specialty: Luxurious pillows with rich textiles and vintage fabrics
Style: “I love to design all different textures and patterns together, and have many ideas in the works.”
In her words: “I absolutly LOVE……. fabrics! I could spend all day just shopping fabric stores (if time allotted!). My favorite fabrics are heavy duty upholstery fabrics, rich luscious velvets, chenille’s, durably stadium cloth, and warm wool felts.
I think Mary’s usage of textiles is amazing. I love the quality of her designs, which could easily fit in a high priced upscale specialty shop but she’s offering them at wonderfully affordable prices. My favorite is the Cream Ribbon pillow for $25.00. I’m excited to add Mary’s shop to my Etsy faves list and hope to snag a pillow, once I make my final decision on a sofa for my living room makeover. Go Mary!
Photo: Courtesy Mary Gamelin Creations
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