The Redwood Reverence Collection

Redwood Reverence — A Journey from Inspiration to Design

In early 2024, I was invited by Chartreuse by Roje to design a custom living room furniture collection. The brief was rooted in Mid-Century Modern influence, but I didn’t want to simply replicate a style — I wanted to interpret it through my own lens: materials, form, and lived experience.

The goal was clear: create work that would be displayed and sold at Chartreuse’s showroom — pieces that felt at home in that space and true to my own voice as a maker.

A Moment of Clarity — November 23, 2024

For weeks I worked through sketches and ideas, but nothing felt fully resolved. Then on November 23, 2024, I took a walk in Muir Woods with my daughter and my boyfriend. Surrounded by towering redwoods, my perspective shifted. I began to think less about applying a style and more about listening to material — the grain, the scale, the natural edge. The way light played on the wood, and the quiet awe on my daughter’s face, gave me a new point of view.

This wasn’t just inspiration — it was permission to approach design from presence instead of style.

Bringing It Together

The collection I ultimately created for Chartreuse honors Mid-Century Modern principles — clean lines, thoughtful proportions, and purposeful form — but is rooted in an interpretation shaped by material and lived experience. The work is meant to be functional, expressive, and evocative, marrying craft and concept in a way that feels both familiar and personal.

My time in Muir Woods reminded me that great design doesn’t come from imitation — it comes from observation, presence, and connection. That walk with my daughter and partner gave me a lens through which to reinterpret a classic style and make it my own.

Thank you for being part of this journey from material to meaning.