
Slated to open in early 2025, the West Coast flagship showroom is within a 6,300-square-foot, two-story building on North Robertson Blvd. and Melrose Ave. Saghian is designing it to evoke the charm of a European townhouse. In phase two, the upper floor will also house Saghian’s new interior design studio.

The housewares industry’s resilience is once again being tested amid the uncertainty of economic, technological and global disruption during a consequential election year whose outcome, one way or the other, is sure to affect policy and response that directs business strategy and practice in 2025 and beyond.

Driven by a love for homes with rich histories, Matthew Trettel and Ryan Hanson, two entrepreneurs with a keen eye for aesthetics and storytelling, have undertaken an extraordinary project in Minneapolis. The couple has restored the historic Pillsbury Castle, a Tudor Revival mansion once owned by Alfred F. Pillsbury, saving it from the fate that befell many of the city’s grand old homes.