THOUGHTS AND NOTES

3 Mexican Design Brands you should know if you want decor alternatives
There are so many Mexican design brands creating beautiful, thoughtful objects, but these three particularly caught my attention, and made me want to bring them into the Fely Home catalog. Here’s why. 02. Ila Cerámica Like many of us, Camila first turned to clay as a form of release, a way to slow down, reconnect with her creativity, and simply let go. What began as a personal practice of silence and time at the wheel, eventually became a ceramics studio, and later, a brand. She sees the wheel as a... Read more...
WTF is Timeless Design and Why Is Everyone Looking for It?
Maybe timeless design isn't about making something that lasts forever. Maybe it's about having something we don't want to replace. But what actually makes a design timeless? Could we say that timeless design is simply the design that has been around the longest? Or the one that has been best preserved? Could we reduce it to this: if the quality of the materials is good enough, and the forms are simple and well-proportioned enough, they will survive time and trends? I do think these two factors are essential. Good materials... Read more...
Do you need more decor objects, or do you need another layer of light?
Have you ever felt like a room looks cold, flat, or way too "institutional," even when the furniture is beautiful? The blame almost always falls on one single thing: overhead ceiling light. If you look closely, spaces like schools or hospitals use a single source of light coming down from the ceiling. Why is this? Because their only objective is to illuminate so you can see. And when we depend on a single source of light in a room, the space gets flattened. The room loses its shadows, which means it... Read more...
A Home Away From Home
A personal story about finding beautifully designed, unique home accessories beyond generic decor, and how it led to creating Fely Home. Read more...