Spruce Up Your Space with Joseph Altuzarra x Etsy’s Seriously Chic Home Collection

By his own admission, Joseph Altuzarra spends a lot of time on Etsy. He shops for vintage and ceramics, scrolling through pages and pages to see which crafts catch his eye. So when it came time to embark on his first ever interiors project, he already knew the e-commerce site, and its artisans, would be the perfect partners.

“I wanted to express the universe of the brand, but in an interior way,” Altuzarra says of his new home line, which debuts on Etsy.com today. Fashion fans will immediately recognize his design’s homespun hallmarks: placemats and coasters made with espadrille material, tie-dye pillows, vases and urns in the house’s signature color, cognac.

All in all, Altuzarra collaborated with eight different Etsy crafters. There’s Sarah, a ceramicist from California, who created earth tone, black, and white vases. Monica, the artisan who crocheted on smooth black stones. (Altuzarra personally reviewed each rock to ensure they met his standards.) The woven placemats are from New Jersey, the baskets are woven in Israel, and the list goes on. The whole collection took about a year and half from start to finish —“it was a laborious process,” he says.

The result is a collection where cohesiveness is achieved, though it’s not the endgame. Instead, it’s a celebration of individual style and talent—notebooks covered with recycled Altuzarra fabric live harmoniously alongside a black-striped dog bed, and matte vases are followed by spiral coasters.

It was important for Altuzarra, a designer who started his own business from his parent’s living room, to create a line that supported small business. “A lot of these makers are small families, or run by just one person. 90% of the American economy is made up of small businesses,” he says. “It s really important to support these like these makers, especially now, because they’re so much part of our community.”

“Nesting” is a concept Altuzarra has been thinking a lot about lately. He recently welcomed his first child. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic which rendered him, as well as millions of others, housebound. So his collection—part of which he worked on in self-isolation—reflects that. “I wanted things that would make my space feel comfortable, peaceful, and serene,” he says. “That’s something we all need right now.”

Below, take a look at the Altuzarra x Etsy Collection.