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| PfeiferBlog |
August 30, 2008
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 Barbara Cosgrove is one of our most sought-after designers and her lighting collection has proven to be wildly popular on pfeiferstudio.com. What better way to kick off the fall season that with a preview of several of her new lighting designs? One of our favorite new styles is the elegant Contemporary Bamboo Table Lamp. This graphic lamp in spun bamboo has a high gloss lacquer finish and black silk shade and is fitted with a 3 way socket and clear cord. What's more, it makes an ideal companion to our Bamboo Storage Table! Based in Kansas City, Barbara Cosgrove is recognized as one of America's top lighting designers. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and can be found in leading interior design showrooms throughout the country. Click here to see all of her designs now!
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| Summer Sale at Pfeifer Studio |
August 02, 2008
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 Our Summer Sale has begun and you better move fast! The savings are significant and inventory is limited. Handmade bags and jewelry start at $15.00 delivered, silk & leather pillows begin at $19.00 and we even threw in a leather end table for $99.00 delivered. Now that is something that we have never done before! As always, shipping is free to all US locations and the designs are 100% exclusive to the site. Click here to shop the sale now... |
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| Product Preview: Eco-Friendly Stool Tables |
July 08, 2008
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 Our new Eco-Friendly Stool Tables are fun, vibrantly colored and owe as much to a Greener past as they do to the emerging environmentally-conscious future.These earth-friendly, sophisticated, rough cut, solid Pine log tables are the latest additions to our exclusive furniture collection and growing category of eco-friendly designs. They reference traditional Southwestern architecture, American Colonial-era finishes and techniques, and colors from earth-bound pigments rooted in nature and once seen in interiors of the past.
Another Pfeifer Exclusive available directly through the design studio, the tables are made here in New Mexico from locally-harvested Pine logs historically used in traditional Adobe homes as exposed ceiling beams called Vigas. Dried in a solar kiln, harnessing the energy of tomorrow, they have a 100% natural finish free of toxins. Hand-painted with a VOC-free milk paint, the hand-mixed colors, which include Federal Blue, Tavern Green, Marigold Yellow, Dove Gray, and Glazed Terracotta, are made with the same basic ingredients used during the Colonial era - milk protein, lime and earth pigments. Finished with a clear non-toxic topcoat, the tables are rubbed with a layer of an all-natural beeswax and lemon oil wood wax created by an 18th Century/Early American cabinetmaker. If you care about your interior environment and also love a little color, click here to learn more.
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| Eco-Friendly: Reclaimed Copper Bowls |
June 19, 2008
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 Our Reclaimed Copper Bowls are even more beautiful today than when they were first created in India in the early 20th Century, thanks to a rich natural patina that has developed over the decades. What's more, they are vintage, which, according to treehugger.com "can be the most green" of all home accessories because "vintage.. requires no additional resources to manufacture, is pre-offgassed and eases the load on the landfill." Each bowl is one-of-a-kind and was made in Rajasthan, where Indian craftsmen have used use metals in their decorative arts for thousands of years. The city of Jaipur is the main center for metal work, where ethnic designs and geometric patterns are hammered or embossed on the surfaces of decorative home accessories and jewelry designs. Priced at $39.00 each with free delivery, they will go fast. Click here to order yours today.
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| Featured Custom Project: Goathide Pillow |
May 31, 2008
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 We were so enthralled by our latest custom project, that we decided it deserved a permanent spot in our exclusive collection. It all came about when a retail client loved our existing goathide pillows at 9 x 18 inches, which have long been one of our most popular pillow styles, but needed them at a custom size work in her living room. Who knew that they would turn out to be so enticing! - Now available online at a plush 12 x 24 inches, each pillow is created from original hides with unique markings, so please allow for variation. Pillows created from this style of hide generally have a black stripe of varying width and intensity running down the center. The brown coloring is in shades of Chestnut and there is sometimes black or a lighter brown coloration at the edge of the pillow. Like all of our pillows, they close with a garment zipper hidden along the seam of one edge, leaving only a sleek pull visible. The cases are filled with feather and down inserts, which create a naturally firm, yet soft cushion. As importantly, the inserts are filled to a medium weight, allowing the pillow to plump nicely, while never appearing overstuffed. Click here to order yours now.
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| Exotic New Jewelry from Susana Brown |
May 23, 2008
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 The exquisite jewelry in the latest collection from designer Susana Brown is heavily influenced by tribal art and adorned with exotic gemstones, such as turquoise, amber and jade. The collection infuses ancient sacred symbolism with exotic materials, turning the mystery of antiquity into a modern day wearable-work-of-art. Susana’s unique style is formed by her sense of adventure, global experience and dedicated commitment to benefiting her local community.
Susana always knew that she wanted a life filled with exploration and adventure and her passion for ancient cultures lead her to travel the world. Over the past 27 years, she has sought out experience and first hand knowledge of lost civilizations by visiting and living in such places as India, Greece, the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Belize, Bali and the Hawaiian Islands.
In the late 1990’s Susana lived in Egypt as part of a small research team studying the customs and beliefs of the ancient Egyptian people. This afforded her travel to parts of the world that were not easily accessible. Today she is still fascinated by the sacred expressions of antiquity revealed through a culture’s symbols, architecture, dance, stories, prayer, jewelry and art. Click here to see all designs from Susana Brown. |
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| Eco-Friendly Designs Now Online |
May 10, 2008
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 We understand that making environmentally savvy choices in furnishing your interior can make a big difference to the planet and to your health, so we are proud to announce a new category of Eco-Friendly designs.
What exactly makes something eco-friendly? For us, it needs to be created from sustainable resources, produced with non-toxic finishes or created from reclaimed materials.
Our Bamboo Storage Table is a great example of a design created from a sustainable resource, since bamboo is a rapid growing grass and not wood, it can be harvested every 3-5 years, unlike 15-25 years for most trees. Whereas our Wool Felt Rug is 100% toxin-free. No harmful acids are used in the coloring and it comes from a clean, green farm in New Zealand. As for product made from reclaimed materials, our Reclaimed Sari Bags make great use of a traditional India garment , now on its second life. But these products are just the beginning, click here to see more designs from our Eco-Friendly category.
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| Product Preview: Hand Carved Storage Table |
April 19, 2008
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 We just launched our new Spring '08 collection of home furnishings and accessories and one style that definitely stands out is our Hand Carved Storage Table. One thing that we have learned here at Pfeifer Studio is that our clients love furniture that has more than one purpose: a side table and a stool...love it! So it comes as no surprise that our storage tables have been a hit. With that in mind we introduce this new style constructed from solid hardwood and featuring a circular ridge pattern, which is carved by hand into the exterior surface. The lid lifts off to allow for storage of books, magazines or soft goods and the modern 'pod' shape owes it's influence to both Asian aesthetics and to futuristic 'interiors of tomorrow'. These are a limited edition, so when they are sold out, they are gone! Click here to order one today.
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| Featured Custom Project: Winston Bench |
April 03, 2008
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 Our most recent custom project was created for a luxury hotel in Philadelphia. The popular Winston Bench is shown on our website with a hair-on cowhide seat and black leather sides, but when designers at the boutique hotel wanted the Winston for seating in the dressing rooms at their spa, we quickly knew that a change of materials was in order.
A hair-on cowhide seat was not the ideal material for the requested setting, so we created the benches with wood tops to better suite the client's needs. They were also fabricated at a custom size (40 x 20 x 18) to fit perfectly into their space and we matched an existing wood finish to make sure that this was one custom project that was perfect!
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| Pfeifer on PointClickHome.com |
March 21, 2008
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 We love pointclickhome.com, the online design portal for Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home & Home Magazine, and were most pleased to have our Abaidoo Stool Table and Kuba Cloth Pillows featured in this months What's Selling Now! section.
The online editors set out to find “what's flying off the shelves” at their “favorite shops-from all corners of the country.” Featured alongside shops from San Francisco, New York, Seattle & Atlanta, our Albuquerque showroom was selected as one of the “country’s hottest décor stores.”
Want to see more of our best sellers? Click here to see our top products for the last 30 days…
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| Product Preview: Black Textures Pillow |
February 27, 2008
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 The latest design to land online is an inviting black leather, cowhide and linen pillow. At 12 x 18 inches and only $125 delivered, this little ebony jewel should not be passed by. Black has a sophistication that is the epitome of effortless chic. The purity of black brings out the true qualities of materials and now the eye is on the contrast of pattern and texture. Soft against slick, shiny against matte and warm against cool. All black should never be thought boring. What to see more designs in contrasting shades of black? Click here to check out one of our popular Pfeifer Trends: A Touch of Black.
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| Custom Design with Pfeifer Studio |
February 08, 2008
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 We often get requests to create designs from our collection at custom sizes, such as the Abaidoo Stool Table shown to the left. Clients also come to us to looking create original designs for their interiors.
To help better educate website visitors on just what can be done, we have just launched a new custom design section on the site, which showcases past projects such as a woven leather trunk that we designed for a retail client and a collection of wool gifts that we designed for a catalog retailer.
Depending on the scope of the project, we will provide material samples and/or working drawings for your review. Currently we are working with a multi-discipline workshop based in India, a independent woodworker and an upholstery workshop, both based in North Carolina, wool weavers and felters based in New Zealand, as well as other independent artisans in such locations as Peru.
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| Product Preview: Leather Stripe Pillow |
January 29, 2008
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 Our leather pillows are consistently some of the most popular designs on the site. We thought that the start of a new year would be a great time to add some new styles to the collection. The first to arrive are these fun, colorful designs in supple lambskin with a black linen back. The bold, graphic pattern and intense colors pay homage to mid-century modernism, while the tailored design gives it a fashionable edge that is so popular in home interiors of the 21st Century. And at only $119.00 delivered, the price can not be beat. This is another Pfeifer Exclusive that is only available online and at our flagship showroom beautiful New Mexico. Click here to learn more...
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| Product Preview: Chocolate Walnut Cube |
January 12, 2008
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 We love the sleek minimalism of our Chocolate Walnut Cube, the newest addition to our collection of side and end tables. Finished in a rich, hand-wiped Chocolate brown stain with subtle red undertones, the cube is constructed from wood veneer.
It will, of course, look great in a modern interior, but we also would use in traditional spaces. The clean lines and inviting wood finish would pair nicely with a traditional upholstered piece, while adding a contemporary element to the interior. And at $339 delivered, the price can not be beat! Click here to learn more.
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| Pfeifer In Teen Vogue |
December 19, 2007
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 Our elegant Red Lacquer Side Table from Vietnam is featured in the December/January issue of Teen Vogue. A lucky contest winner in Nebraska received a total room makeover, complete with two Pfeifer Tables. The room designers worked with a palate of black, white and red, and seeing that our lacquer side table is available in all three colors, any would have worked beautifully. Click here to see this trendy design, as well as other Pfeifer Finds from across the globe.
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| Product Preview: Kuba Cloth Pillows |
December 07, 2007
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Kuba cloths have long been our favorite handmade textiles from Africa. Their simple geometric shapes translate nicely to contemporary designs and influenced modern artists such a Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee. In the past, we have embossed graphic Kuba patterns on such leather goods as napkin rings and waste bins. - So you can imagine how delighted we were to find luxurious pillows made from tactile Kuba cloths from Zambia. Our ethnic pillows feature a cotton backing and are filled with feather and down inserts. Each pillow is hand sewn in the USA of imported cloth, please allow for variation in the color and patterns. -
More about Kuba cloth...they get their name from the Kuba tribe of central Congo. The tribe' s women begin the process of creating the cloths by beating palm leaves so that the leaf will separate into fibers. The men then use a loom to weave the fibers.
The process then goes back to the women who decorate the cloth. Sometimes they use a “u” stitch to create a carpet pile like texture as well as motifs. Other times they use appliqué methods to create patterns and motifs. Each cloth can take over a month to make.
In the past the cloth was only made by the most important and wealthy men in the tribe. Their wives were the only women in the tribe who had enough spare time to embroider the cloth. Ordinary women were kept too busy with their work in the fields, cooking and raising their children. Thus the cloth became a symbol of wealth and status.
When a major event occurred such as the induction of a new chief, the women of the tribe would sew many cloths together to make a royal robe. One popular village song describes how, a man was offered a Mercedes Benz car or a Kuba cloth by his mother. He chose the Kuba cloth after wisely noting that it would last longer.
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| Our Shop's First Anniversary |
November 29, 2007
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 It may be hard to believe..but we are already celebrating our flagship showroom's first anniversary. And what an exciting year it has been! Pfeifer Studio was even named one of America's "smartest new design and fashion boutiques" by Elle Decor Magazine. We thought it would be fun to throw a little party to celebrate! If you are lucky enough to be in beautiful New Mexico next Thursday (Dec 6th) we hope that you will stop in. Please join us from 5 to 9 PM for drinks, great food and the most stylish environment (directly) east of the Rio Grande. To celebrate this milestone, we are offering 10% off everything in our collection FOR ONE DAY ONLY! All orders placed in the shop will also receive free gift wrapping and (of course) free shipping to all US destinations.
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| Pfeifer in Western Interiors |
November 20, 2007
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 Our super-stylish Platinum Leather Pillow is featured in the latest issue of Western Interiors. The editors at the venerable design monthly selected our metallic cushion (a Pfeifer exclusive) as an example of an accent that adds "sophisticated sparkle." And during the holiday season, who can't get enough sparkle?
Click here to see this feted design, as well as other products in silver and gold from our "Metallique" trend. |
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| Stansborough Wools of New Zealand |
November 12, 2007
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 Pfeifer Studio is proud to be the exclusive online retailer of Stansborough Wools of New Zealand. Their hand made wool throws and blankets are some of the most popular styles on the site and we recently decided to expand our offerings to include select styles from their fashion collection, including the ever-so inviting pink suede sheepskin slippers that you see to the left. -
What makes Stansborough Wool's designs so unique? Well for starters Stansborough founders, Barry and Cheryl Elridge, take a hands-on approach to the production of their wool designs.
The Elridges raise a rare breed of sheep, known as 'Stansborough Greys' on their 3000 acre farm, nestled in New Zealand's Wairarapa Valley. Over 10 years of selective breeding has developed a silky and lustrous fiber. Their flock is now over one thousand strong, still the only one of its kind in the world.
'Stansborough Alpaca' are also bred at the farm. With more than 20 different natural shades, the Alpaca wool expands the color palette and is used to enhance the natural colors of 'Stansborough Greys.'
Barry and Cheryl personally sort the fleece and only select the finest quality fibers for use in their production. Stansborough's luxurious wool throws are woven at their Wellington Mill on looms dating from the early 1890’s and have a unique, handmade and natural feel, distinguishing them from mass-produced, commercial soft goods.
Their sumptuous wool felts are individually hand made, creating subtle variations that make each piece completely unique.
The time spent producing each Stansborough design is evident in their quality and each style produced in Stansborough Wool can truly be called handmade.
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| Product Preview: Jamavar Wool Throw |
October 30, 2007
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 The latest Pfeifer Find to land online direct from Kashmir, India is a traditional throw hand-woven in sheep's wool in shades of Burgundy, Blue, Black and Rust.
Known as Jamavar, the centuries-old technique of weaving used to create the intricate patterns in the throw was brought to Kashmir in the 15th Century under the patronage of one of the kingdom's most admired rulers, Zain-ul-Abdin.
The patterns are created using weft threads of various colors that do not run the full width of the fabric. Rather, they are woven back and forth in small areas to create the desired, tiny color blocks.
Jamavars became fashionable with European aristocracy in the 18th Century. Because of the costly weaving technique, the patterns often covered just the edges and ends of the shawls.
Even so, only the wealthiest people could afford them. The invention of the jacquard loom in the 19th Century meant that shawls with the traditional jamavar designs could be produced cost-effectively for a much larger market. And the motifs began to cover larger portions of the shawls. Click here to learn more about this beautiful design. |
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| Product Preview: Bamboo Storage Table |
October 18, 2007
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 Our latest Pfeifer Find from Thailand has just landed online. The new Bamboo Storage Table is a colorful, yet sophisticated design constructed from environmentally-friendly bamboo.We often receive requests for a table with extra storage and when we came across this little number we knew that we had to have it. The lightweight table features a lid that lifts off to store pillows, throws, magazines or just about anything else!The eco-positive features are an added bonus. Because bamboo is a rapid growing grass and not wood, it can be harvested every 3-5 years, unlike 15-25 years for most trees. So you can now create a beautiful space and help sustain the planet at the same time. Click here to order it now!
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| Design Week Santa Fe |
October 11, 2007
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 Design Week Santa Fe kicks off tomorrow here in New Mexico and all of us at Pfeifer Studio are delighted to have 3 pieces from our collection: The Winston Bench, Abaidoo Stool Table & Goathide Footstool featured in the Design Exhibition. Puro Belleza: A Distinctive Design Showcase displays the breadth of New Mexico design including graphic design, architecture, fashion and furniture.
Other highlights of Santa Fe Design Week include Interiors Dialogue a panel discussion exploring "the questions we all have about finding our own personal inspirations and translating them into successful designs for our spaces" The dialogue is moderated by Western Interiors Editor-In-Chief, Michael Wollaeger and features Sherri Donghia as a panelist.
Another not-to-miss event will surely be the fashion show featuring the work of Argentinean designer Carola Bessaso. Santa Fe and Buenos Aires, Argentina share the UNESCO creative cities design designation.
Click here to learn more about Design Week Santa Fe.
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| Product Preview: Platinum Leather Pillow |
October 06, 2007
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 We are pleased to introduce a fun, stylish pillow in platinum leather embossed with the look of crocodile. It is the latest addition to our Metallique collection, which focuses on sexy, shiny & sleek shades of silver, gold, bronze & pewter.
Metallics have been hot in fashion for several seasons and are now making their way into home interiors. The new metallics are both a nod to the past and a look to the future. Whether simmering under the sun on an urban high rise or adding an unexpected element to an interior, metallics are a sophisticated way to dress up your life. Click here to see all designs in our Metallique collection.
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| What's In Store at Pfeifer Studio |
September 26, 2007
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Clients who visit our retail studio in Albuquerque's Nob Hill neighborhood often tell us how inspired they are by the way that the space is styled. It is one thing to see something online and entirely another to see it in person, even more so to see it placed with other beautiful designs.
We recently rearranged the space to stir up the energy and thought that it would be a great time to show those of you that can not come to visit, what Pfeifer Studio looks like today!
Not everything in the images are available online, give us a call at 1-866-804-1909 if anything catches your eye and you need more info. 
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| Pfeifer in the San Francisco Chronicle |
September 11, 2007
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 The San Francisco Chronicle recently showcased our ever-popular Onde Stool Table in a feature on a residence by Gil Mendez. The Bay Area designer used the Onde to anchor a space visually near a window seat where it could function as an occasional table or additional seating.
The editors at the Chronicle found that our "sculptural stool shares the geometry" of the iconic walnut stool by Ray and Charles Eames. We agree, although with strong tribal influences, as well.
Available in three distinct finishes, the Onde is sculpted from solid Margosa wood. This remarkable wood has been identified as a renewable resource for home grown agro-chemicals and nutrients which are are bio-degradable and non-toxic. The wood is dried for several months and allowed to develop natural cracks and separations. After being shaped, it is treated with a vegetable oil to enhance the grain pattern and finished with a wax for protection. Click here to learn more about the Onde Stool Table. |
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