Being big fans of bold and inspiring interiors with a conscious maximalist twist, we are always looking for ethical home goods that have stories behind them, whether it’s living room decor or artwork to adorn own walls, and of course to gift (and to prove just how beautiful ethical goods can be!). I remember when I first started blogging about sustainable living, I had only two or three home decor shops to pull from, and most weren’t really my style, just as close as I could get (and way out of my price range, anyway). Luckily, there are tons more options these days, as evidenced below! I started this list in 2021 and it’s been growing ever since. I’ll continue to update with the best of our finds!
the best sustainable, ethical, & fair trade home decor shops
Koraa, an online marketplace with a Berkeley storefront, offers an impressive catalog of ethical and fair trade home decor ranging from practical wares for sustainable living like dish cloths and napkins to creative wall and living room decor like throws and art prints. They also offer womens and mens clothing and other lifestyle goods.
Bon Femmes is an art, home decor, and lifestyle shop exclusively featuring goods made by women. If you’re local to Chicago, you can shop-in person at their storefront.
Quinta Esencia Studio offers wall art, furniture, ceramics, and other slow-made goods by makers in El Salvador. And did we mention hammocks?! Their products are all natural, made with earthy neutrals, so they fit right in with a minimalist home but can also be paired with more colorful artisan goods for a balanced design. Their goods are also super affordable–these stunning wooden candle holders are $25 each.
Based in San Francisco, Casa Ojo teams up with artisan communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, to co-create vibrant home goods, proving that ethical can also mean beautiful, affordable, and on-trend too. Casa Ojo’s Jillian Knox is a food and prop stylist offering a recipe book in collaboration with artists and cooks as well.
Social enterprise Minzuu works directly with artisan cooperatives to produce modern, minimalist home goods, decor, art, bedding, tabletop wares and more. (Photo featuring Soil to Studio goods–see below!)
Tierra y Mano is a lifestyle brand that partners with female artisans in Latin America to create handcrafted, one of a kind pieces for the home and to wear. They offer unique ethical rugs, pottery, candles, tableware + living room decor as well as accessories and earrings.
One of our favorite alternatives to shops like Anthropologie, Tribe Bohemian Home offers a bold, colorful take on treasured bohemian designs, from kantha quilts to woven baskets and cactus pillows. This is conscious maximalist at its best!
One of few shops on our list that isn’t based in the US, Woven Rosa is a UK home decor boutique with a colorful selection of pillow covers and throws from Peru, glassware made in Mallorca, and ceramics from Spain. The colors above are an instant mood booster!
New York based Bolé Road Textiles are handwoven in Ethiopia. Owner Hana Getachew’s designs are an homage to her upbringing in a home filled with traditional Ethiopian textiles. Check out her collab with West Elm here.
Archive New York works with indigenous artisans from all around Guatemala and Mexico to continue and revive weaving techniques and patterns in danger of dying out. They are known for their pillows and gorgeous table linens! You can shop on their site or find as selection of their pieces in our own boutique, wallflower.
Founded by Tatiana Ordoñez in 2019, Zuahaza is a group of passionate artisans and designers crafting home textiles between their creative lab in Bogotá and their production studio in Charalá, Colombia. Learn more about them here!
You may recognize social enterprise Kazi as they are sold in virtually every shop with ethical and fair trade home decor (including our boutique, wallflower)! If you love their woven baskets, bowls, and wall art, but prefer to see their designs in other color combos and patterns, you can shop the full collection directly on site for 20 pages of goodies! (So good that I felt the need to make you a pretty collage!)
Soil To Studio works with artisans in India to produce the most beautiful handwoven and plant dyed textiles and fair trade home goods. They also offer botanically dyed collections made in their Brooklyn studio. Owner Swati also makes the most beautiful moodboards and is a hand-dyer herself. During the pandemic, I took an e-course on botanical dyeing from her where I learned a lot!
Affordable ethical + fair trade home decor shop Pokoloko, based in Ottawa, offers design-driven, ethically-made pieces rooted in cultural craft. Find handcrafted products by 100 independent artisans on their site, plus clothing and accessories.
Charlie Sprout offers luxury home goods that are handwoven and artisan made, and come in the most joyful and vibrant colors and patterns.
Did any if your favorite ethical or fair trade home goods make this list? And, were any of these new-to-you brands? Let us know your favorite shops, and we’ll add them to the list!
