Modern Folk Art of MacKenzie-Childs For Inteiors

MacKenzie-Childs has been able to corner the market in a revival of American Folk Art.  What started in the early 1980’s as a small ceramic studio and later furniture workshop bloomed and wilted over the course of seventeen years and has now emerged from bankruptcy with new owners and a resurgence of interest and offerings in their authentic style. Photo via In My Four Walls

They continue to make handcrafted ceramics and furnishings at their home base in Aurora, New York though they are now easy to find at cute hometown shops, Neiman Marcus, their own MacKenzie-Childs stores and online.

The have added to the soft pastel-like palette in recent years with brighter and bolder colors found in their enamelware and other home decor items.   Their flower market trays and black and white check teapots make great wedding gifts.Everyone went crazy last year when they introduced their new woven polyurethane outdoor furniture with its’ nod to a Victorian past but this is not your grandmother’s wicker.

Above 3 photos via MacKenzie-Childs

MacKenzie-Childs has made collectibles in vogue with their stylish creations.  The are usable art pieces which can be used to create their own look or compliment an existing home interior.  They also don’t produce pieces in the gazillions.  But if you you want to take a peak at how to put it all together click on over to Hooked on Houses for the interior pics from the MacKenzie-Childs estate which is on the market for just over $1 million.

Photo via Hooked on Houses

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