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Personal touches make a house a home.

As we evolve as humans, our personalities, tastes, and needs evolve, too. We want to create spaces that express that growth, that nurture memory making, and help people feel safe and cared for. This is why millions of Americans, particularly women, have created a billion dollar market for cheaply made, environmentally exploitative home goods. In 2020, Americans spent over $250 on holiday decorations alone! Chez Grae looks to create a different option for heartwarming home décor. By sourcing scrap and reclaimed materials, our products not only prevent manufacturer waste and landfill, but also create unique pieces that enhance the beauty of the available resources.

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Mission

We seek to create beautiful products that help to create spaces where people want to be together. Our products are locally handcrafted with repurposed, salvaged, and reclaimed materials so you can make your house a home while saving usable resources from the landfill. Ten percent of after cost profits will benefit local organizations that provide safe spaces for people to grow and connect.

Principles

Chez Grae is a mission driven business. In order to live into the mission, our principles are the rules we operate by. Informed by our values, our principles guide all of our decisions.

Triple Bottom Line

We strive to balance people, planet, and profit.

A Force for Good

Our work and our products only exist to make the world a safer place to belong.

Always learning

With open minds and open hearts, we know that there is always more to learn and know. Curiosity fuels our work and our passion.

Future Focused

We choose to be patient and persistent, not reaching for easy, quick wins, but instead on living into our values.

Values

We are consciously choosing to do better. Better for people. Better for the planet. Every day.

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Be All In

We value passion, persistence, and patience. We don’t believe in holding back. We go all in or don’t bother.

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Starfish Promise

Whether it is trying to solve a big problem or a small one, we don’t let the magnitude stand in the way of trying. Like the story of the child saving starfish, we know that every action we take has an impact and we consider our impact in all our business decisions.

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Have Fun

Everything's better when done with music and dancing. And every day feels like a success when it is filled with smiles and laughter. Though every day also offers challenges, there’s always room for one 90s dance hit.

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Make Mr. Rogers Proud

Be a good neighbor. Be a good friend. Stand in your integrity. Be honest. Be a helper. These are all lessons we learned as kids that aren’t always easy, but are always worth it.

Building Community

At Chez Grae, we understand the value of safety in community. That is why 10% of our profits go back to mission driven organizations working to bring people together.

Find out more about how sales of our products are making an impact in local communities. Read our quarterly reports and learn more about the people and organizations doing the important work to build safe communities.