RH Opens Atlanta

December 1, 2014  by in Furniture Retailing, Industry, Store Openings   

The store—The Gallery at the Estate—is located in the city’s Buckhead area, is designed to showcase dramatic interiors in a gallery setting.

"Our vision is to create a space that blurs the lines between residential and retail, indoors and outdoors, online and offline, and celebrates both the creative past and present of Atlanta," said Gary Friedman, chairman and CEO. "The Gallery at The Estate in Buckhead is a study and reflection of human design in regards to balance, symmetry, and proportion, while respecting the integration of environment, architecture, and humanity to create a feeling of harmony. Our goal is to transform the traditional retail model from a way to shop to a way to live. Most shopping centers and retail malls are archaic windowless boxes, lacking any sense of humanity. We don't want to change the face of retail, but rather give it a soul."

The store sits on two acres and is conceptualized as a contemporary version of a Southern estate. The interior features a double staircase spanning 36 feet.

The first three floors feature the largest presentation of RH Interiors’ curated collections of living, dining, bedroom and bathroom furniture, lighting, furnishings and accessories. The brand’s first physical representation of RH Small Spaces and an RH Baby & Child gallery occupy the fourth and fifth floors at nearly 8,000 square feet each. 

At the top of the grand stair is a conservatory and a rooftop park. This space will first be experienced within a structure of glass and steel with 20-foot ceilings. The store features wraparound terraces, sculpted trees and topiaries, succulents and a panoramic view of Buckhead and Atlanta’s skyline.