Lately all I’m talking about are tariffs. First, I’ve panicked and worried about what that means for my business, for my employees, for the vendors we work with, for our clients.
And then, I think about acting and getting ahead of this mess and making it coherent and understandable for my team and for clients. But then, the rules change and I have to stop and regroup and reach out to my vendors and dig deeper into understanding each and every product that we carry and sell. And it’s a lot of products and it’s a lot of moving parts. And in all of this, I’ve learned two things:

1. Manufacturers cannot exist alone, they exist in industries.

2. Industries exist in communities.

And here we are back to what I have been trying to grow in my one—well now, two—lone showroom(s): a community. A community of colleagues, vendors, designers, friends, artists, and all the people that want to discover the beauty that surrounds us.

The thing is, niche industry exists in small areas because more than one manufacturer is there. Knowledge is shared, machinery is built around industry, supplier economies and complex networks are created. And industries cannot just be created instantly – most of our manufacturers claim generations of craftspeople developing techniques and designs for 50, 75, and some well over 100 years. So tearing down these walls of global connection will directly impact my own business, my own community. And living in isolation is not the future I want.

I will continue to think and talk about tariffs as long as they exist and the threat remains. I hope to be on the other side of all of this soon with clarity and continued connection with my larger design community at MR.

Hillary Rielly

Our environments are platforms for events, discussions & product launches, encouraging new approaches to design and reinforcing our brand belief in supporting women.

Occupying 12,000 square feet across two floors of a historic building in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, our primary studio serves as showroom, design collective & office. Featuring living spaces where objects & furnishings from partner luxury brands fluidly cross-pollinate, we offer a carefully curated design program rooted within a deeply intuitive approach.

Our second showroom—located on the Avenue at the InterContinental Hotel Complex in downtown Bellevue— features select collections for the home from Minotti, Poliform Systems & Bomma.

Our team routinely liaises with architects, interior designers and contractors to develop holistic programs for residential and commercial projects. From sourcing furnishings to selecting finishes & fabrics to coordinating delivery and installation, we provide comprehensive design services for projects at every scale.

We are proud to collaborate with developers, agents & designers in staging luxury properties across the region. Our careful curation and extensive inventory allows us to design exquisite environments for a broad range of architectural projects.

With our location in the InterContinental Hotel Complex, we also offer turnkey & custom designs with preferred pricing exclusively for Avenue clientele. Click to explore Avenue Bespoke by MR.

Contact our team to begin discovering all of our services.

January 3, 2025

A full year as MR. and what a year it’s been! While we haven't started an entirely new business, it has been a time of immense growth. Our core mission as a proudly woman-owned firm is unchanged—we're committed to being the best destination for luxury brands and design services anywhere. 

During the past twelve months, our small team has grown—now fourteen strong—opened a second showroom in Bellevue, and strategically expanded our representation to several new lines while strengthening our close ties with our current brand partners. 😮‍💨 ‍💨

We have been busy styling our showrooms & shooting new products to offer a holistic expression of who we are as a brand across all of our physical spaces and virtual platforms. Taken together, our environments and events all serve as opportunities to deliver our distinct voice and vision for the brands that we represent.

We always want to bring you the best-of-the-best, always the MR. way. 

Introducing some of the most contemporary and radical designs in the world to the PNW remains our biggest—and maybe favorite?—challenge. Sourcing and providing the newest & most innovative products through two brick-and-mortar locations takes research, dedicated training and support from our community—from you all.

The magic we all get from this business is the comradery we have all built together as colleagues—shared laughs, stories, favorite pieces in the showroom, birthdays celebrated, as well as the losses and disappointments that we weather as a team. We work as individuals for something that is greater because all of us together. It’s the curiosity of clients and the larger design community that fuels the collective experience that our team and showrooms are seeking to provide. 

Be a patron, be a friend, be a part of the Mister community. Thank you all.