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The Roots Corner

Our Story

Pieces with a soul

At The Roots Corner we believe an interior is not simply made up of objects. It is built around pieces that have a presence, a material, a history.

We travel through places, markets and workshops in search of singular work: hand-woven rugs, antique objects, carved pieces and materials shaped by time. Each piece is chosen for what it tells as much as for what it brings to a room.

Weavings hung at the entrance of a shop

Heritage as material

Long before they became decoration, these objects were part of daily life. They accompanied families, gestures, encounters, generations. Their beauty lies partly in their imperfections: a patina, an irregularity, a mark left by time. These are not flaws to be erased. They are the marks that make the piece.

The shadow of a wrought-iron railing across a plaster wall

Meeting the makers

The Roots Corner seeks above all to understand what lies behind each creation: the materials, the gestures, the traditions, the people who shape them. From Morocco to Cameroon, every encounter opens onto a different world and onto knowledge that deserves to be kept.

A figure walking up an alley in late afternoon sun

Pieces that outlast

We are not trying to follow trends. We are looking for pieces able to outlive them. Objects that find their place in a room naturally, that change with it, and that go on saying something as the years pass.

A dining room: pieces set on plaster shelves

Every piece has a history. The next one could be yours.

The founder

Dahab is drawn to travel, to materials and to craft. Always looking for singular pieces, she likes to meet the people who shape them, to understand their history, and to give them a place in interiors where they can go on living.

A passion for objects that outlast their time and have something to say.

A minaret against the evening sky