Harvard Magazine - Shopping Locally For The Holidays

Not far from Ouimille’s Huron Village location are the eclectic items at RESIDE. The classic modern home goods and furniture store is among the clutch of small businesses along Concord Avenue, in the Observatory Hill neighborhood. RESIDE features rare, artful objects reflecting high-quality workmanship. “A big part of what we do,” says store manager Chloe Larochelle, “is work with local families, and many of the pieces that come through our doors have been in Cambridge for a long time. I think it’s really special to keep those items here and preserve their story.” The company, celebrating its twentieth year in business, offers a wide selection—from jewelry, vases, glassware, pottery, and candlesticks to rugs, lamps, pillows, and both folk and fine art from Africa, Asia, and America—along with mid-century and antique furniture. (If someone on your list wants a graceful George Nelson walnut coffee table, this is the place to go.) Because the new objects are rotated into the store weekly, arranged displays can look like museum exhibitions. “A lot of the items we are fortunate to see once,” Larochelle says, “and never see it again.

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