What is Mackenzie Childs and How Was it Founded?

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Mackenzie Childs is a high-end, luxury home furnishings and accessories retailer founded by Christopher Melville in 1983. After retiring from the corporate world, Melville decided to focus on his passion for antiques and create something beautiful, original, and fun. The result was the Mackenzie Childs line of furniture and décor that quickly gained notoriety for its unique style.

The brand features a combination of traditional elements such as metalwork, glassware, pottery, handmade baskets, carpets and other textiles––along with bold colors, graphic prints and whimsical detailing. These aesthetics gave it an unpredictable yet utterly captivating charm.

Mackenzie Childs attempts to blend tradition with innovation through their use of rich materials like rare woods and semi-precious stones that require considerable time and skill to bring to life. All items are made at the Signature Studio in Aurora, New York where highly skilled artisans handcraft each piece using many age-old techniques including cork gilding, appliqué woodworking, needlepoint cushioning along with scintillating hand painting techniques. The aura of heirloom quality injects the house’s signature pieces with aristocratic character yet still strike a modern chord professionally polished by unrivaled craftsmanship ameliorating any home space into treasurable rarities built to last gathering nostalgic memories anew generation after generation without fail.