A couple of weeks ago, our architect friend Oliver Freundlich emailed us to let us know about his client Sunrise Ruffalo’s Sunny’s Callicoon Pop in upstate New York: “Sunny and her husband, Mark, have a country house in the area (they used to be full-timers). Sunny’s taste is fantastic and she’s a lot of fun,” he wrote. Of course we immediately headed over to her shop’s Instagram account and liked what we saw.
Sunny created her storybook shop on the theory that “everything can be beautiful,” as she says. Refurbished vintage furniture mingles with handmade housewares, one-of-a-kind clothing and outsider art to tell the story of Sunny’s many inspirations; her childhood in New Orleans, life in Los Angeles and New York City, and all the collaborators she has met along the way.
N.B.: The shop, located at 21 Lower Main St., in Callicoon, NY, will be online later this summer.
Photography by Natalie Chitwood.
Above: A corner of the shop stocked with pottery, vintage furniture, and clothing,
Above: On offer are vintage jeans, slouchy leather totes, and one-of-a-kind accessories.
Above: A midcentury lounge chair sits under an embroidered fabric collage by New Orleans–based artist Chris Robert Antieau.
Above: The walls and floor are painted in shades of white to create a seamless backdrop for the wares on offer.
Above: A vintage bamboo daybed, with framed collages by Charles Wilkin.
Above: Quilted bedding and pillows from Injri.
Above: A shibori-dyed pillow and striped throw on a one-off upholstered vintage armchair.
Above: A circa 1940s bentwood and rope armchair by Audoux and Minet.
Above: Pastel ceramics by Bridget Ann Clark.