Cathers Home

Why is Cathers Home so in alignment with one of our premier furniture suppliers and it’s founder? Well…Cathers Home founder and CEO Paul Cathers has traveled a similar path (as we’ve described here) and shares similar views and values having traveled the far reaches of the world and discovered similar situations and circumstances in other parts of the world. That’s just one of the reasons Cathers Home has chosen to introduce this to its clients in Aspen.

Here’s the history of this manufacturer and its founder:

It started as a journey of self-discovery in 1991 when  founder, Brett Hatton, set off to retrace the ancient Silk Trade route from China to Europe. Along the way he discovered antique furniture and rare architectural pieces in Pakistan and India and soon returned to purchase his first container for the opening of a retail store in England. Brett named it Four Hands, since each piece was hand-selected and touched by hand.

In 1996, Brett took his first big risk. With no backers, no sales force, and having never attended a trade show; he borrowed everything he could from family and friends and opened a wholesale importer business in Austin, Texas. Within three years he had built a business that was growing 120% annually.

He took a second risk by forsaking antiques for new production. Historically, Indian exports were low quality and poorly finished. The company focused on its own original designs, aligning factories, introducing new techniques, and putting its own QA team on the ground. As a result, Four Hands helped lead the Lifestyle trend, one of the hottest segments in the industry.

Next came expansion throughout Asia, including purchasing a factory in China and achieving a balanced load between India and China. Four Hands now has permanent, international offices in China and India. We now have operations in Indonesia, Thailand, Central America and Mexico.

Evolution

Inspired by a desire to give back to the overseas countries that had influenced him so much, founder Brett Hatton established the Learn to Live Foundation in 2004. Learn to Live aims to better the lives of children in India by providing them with the self-esteem, confidence, education, skills, and mental aptitude to become tomorrow’s world leaders.

Four Hands’ Learn to Live Foundation soon partnered with the Miracle Foundation (TMF), announcing the ongoing sponsorship of 20 orphaned children in TMF’s Sooch Village orphanage (Ranchi, India) and the construction of two orphanage cottages at the Bhawani Home for Children (Jharsuguda, India).

The Miracle Foundation, based in Austin, is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of orphans in India and around the world. TMF operates four children’s homes and one home for unwed mothers. Founded eight years ago on Mother’s Day by Caroline Boudreaux, TMF renovates existing orphanages, builds new ones, raises money for construction and finds sponsors for the children.

India has more than 25 million orphans – equal to the population of Texas. Hatton noted that his foundation’s goal is to help improve each orphan’s life and to work to end the cycle of poverty through education. “TMF is a natural choice for us to partner. They have achieved so much in such a short time.”

Cathers Home founder, Paul Cathers continues to design and manufacture his own brand of home furnishings with partners in India. He also continues to design and manufacture artisan quality rugs in Nepal. His efforts are intended to assist and support the lives of others less fortunate than he in these developing countries.

Please stop by Cathers Home today. Check out Paul’s selection of handmade furnishing from India as well as our selection of  distinctive handmade pieces from this premier furniture importer and manufacturer.

Cathers Home of Basalt, CO just outside of Aspen has been featuring specialty furniture and home furnishings for years. Today they are announcing your ability to shop the entire line of one of our premier  furniture suppliers online, from the convenience of your own home. Click here for more on that!

Why has Cathers Home chosen this furniture manufacturer and importer to be an important part of their retail mix?

Here’s more on that:

This Company is one of the industry’s one-stop resource for lifestyle home furnishings.

They deliver some of  the best in product, design, quality, value, customer service, innovative sales programs and global supply chain management.

Their customers range from small individual retailers all to large multi-store regional and national chains, working with them to develop exclusive product development and direct container programs. In addition, interior and commercial designers rely on this supplier everyday as an innovative design and business partner.

Over the last 15 years, they have grown from importer to a global operation providing retail solutions and resources for their customers. Today, they deliver an incredible array of brands and home furnishings that offer designs for any style and price points for any budget.

They have  an unwavering passion for creating high-quality, thoughtfully designed home furnishings that inspire the soul.

Their product development team travels the globe to develop new and exciting products. Their team works tirelessly to have a mix of design styles as well as the show-stopping pieces they have become known for throughout the industry.

They stay ahead of the trends, designing each day for the future.

They are unique, different, and innovative. They work every day to set themselves apart from their competitors.

Cathers Home too seeks to continually reinvent themselves and provide distinctive and innovative home furnishings to set all of their Roaring Fork Valley clients’ apart from the rest. We are happy to partner with this company with this intention.

Stop by Cathers Home today and see all of our furnishings first hand. Or shop online first, then come in with tear sheet in hand and we’ll place your order for a quick 2-3 week delivery time.

Beatriz Ball, the best choice for today’s bride is now available at Cathers Home just outside of Aspen, CO.

This hand forged metal ware was inspired in 1991 when the Beatriz Ball founder began working hand-in-hand with skilled metal-ware artisans in the outskirts of Mexico city, jointly creating update, innovative designs in special lustrous alloy of many metals.

These beautifully inspired pieces are made entirely by hand, one at a time, using the ancient art of sand casting:

pouring a premium quality alloy of molten aluminum into sand molds and then going through 4 levels of polishing.

More than 12 hands are involved in the creation of each piece and the result of this intensely handmade process is a piece with a depth of character, warmth and personality that communicates in a way that only a handmade piece can…

See  our photo gallery of “Best Selling”  Beatriz Ball pieces below:

To view the entire line of Beatriz Ball metal ware click here: www.BeatrizBall.com

So we LOVE their little tag line:

Chill in me, Bake in me, Serve in me, Never polish me!

Easy care, never tarnish…the best choice for today’s Bride!

Come visit Cathers Home on your next trip to the area and we will show some of our Beatriz Ball-ware.

We’re happy to show you around and welcome you to Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Cathers Home interior design firm,  outdoor patio furniture  selections,  furniture stores and rug galleries have been serving Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and all of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for more than 10 years. Come see why!

Cathers Home would like to introduce you to one of their key suppliers of fine American made leather furniture. The company, appropriately named, is American Leather just outside of Dallas, Texas.

In addition to their superior leather sofas, sofa beds, recliners, chairs, ottomans and beds…here is one of the things we and our customers LOVE about American Leather furniture:

A history of innovation

American Leather was founded in 1990 on one revolutionary idea:  custom leather furniture could be made and shipped in three weeks. Founder/CEO Bob Duncan applied “just-in-time” manufacturing he admired from the Japanese car industry to the furniture industry.  From a small four person shop, the company has grown into a thriving leader in the furniture industry, with over 130 different collections sold in over 650 stores, including Room and Board, Crate and Barrel, Macy’s, Design Within Reach, and Relax the Back.

The factory, based just outside of Dallas, Texas, still makes furniture – now in leather and fabric – in just three weeks, a standard that’s three times faster than the industry average. From the beginning, the factory was set up to manage mass customization through the latest technology and manufacturing systems, making American Leather the most automated leather furniture manufacturer in North America, if not the world.

Check out our Gallery of American Leather Furniture photos below:

American Leather offers many styles of furnishings including modern, tradional and transitional. We invite you to visit their complete line of offerings at www.AmericanLeather.com. Find what you like, then stop by our showroom to view their selection of fine leathers and fabrics and we’ll order the perfect piece for you!

American Leather’s furniture offerings include:

• leather sofas, sectionals and sleeper sofas,
• leather beds and leather headboards,
• leather chairs, ottomans and recliners

Come visit Cathers Home on your next trip to the area and we will show you samples of our American Leather furniture pieces including:  leather recliners, sofas, occassional chairs, leather sectionals and sleepers and more.

We’re happy to show you around and welcome you to Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Cathers Home interior design firm,  outdoor patio furniture  selections,  furniture stores and rug galleries have been serving Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and all of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for more than 10 years. Come see why!

Cathers Home has an all new bunk bed on their showroom floor!

At Cathers Home we find that many of our mountain, second  home owners have the need for accommodating many guests. It’s no wonder, as we live in such a beautiful vacation spot like Aspen and Snowmass Colorado.  As such, many of our interior design clients request bunk beds!

Finally we have a great source for bunk beds. In addition to the standard bunk bed for kids, we are able to order custom bunk beds. Some of the solutions we have provided to our interior design clients include:

• full size bunk beds,
• queen bunk beds,
• twin over full bunk beds,
• full over full bunk beds, and
• trundle bunk beds.

Stop by Cathers Home today to check out this lovely ensemble we have pictured here. If you are finding us on the web and are not a Colorado resident, we are happy to work with you on ordering the perfect bunk bed for your needs. Many of our bunk bed installations have been customized, so we can help you with that as well.

Check out our testimonials page. We have worked with clientele from all over the world and have done many interior design projects for clients with multiple homes across the United States and beyond. We are not limited by location!

Stop by Cathers Home when you are in the area, we’re happy to show you around and welcome you to Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Cathers Home interior design firm,  outdoor patio furniture  selections,  furniture stores and rug galleries have been serving Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and all of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for more than 10 years. Come see why!

Cathers Home has recently introduced Gamma International contemporary Italian furniture to it’s designer furniture showroom just outside of Aspen, Colorado in Basalt. Gamma International offers exceptional quality Italian leathers sofas, chairs and ottomans as well as leather beds for their discerning Aspen clientele and Roaring Fork Valley home owners.

Following is a little bit more about this fine contemporary Italian furniture company:

It is with appreciation that we guide you along this journey to explore the essence of our company philosophy. Because it is through our values and ideals that you’ll understand and appreciate the soul of our products, which is the result not only of our knowledge and experience, but, above all, of our beliefs, our hopes and our fears.

For about a third of a century, Gamma International has been manufacturing high profile contemporary Italian furniture in order to satisfy the most demanding and sophisticated palates.

You know when you are sitting on one of our products because everything we do spells ultimate quality:

• the superior characteristics of our prime materials,
• the modern manufacturing processes which allow us to craft exceptionally complex and refined details,
• the undeniably sophisticated yet sober design and the opportunity to customize each model are all trademarks of our company.

But maybe, what really sets our products apart from the competition is that they are made by people who are committed to continuous research and innovation. In fact, we still find pleasure and gratification in spending long hours to come up with a new detail or a perfectly proportioned shape, we are incessantly studying a way to improve a material or a design, with the curiosity, innocence and ingenuity of those visionary people who don’t just accept and follow trends, but want to play a part in shaping them.

Thanks to this mindset, attention to the needs of our customers becomes of paramount importance. We genuinely understand that every person is unique, and this is why we custom-tailor each and every sofa around the dreams of our clients. Therefore it is not surprising we truly believe that with their high profile, alluring design and unconditional comfort, what we make is not just furniture, we create emotions. And, unlike others, we don’t need to say that our Italian leather sofas are the best in the world. People know.

Stop by Cathers Home today and experience the fine craftsmanship of our newest line of Contemporary Italian Furniture including leather sofas, leather chairs and ottomans as well as fine crafted leather beds and headboards. Though the lead time is longer than usual due to the fact it is shipped direct from Italy, the resulting product is well worth the investment as it will provide years of visual appreciation and of course comfort and style in your home.

Come visit Cathers Home on your next trip to the area and we will show you samples of our Gamma International contemporary Italian leather furniture pieces including: Gamma Italian leather sofas, occassional chairs, ottomans, leather beds and headboards.

We’re happy to show you around and welcome you to Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Cathers Home interior design firm,  outdoor patio furniture  selections,  furniture stores and rug galleries have been serving Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and all of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for more than 10 years. Come see why!

Cathers Home has selected Hancock and Moore to be a part of their fine home furniture showroom floor. As we are accustomed to working with discerning and sophisticated clientele from the Aspen area, we feel Hancock and Moore furniture is a perfect offering for our customers and their fine mountain homes.

Here’s a little bit ore about Hancock and Moore Furniture:

PASSION FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP

Deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Hancock & Moore started with a vision to manufacture the finest quality furniture that would remain beautiful for generations. This became reality in 1981, when Hancock & Moore was founded. That vision is displayed in each piece of Hancock & Moore furniture through the skillful touch of master craftsmen like Jimmy Moore.

He grew up learning the skills of a carpenter, turning wood into artful creations. The desire to make distinctive furniture was an instilled value and the skill to make it was a gift. He spent hours carving, hand-sanding, sewing and upholstering handcrafted pieces. This, he decided, was the “ideal” way to build a unique brand of furniture. With the help of his fellow craftsmen, he transforms solid woods, soft leathers and fine fabrics into handcrafted furnishings no machine could ever match. Each piece of Hancock & Moore furniture bears the signatures of these artisans that created it. Whether it is crafting custom orders, or surveying production, his skilled vision for perfection remains.

Jimmy Moore is one of the last to leave at the end of each work day, assuring that your handcrafted Hancock & Moore piece will result in furniture that you will enjoy and can be proud of for years to come.

Following is a small sampling of Hancock and Moore Furniture:

Come visit Cathers Home on your next trip to the area and we will show you samples of our Hancock and Moore furniture pieces including: Hancock and Moore leather recliners, couches, occassional chairs, dinig chairs, office chairs and bar stools.

We’re happy to show you around and welcome you to Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Cathers Home interior design firm,  outdoor patio furniture  selections,  furniture stores and rug galleries have been serving Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and all of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for more than 10 years. Come see why!

If you’ve ever wanted to invest in a Tufenkian Rug or Carpet, now’s the time to check out Cathers Home fine rug gallery in Basalt, CO just outside of Aspen. A shipment of  34 new Tufenkian Artisan rugs has arrived for your viewing (and this does not include the selection of Tufenkian rugs we already had in stock).

Following is a small sampling of the Tufenkian carpets available for viewing at Cathers Home Rug Gallery. All rugs are available in a variety of standard sizes and color options including custom as well!

Cathers Home is proud to be the Exclusive Authorized Dealer in Aspen’s Roaring Fork Valley for the renowned Tufenkian Artisan Carpets.

You’ll want to see why these Tibetan handmade wool rugs from Tufenkian Rugs and Carpets are cherished treasures and works of art with a heart. Peruse Tufenkian’s Catalog of fine rugs and carpets at www.Tufenkian.com to see the quality of rugs you will find at Cathers Home….and visit our Dealer Directory Listing while you are there.

For any questions you may have regarding our rug inventory please contact us at 970.927.6556 or via email at: info@cathershome.com.

Visit Today!

Cathers Home
Rug Gallery & Furniture Warehouse
160 South Side Drive
Basalt, CO 81621

M-F 10-5

Aspen interior design firm, Cathers Home has another interior design project we’d love to share with you. This particular Aspen client came to us years ago in the preliminary plan/build stage. We’ve watched this Aspen dream home come to life all through the design/build stages.

Following is a portfolio of the finished rooms Cathers Home interior designers, Susan Okie and Amanda Kurz brought to life.

Interior Design Aspen Colorado, serving Snowmass, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and all of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado.

Cathers Home is one of the Aspen area’s premier interior design firms. Cathers Home provides exceptional full service interior design and a team of professional interior designers.  Cathers Home has been serving discerning homeowners in this magnificent resort area of Aspen, Snowmass and all of the surrounding communities of the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for more than 10 years.

Cathers Home announces an all new shipment of  Tufenkian rugs and carpets into their rug gallery showroom. Cathers Home is the exclusive Tufenkian carpet dealer in the Roaring Fork Valley and Aspen. Tufenkian rugs and carpets are an incredible labor of love and mastery of  craft. Tufenkian’s mission is this:

to create exquisite things that enrich the lives of those who experience them as well as those who create them

Here’s the story of what goes into every Tufenkian Carpet and Rug:

Tufenkian’s Production

The art of making carpets by hand using the finest materials is cherished and nurtured by Tufenkian. Each carpet is carefully crafted, using methods and techniques that are virtually unchanged from time beyond memory in the service of contemporary design. The glowing variations inherent in natural materials and the human touch are celebrated by Tufenkian in every stage of the process, the result of a commitment to promote individuality and inspiration in all of its production. Truly, each carpet is unique unto itself, created over the course of a journey through a sea of human hands that weave it into existence.

Though the process outlined below focuses on Tibetan carpets, most of the steps and techniques are also used to create Tufenkian’s Armenian rugs as well.

Shearing

Tibetan sheep are raised by nomads in the Himalayan Mountains, which range from 12,000 to 20,000 feet above seal level. They produce lustrous, resilient, lanolin-rich wool that is considered the finest in the world for rug production.

Washing

In order to preserve the natural lanolin, personality and character of its fibers, Tufenkian wool is never bleached or scoured. Instead, it is washed gently in local rivers to remove impurities.

Drying

After the wool is washed, it is moved to the riverbanks or nearby fields to dry naturally in the sun.

Sorting

Tibetan sheep are not bred for uniformity as in other countries. Therefore, the wool is sorted according to color variations: white, beige, dark brown and black.

Carding

Using a metal-bristled brush, the fibers of the wool are roughly aligned in preparation for hand spinning.

Spinning

Using simple, foot-powered wooden wheels, the wool is spun into yarn. This process creates many of the beautiful imperfections found in Tufenkian carpets.

Dyeing

Dyeing is done in energy-efficient sealed containers for color control and to save energy. Swiss Metal Complex dyes are used, which are more consistent in color and will never run or fade, while allowing the natural character of the wool to express itself.

Weaving

The weavers follow the pattern shown on a full-sized graph that hangs in front of them. There are usually four to five workers for a 9’ x 12’ rug, which is made up of 650,000 to 1.5 million knots and takes an astonishing 3,000 hours of human labor to complete.

Carving

Once the carpet is woven, it is leveled with large shears, and then finely detailed with light carving between colors, adding subtle impact to the carpet design.

Finishing Wash

Tufenkian carpets are either washed in Europe’s premiere washing and finishing facility or in the Tufenkian (Nepal) wash—an environmentally-responsible system developed by Tufenkian in Nepal that, for most carpets, matches the quality of European washing and is unsurpassed in environmental responsibility.

Cathers Home is the Exclusive Tufenkian Rug and Carpet Dealer in the Roaring Fork Valley including the communities of Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt, Snowmass, Vail and Aspen Colorado.

We carry a large selection of these beautifully handmade wool rugs and carpets. If you are looking for Tufenkian rugs and carpets, Tibetan rugs, or handmade wools rugs from around the world stop buy our rug showroom today!

Cathers Home
Rug Gallery & Furniture Warehouse
160 South Side Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
970.927.6556

Open M-F 10-5