Shophouse is created by two friends who met in London. The name derives from the traditional shophouses of nineteenth-century South China and Southeast Asia-buildings with shops occupying the ground floor and homes lived above, where cooking, selling, gathering, and resting all happened under one roof, blurring the boundary between work and home.

Our story begins closer to home. We grew up living above a shop and factory, where trading and making were part of everyday life. What might have been a place of work became our playground; materials, objects, and processes shaped how we played, learned, and understood the world. That early experience continues to guide how we think about objects today.

At Shophouse, we source and curate kitchenware and household goods intended for daily use, working with ateliers and makers around the world from Chongming Island to Nepal and beyond. These are everyday companions: familiar, accessible, and essential. Designed to be used, handled, and lived with, they grow more personal over time, shaped by touch, repetition, and use.

Shophouse is, at its heart, a celebration of the everyday of ordinary objects, shared meals, and the small moments that make a house feel like home.