B R I G H T L Y O N S

Bright Lyons, a refreshing furniture store in Boerum Hill, is a sort of one-stop shop for home decor with coveted mid-century designs (George Nelson coffee tables, Eames chairs), eye-popping colorful art, prints, and one-of-a-kind books. 

Now it's made its way into 330 Bowery for a shop-in-shop, so the ROGAN Store can be your one-stop shop for holiday gift giving. Its owner Paul Bright, who curated and installed the collection, gives it to us straight. 

1) How did the Bright Lyons shop-in-shop at the ROGAN BOUWERIE come about?

Rogan had been in to my shop a couple times and one day my employee Jenny told me that this guy Rogan who has the shop ROGAN was really into my shop and wanted to talk to me about putting a bunch of the stuff in my shop in his shop, and I said oh shit that's the clothing store that my wife really likes so I called Rogan and said let's do it.

2) We like to keep it minimal and geometric, with character and a dose of history. [Check out the ROGAN Objects Collection here.] What's your style?

I'm totally down with MGC&H as well (minimal, geometric, character, history). It's all about soulful minimalism. Think John Oates apartment circa 1977: a couple Moroccan rugs, an Eames lounge chair, an onyx bar, a John Wesley painting. Fuck ya.

3) Tell us about the pieces you brought to the store and how you curated the collection for the ROGAN Store.

The pieces I brought into the store all have some sort of personal significance to me. Most are by the artists or designers that got me into the business in the first place. When I started dealing in design, I only sold Knoll and Herman Miller stuff, and now 12 years later, after dealing with all sorts of decorator type bullshit, I've come back to the classic American stuff and now that's all I'm really interested in dealing in. As for the artists, they are mainly just friends of mine that I have worked on different shows and projects on over the years.

4) What's the one thing that really pulls a space together, like how eyebrows can really make a face?

A Moroccan rug or some nice wainscoting like the wainscoting they have in the restaurant across the street from you guys called "Peels".

5) Are there any "rules" you like to break? Any home furnishing irks?

Rules I like to break:

1) Sometimes I like to drink the water from the water filter jug even when the little light is flashing yellow. (That means the water quality is "borderline".)

2) Once in a while, I will stick my head really far out the window of my condo and smoke things.

3) When I hang pictures I always just "eyeball" it. Check out some of the stuff I hung in [the ROGAN Store]. It's a little wonky.

stop by Bowery x Bond & check out Bright Lyons' site >>>

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