Visit Our Lexington Furniture & Design Showroom

Marais Home is a real, walk-in furniture and design showroom in Lexington, Kentucky — not a catalog warehouse, not an appointment-only studio. We’re at 882 E High Street in the Chevy Chase neighborhood, two blocks east of Ashland Park and a short drive from the University of Kentucky campus and downtown. The room is open Tuesday through Saturday for browsing, and Monday by appointment for clients who need before- or after-hours time with the team.

The shop is curated by Katie DesMarais, our founder and lead interior designer. Every lamp on the floor, every pillow on the bench, every candle on the counter has been picked because she would put it in a client’s home — and most of it has, at one point, lived in a real Lexington project before it landed in the showroom. Come in to browse, to ask a finish question, or to start a design conversation. All three are equally welcome.

What you’ll see on the floor

The showroom is organized the same way we think about a room — by layer. The largest pieces anchor the floor, lighting hangs and sits above and around them, decor and textiles dress the surfaces, and tabletop and scent fill in the smallest, most personal corners. We carry every layer of the home in one room so you can see how the pieces talk to each other in person, under the same light.

Furniture. Sofas, dining tables, consoles, beds, dining chairs, and benches from a tightly edited roster — Rowe upholstery (American-made, custom frames and fabrics), Four Hands, Gabby, Made Goods, Wesley Allen iron beds, Arteriors, and Dounia. Several of these brands — Four Hands, Made Goods, Wesley Allen — are showroom-only and rare or unavailable elsewhere in the Lexington market. Most of the upholstery on the floor is customizable: pick the frame here, pick the fabric from the swatch library, and we’ll write the order with you. Browse the full Lexington furniture edit for what’s currently in stock.

Lighting. This is where the room earns its keep. Table lamps, floor lamps, pendants, chandeliers, and wall sconces from Hudson Valley Lighting, Mitzi, Troy Lighting, Abigail Ahern, Arteriors, and Gabby — most of which were new to Kentucky when we opened. Most fixtures on the floor are plugged in and lit so you can see the actual color temperature, the actual glow, before you commit. See the full lighting showroom online.

Decor, art, and mirrors. One-of-a-kind vintage and antique vessels from Blue Ocean Traders, hand-thrown MH Ceramics exclusives, sculptural objects from Meso, plus Creative Co-Op, HomArt, Bloomingville, and rotating one-off finds Katie picks up on market trips. The decor wall is the part of the shop that changes the most — the trip is worth taking even if you’ve been in recently. Explore the decor and home accessories collection.

Textiles. Pillows, throws, and bedding from Pom Pom at Home, D.V. KAP, Loloi, Filling Spaces, Chilewich, and Luxe B Co — small studios and designer textile houses we’ve personally vetted. We keep a working swatch library on site for custom upholstery and bedding projects, so you don’t have to imagine the hand of a fabric — you can hold it. The textiles pillar covers the full edit.

Kitchen & dining. Tabletop, glassware, and small kitchen goods from Hawkins New York, Kinto, Earth and Nest, The Collective, Fredericks and Mae, Bloomingville, and Creative Co-Op. The Kinto carafes and the Hawkins linen napkins are the things people walk in for and walk out with — both are stocked deep on the tabletop shelf. More on the kitchen and dining page.

Scent, candles, and bath. The fragrance corner sits near the front and is where most visits end. Maison Louis Marie (the cult French perfumery, new to Kentucky), Flamingo Estate, The Floral Society candles, UME botanical fragrance, SKEEM match strikers, and Fredericks and Mae apothecary tools. The scent & self page has the running edit; the shelf turns over often, so call ahead if you’re hunting for a specific scent.

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Booking a design consultation

Walking in is the best way to get a feel for the shop and pull a few things together for a single room. If you’re working on a larger project — a renovation, a whole-home program, a new build, or a room you’ve been stuck on for months — the right next step is a 90-minute in-home design consultation with Katie. We come to you, walk the space, talk through what’s working and what isn’t, and leave with a concrete plan you can hand off or hire us to execute.

Most of our design clients started exactly this way: they wandered into the showroom on a Saturday, ended up in a long conversation about their dining room, and booked a consult before they left. If you’d rather schedule directly, head to the Lexington interior designer page for the full overview of how we work — consultations, hourly design, project work, and trade terms are all covered under Marais Home interior design services.

Coming from out of town

Chevy Chase is one of the easiest neighborhoods in Lexington to get to. We’re a five-minute drive from the University of Kentucky campus, eight minutes from downtown and the Distillery District, and an easy detour off any visit to Keeneland or the bourbon trail. Most of our weekend traffic is a mix of Lexington locals, designers and clients driving in from Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashville, and Columbus, and Keeneland visitors looking for something better than a hotel-room souvenir.

If you can’t get to Lexington, browse the shop online — lighting, decor, textiles, and tabletop ship nationwide at standard rates. For larger furniture and showroom pieces, email hello@shopmaraishome.com and we’ll put together a shipping quote. We’ve shipped pieces to clients in Florida, Texas, New York, and California — the showroom is the front door, but the work travels.

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