For more than 40 years, Designway has operated as a custom workroom for New York City’s design community, creating tailored window treatments, furniture and upholstery for professional designers and private clients. Now owned by Seborn Ragsdale, an interior design and home-furnishings professional with more than two decades of experience, the workroom is known for its highly personalized process and for realizing or restoring pieces to a client’s specifications. Ragsdale’s past work includes interiors for Calvin Klein and Lee Jofa, as well as collaborations with Thomas Jayne.
Magdalene BespokeOpened in New York in 1993, Magdalene Bespoke is a full-service custom furnishings manufacturer creating made-to-measure interiors, from upholstered furniture to drapery and custom beds. Founder Magdalene trained in ateliers in London and Paris, building on the exacting fabric and stitching lessons passed down by her mother, who worked in Elsa Schiaparelli’s Paris atelier from the late 1940s to 1951. That lineage informs a workroom known for patient craftsmanship and finely finished details, including custom embroidery and restorations of classic pieces.
ROOMFounded in 1998 by husband-and-wife team Amy Crain and Shawn Miller, ROOM creates bespoke furniture and lighting while curating work from celebrated independent designers. Its New York workrooms make custom upholstery and cabinetry to order, and its single-partner approach helps architects and interior designers coordinate both signature pieces and tailored projects. Now in its 26th year, ROOM pairs design-led furnishings with unusually personal project support.NEW YORK, NY
De Angelis LtdEstablished in 1954, De Angelis Ltd is a family-run atelier creating custom upholstery and fine drapery in Glen Head, New York. Now carried forward by Guido De Angelis’s grandchildren, Kristine and Kayel, the shop combines old-world handwork with a collaborative design process, supported by a 6,000-square-foot showroom of styles spanning decades. Its signature cutting shears—hand-recreated for left-handed craftsman Kayel—symbolize a three-generation tradition of detail-focused work.GLEN HEAD, NY
Plaza Park InteriorsFounded by Morris Mayer in 2013 after he had already spent more than two decades in the drapery and upholstery trade, Plaza Park Interiors is a Mamaroneck workroom making custom window treatments and furniture while restoring upholstered pieces. Its 6,000-square-foot facility also supports custom cushions and fabric-aware interior cleaning, giving the company an unusual blend of fabrication and care for finished interiors.SCARSDALE, NY