Fina Tavola began with a wedding gift.
It arrived from Europe — a set of French flatware, elegant and completely unlike anything available in American stores at the time. The kind of object that makes you pause, turn it over in your hands, and think: why isn't this more accessible? That question became the foundation of everything we've built over the past twelve years.
What Fina Tavola Is
We are an independent boutique specializing in authenticated European luxury home goods — fragrances, soaps, candles, tableware, and design objects sourced directly from artisan brands across France, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, and beyond. We are authorized retailers for over 90 brands, which means every product we carry is the real thing, shipped fast from our US warehouse with no international delays or gray-market uncertainty.
We are not a department store. We don't carry everything. We carry what we believe in — brands with genuine stories, real craft behind them, and a point of view that makes your home feel more like you.
What You'll Find in This Blog
The Art of Home exists because the brands we carry deserve more than a product listing. Behind every candle, every soap, every porcelain vase is a story — a founder, a region, a tradition, a process — and those stories are worth telling.
Here you'll find brand deep-dives written from real research: the Irish candle company that has been handcrafting in Dublin since 1488, the Arkansas woman who invented an entire industry with a broomstick and a bag of pine cones, the Danish artist whose smiling faces now live in the Museum of Modern Art, the London perfumer who left Chanel and Jo Malone to make fragrance honest again. These are the brands in our collection, and their stories are genuinely worth knowing before you buy.
You'll also find gifting guides, fragrance pairing ideas, seasonal picks, and the occasional deep dive into a category — why merino wool socks make the most underestimated gift, how to layer home fragrance room by room, what makes Savon de Marseille different from every other bar soap on the market.
Some of the Brands We Write About
We cover the full breadth of the Fina Tavola collection, but here are some of the brands that have their own stories on the blog already:
Bjørn Wiinblad — The beloved Danish artist whose joyful Eva collection is now in museum collections worldwide. Read the story →
Rathbornes 1488 — The world's oldest candle company, handcrafting luxury Irish candles in Dublin since 1488. Read the story →
Aromatique — The Arkansas-born brand that invented the decorative fragrance industry in 1982, starting with a broomstick and a bag of pine cones. Read the story →
Papier d'Arménie — The original French incense paper, made the same way since 1885. Read the story →
Shay & Blue London — Handcrafted British perfumery founded by a Chanel and Jo Malone veteran, made in small batches in Marylebone. Read the story →
Cirerie de Gascogne — French candles that smell like Armagnac, truffle, Sauternes, and black garlic. There is nothing else like them. Read the story →
ORI London — Certified B Corp bags and backpacks born from a London downpour, made from recycled materials in bold, joyful colorways. Read the story →
A Note on How We Write
Every post on this blog is researched and written to actually tell you something — about the brand, the craft, the region, the people behind it. We don't publish generic content. If a post is about Rathbornes, you'll learn about the Winetavern Street workshop and what "the world's oldest candle company" actually means across five centuries of Dublin history. If it's about Aromatique, you'll learn why Patti Upton mixed pine cones in garbage bags with a broomstick and why that matters to home fragrance today.
We think beautiful objects deserve that treatment. And we think you'll enjoy your purchases more when you know the story behind them.
Welcome to The Art of Home. We're glad you're here.