8 Bloom & Give "Lily" napkins, stoneware butter dish, olive oil bottle, and salt and pepper shakers from Maude Woods.

Carrie Davich’s passion for mixing new furnishings with vintage pieces began within her own Pasadena home. She long considered opening a home furnishings store, imagining it as a perfect creative outlet for her visions and inspirations around home design and collecting.

In summer 2007 Davich was in Washington State when she walked into a shop similar to what she’d imagined opening herself. The proprietor said, “If you have the eye, don’t wait. It’s so much fun.” From that moment Davich began to pursue her dream in earnest, culminating with the opening of Maude Woods: Artful Living in Pasadena, Calif., in October 2009.