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Samuel Heath Landmark Pure shower fixtures with urban brass finish Samuel Heath Landmark basin filler in antique brass matt. Catherine Wilman x Samuel Heath moodboard. F or years, the back warehouse attached to the Elegant Additions showroom in Houston was stacked floor-to-ceiling with boxes of customer orders waiting to be processed. This was a good sign for Julie Koch, co- founder of the elite 38-year- old plumbing, hardware, and fixtures company, as it meant business was booming. But the volume of orders also signaled it was time to make a shift, she says. A logistics company was hired to take over shipping and receiving, freeing the warehouse to be used in a creative way. Koch turned it into The Shops, a VIP room for the showroom's top vendors to display their wares in the most original and beautiful way possible. The new space was unveiled in mid-October. "They really went all-out," says Koch, who invited five companies to participate, including Armac Martin, Turnstyle Designs, and Samuel Heath, all from the United Kingdom. Montreal-based Wetstyle and Italy-based Gessi also designed shops. Antique French doors lead into the new space, which is dominated by a plaster tree made by Segreto in Houston. The tree displays pieces made by the 200-year-old British tap manufacturer Samuel Heath. "There's just so much going on that I'm really excited about it," Koch says. The Shops at Elegant Additions, by appointment, 104 W. 12th St., elegantadditions.net. Rebecca Sherman A Creative Addition T imothy Corrigan, interior designer and serial French c h â t e a u r e s t o r e r, h a s introduced a delightful new collection for Perennials that's designed specifically for indoor use. The three new fabric designs are Stripe Du Jour, an unexpected wide stripe in plush velvet; Leaping Leopards, a reversible woven animal pattern in bright colors; and Les Fleurs, a soft chenille fabric with a subtle botanical motif. All are made from indestructible, solution-dyed acrylic, of course. This is Corrigan's second collection for Perennials — his first launched in 2019 — and he's added several new Tibetan knot rugs to the collection, along with new colorways for such favorite fabrics as his flame-stitched Feel the Heat and statement- making Go for Baroque patterns. Perennials by Timothy Corrigan, at David Sutherland Showroom. Rebecca Sherman Inside Story Perennials Leaping Leopard Stripe Du Jour 52