**Important Notice – Due to new GSPR (general product safety regulations) we are no longer able to ship to the EU & NI**
**Important Notice – Due to new GSPR (general product safety regulations) we are no longer able to ship to the EU & NI**
81a Store is a self funded, independent online store with a considered curation of lifestyle goods, handcrafted homewares and thoughtful gifts inspired by small makers and lasting design.
We welcome onboard deep rooted & innovative independent brands and their products, that have been consciously designed to bring function and attraction to the home and everyday living, with lesser impact to our surroundings.
Wanting to showcase and offer a home to all the wonderful things we source, 81a Store conscientiously house a variation of small batch & handmade pieces by artists and makers that we have admired and welcomed into our own spaces.
Brought to life from a long standing, heavily ingrained admiration of handmade pieces, the craft & creativity behind them we hope to connect you with the pleasure of using each piece in your every day routine.
Our belief is that the pieces you welcome into your home should resonate with you in some way, last a lifetime and become apart of everyday uses within your routine. All while shopping mindfully and supporting makers in the process.
Our packaging is plastic free wherever possible. Packing peanuts used in your order dissolve with water. Wool used is recyclable or reusable should you find means. Any tissue paper or packaging used is recyclable. We encourage you to reuse our packaging wherever possible.
We have made our best efforts to make your shopping experience with us less impactful on the planet by not using plastic and opting for cardboard or paper alternatives. It is not uncommon for us to reuse plastic free packaging we have received our goods in from our makers.
All orders are carefully selected and hand-wrapped by us from our teeny studio in Manchester, UK.
81a Store is a platform producing its own original content showcasing the makers they work with.
We meet required wholesale prices and MOQ [minimum order quantity] set by each individual maker.
Under no circumstances do we rush orders or require quick turnarounds to benefit us. We encourage our makers to each set their own lead times, which can sometimes be up to 8 weeks.
Though we are an online store, we hold physical stock of each piece in our studio. We do not operate as a catalog or marketplace and buy pieces outright, which benefits our makers and their resources.
It is important to us that each maker feels valued and supported. We strive to uphold our ethos and values and it’s important to us to maintain our glowing internal feedback from our makers, creatives and designers.
At 81a Store we carefully source functional, well-made, lasting creative goods with a focus on supporting makers and designers in the process.
We intentionally keep our line-up of makers compact, offering a small but perfectly selected range of products.
Our products are sourced responsibly directly through our makers and brands. Many of our makers use processes, materials and methods which are less impactful, less wasteful and more considerate to our surroundings.
We occasionally join hands with our makers to create exclusive & collaborative pieces that you can only find at 81a Store.
With a focus to reduce over production and waste, these pieces are individually crafted in small batches within the UK and are often one-off pieces.
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