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kalei nyc
Furniture store

kalei nyc

Lower East Side·4.9 (19)

Photography by kalei / Alie Williams, kalei, kalei / Seth Binsted

Kalei NYC feels less like a furniture store and more like stepping into a beautifully curated dreamscape, where every chair, light, and sculptural object has a story and a sense of humor. Spread across multiple levels with vintage interiors, rooftop, and patio, it’s an immersive gallery of collectible design and curiosities that invites lingering, lounging, and looking closer. The in-house café, pouring La Cabra coffee and seasonal drinks, turns the space into a sociable salon where designers, creatives, and neighbors gather for conversation, workshops, and community events. Dedicated to “design for the playfully curious,” Kalei celebrates radical self-expression and proves that interiors can be both sophisticated and joyfully offbeat.

Photo: kalei / Alie Williams
Photo: kalei
Photo: kalei / Alie Williams
Photo: kalei / Alie Williams
Photo: kalei
Photo: kalei / Seth Binsted
Photo: kalei / Seth Binsted
Photo: kalei / Seth Binsted
Photo: kalei
Photo: kalei

The details

Category
Furniture store
Address
159 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
Phone
(212) 634-9355
Website
kalei.nyc

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