
GOOD DESIGN FOR LIFE
Objects to use, cherish and love in home and life, day-to-day everyday. Passionate about authentic design; inspired by ever-evolving contemporary living; guided by function, beauty, sustainability and fairness.
NEW IN!

TOM'S STUDIO
Hand-crafted creative tools you'll look forward to using every day and treasure for the rest of your life.
Discover our first micro collection from Tom's Studio

MAGPIE X PEANUTS
To suit any Genius at Work. Super fun gifts and homewares inspired by the world and characters of Charles M Schultz's iconic Peanuts strip brought to you with care by the true enthusiasts of mid-century pop-design at Magpie.

BLACK + BLUM - BACK IN STOCK
Maybe it's the clear blue skies, but I think the outside is starting to call again. And whether it's just along the Ouse in York or something longer a brilliantly designed and made Black + Blum insulated cup or bottle may be just what you need for the February chill!
SNOWHOME | 42 GILLYGATE | YORK | YO31 7EQ
SNOWHOME is an independent concept store in the centre of York offering a refined collection of goods for desk + life.
Founded in 2001 we are inspired by timeless design, enduring quality and fair production to create carefully considered collections that offer everyday, obtainable luxury for contemporary urban living.
Discover niche brands, globally renowned favourites and unique in-house designs across stationery, everday carry + keep and design objects to elevate your everyday around desk + life.
featured brands

KAWECO: License to write
Tracing its heritage back 140 years, Kaweco is a German brand who make timeless writing tools for lovers of ink on paper. Discover our collection formed around the iconic Sport and Liliput lines.

The Traveler's Company
The Japanese cult stationery bringing you possibly the most customisable notebook in the world. Super tactile leather cover around a sublime MD Paper heart - turn everyday into a journey.

The Completist: Printtastic Goodness
Inspired by art, fashion, history, travel + good design, The Completist is internationally-known for their beautiful quality, perfectly laid out stationery characterised by their bold + colourful surface designs.

Bon Parfumeur Paris
Bon Parfumeur is a niche perfumery, made in France with exceptional ingredients and a seriously playful spirit. Mix, layer and love the unisex fragrances with a disregard to the traditions of who should wear what.

People Will Always Need Plates
Launched in 2003 and recognised nationally and internationally, People Will Awlays Need Plates use high quality, low volume batch production to create witty, thoughtful and really super stylish products.

Blunt Umbrellas: joy for a rainy day
Bold and unbound by convention: the traditional umbrella re-imagined. A sleek, stylish super clever design in bold colours; wind tunnel tested to 115kph; UV rated and repairable. Surely the ultimate umbrella for any weather.
SHOP WITH US ONLINE + IN REAL LIFE
FREE SHIPPING
We offer free shipping on any order over £100 (excluding furniture).
Tracked delivery (our standard shipping) starts at £4.50 per order.
CLICK + COLLECT
It's no secret that we're slow-shopping fans but if you can't right now why not browse at home, in work or on-the-go and then click + collect at a time convenient to you?
OPEN IN REAL LIFE
Stop by, browse + chat. We're in central York, less than 5 minutes walk from York Minster.
Monday - Saturday: 10 - 5:30
FIND SNOWHOME IN YORK
Find us on Gillygate, just outside the City Walls:
42 Gillygate, York. YO31 7EQ. ///bonds.noses.wacky
Shop by theme

PAPER + WRITING
Stationery has been our long-time focus, so whether you're a casual jotter or committed stationery addict we have you covered, including LAMY, Kaweco, Blackwing, perfect planners from The Completist, luxurious Japanese papers + Traveler's Company superb notebooks eager to accompany you through life's adventures.

LIFESTYLE ACCESSORIES
Little things for you to enhance + bring joy to the everyday. From day bags to luxurious UK made woollens Wallace Sewell, perfectly designed drink-on-the-go vessels from black + blum, to UK artisan-made jewellery from Will Sharp.

FRAGRANCE
Niche French perfumes from Maison Matine + Bon Parfumeur. Scent is such a sensual + evocative thing we've always been enticed: joyful, playful + seductive in the here + now; emotionally transporting in reflective moments; the catch of perfume on a letter...

HOME
For your House + Home: from beautifully designed furniture from York-based John Green + other contemporary UK brands, through lighting, mirrors + own-brand prints to wonderful transportive home fragrances from Earl of East + Collins.

EAT + DRINK
Pause + enjoy a slow coffee or mindfully brewed loose leaf tea from a favourite mug. A range featuring independent craft makers, UK + international brands + "the ultimate drinking vessel"...

DECOR
Things that are just fun + joyful: collectibles? ornaments? desk toys? But from Hoptimists, to Flandriens cycling figures, to Candylab food trucks, to Jacob Pugh's Bird these are definitely never ephemeral. These are objects with the power to endure + be cherished.

TOYO STEEL: DREAMS WILL NOT RUST
Iconic storage boxes made with pride in Japan since 1969. What will you keep in yours?
Toyo Steel was the first company in the world that successfully developed a deep drawing technology to make a seamless steel toolbox from a single sheet of steel. They believe in creating useful and tactile products and these tool boxes are no different. Simple and durable, their products were awarded the “Good Design Award” and “Long Life Design Award” and have been loved for more than half a century.
MAISON MATINE: REBELLIOUS PERFUME
No more opulence and sexism… time for simplicity and diversity. Fragrances embodying a world in constant motion, speaking to individuals in search of independence and creativity.
Creative, quirky, and considerate. Maison Matine is not merely a perfume brand but a style of life; for those who don’t take life too seriously, who are fuelled by curiosity, and are mindful of sustainability.
