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good design for desk + life
SNOWHOME | 42 GILLYGATE | YORK | YO31 7EQ
An independent concept store in the centre of York offering a refined selection of everyday luxuries for desk + life.
featured stationery

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.

LAMY: writing design history
At the heart of the LAMY lies the Bauhaus principle "form follows function" so that the user receives timelessly elegant writing instruments of the best quality that will accompany them for the rest of their life.

Tom's Studio: pens + ink
Beautiful hand-crafted creative tools you'll look forward to using every day and treasure for the rest of your life. Discover the infinitely refillable Wren fibre-tipped brush pen (and some truly super inks) from Tom's Studio .

L!FE Japan notebooks + paper
L!FE is a Japanese stationery brand famous worldwide for its amazingly high-quality paper. L!FE meticulously handcrafts each of their books creating products that are both high design + charmingly old school.
good design for desk + life
Offering objects to use, cherish and love in home and life, day-to-day everyday. We are passionate about authentic design; inspired by ever-evolving contemporary living; guided by function, beauty, sustainability and fairness.
Fragrance

Maison Matine Perfume
Fragrances embodying a world in constant motion, speaking to individuals in search of independence: 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.

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.
Founded in 2001 what we do remains underpinned by a design ethic that embraces beauty, real-life functionality, 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 Home

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

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.

Duralex Glass
One of our hero products - design done right. "The ultimate drinking vessel created by man"; an icon held by major museums; sustainably and responsibly made. And you can buy it for pocket-money prices.
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
ABOUT US

Snowhome is an independent bricks-and-mortar shop in York. But who are the people behind it?

Because DESIGN isn't just about achingly lovely homeware from celebrated brands you've possibly never heard of.

An irregular collection of notes, thoughts + general doodles about what we're thinking + doing.