ABOUT

Growing up, Saturdays were spent at the hardware store with my dad, Karl, shopping for the next home he was flipping and learning how he saw potential behind chipped paint and shag carpet.

With a heart and laugh the size of his 6’3” stature, his life was defined by loving people deeply. He wrote weekly reminders in his planner to check in with friends, call family, and write letters. The way my dad lived his life taught me people are what matter most, and when he passed away too young, I had a realization that we only have a short period of time to make our mark in this world.

These indelible moments with my dad unknowingly shaped my path towards the world of design. In an effort to feel closer to him, I became a real estate agent and eventually an interior designer, establishing Studio Thomas in 2014.

Years spent designing for clients impressed upon me the difference between meaningful spaces and places we just exist in, collecting and accumulating, tailor-made and mass-produced. My team and I started identifying what was missing
in the marketplace — what we wish we could see, what seemed so hard to find.

So we set out to make it.

KTHOM is a lifestyle label offering custom furniture, reimagined antiques, objects, and textiles with lighting, apparel, and accessories in development. We design for someone’s whole lifestyle and how they dream of living. You’ll find the latin word colligere throughout KTHOM which simply means “to gather,” because for us, design is about bringing people together and helping them live well.

Welcome to the world of KTHOM; we hope you stay awhile.

 

- Kristen Thomas