Home & Altar

A home that radiates calm does not come about by chance. Wall hangings, thangkas, butter lamps and altar accessories from the Tibetan craft tradition give every room a depth you can feel. For people who wish to give their everyday life a quiet centre.

What does it mean to give a home depth?

A room can be beautifully furnished and still feel empty. What gives it depth is rarely a particular piece of furniture or a particular colour, but the attention with which it was shaped. In the Tibetan home tradition, this attention takes a visible form: a thangka on the wall, a butter lamp burning in the evening, prayer flags bringing colour and meaning into the room, a small altar in a corner where the day begins and ends.

These pieces are not decoration in the fashionable sense. They carry symbols, mantras and images whose meaning has been handed down for generations. The thangkas and painted wooden wall hangings are handcrafted by Tibetan artisans in the Himalayas, so no two are exactly alike. Such pieces fit into a living room as well as a meditation room and change a space over time, quietly and lastingly.

We are Tibetans ourselves and know these objects from our own family home. Every piece that hangs or stands in our shop, we have chosen personally and held in our own hands. If you want to shape your home simply and mindfully, you will find pieces here that need little space and carry a great deal of meaning.