Poor House Tabletop & Gift

Housewares fetishes are fully fulfilled by this place. Id been to their other locale and theyve got lots of cool things. However im just not the type of person to buy them. Cookbooks however i do buy. Cool selection of chef books. Got the Toro Bravo cookbook and have got some holiday reading now.

Poor House now has two locations at the Oxbow Public Market. One is the original on McKinstrey Street which has been posted on Unilocal.Called the Home & Gift store, that original store is in a single story building across a parking lot from Fatted Calf.
This second location, called Tabletop & Gift, is inside the main Oxbow Public Market Building, giving it a 1^st Street address. I was at both shops and it was the one inside the market that captured my attention for the lovely things there. Beautiful items like Simon Pearce crystal glassware, Vietri dishware, Coleur table linens and ceramics made by Laura Zindel, a Vermont (by way of San Francisco) artist new to me but now a new favorite.
The people in both shops were very friendly and so helpful in answering questions. I purchased one of the Zindel creations as an anniversary gift for special friends. Knowing it was to be gifted, the young woman helping me wrapped it carefully and put it in a gift box.
The MKinstrey shop is quite different from this one. That location has upholstery fabric and rugs and pillows and accent furniture to look at as well as chotchkes like votive holders.
That original location opened in 2012 and the one inside the main market is even newer than that. The owners are a husband and wife, she with roots in the Napa Valley that go back to her father being the original owner of the building that now houses French Laundry.
Given the high end products they carry and the prices that go along with them, not that these items are overpriced by any means, but you pay more for these quality brands. And all of the upholstery products come from the United States, which is another good thing and a thing I’m willing to pay to support.
Oh that I could afford to shop here all the time, but that would indeed put me deeper in the Poor House than I am by buying one gift here. If you’re tempted but not in Napa, check out the Poor House web site because they ship products.
Closing with the «what’s in a name?» question, because I thought this one just a tad risky in reminding we mere mortal shoppers with limited budgets of where we might be headed, I noted this from a local news article. «Our line of products offers rustic modern Napa Valley style,» said owner Melissa Schmitt. «I chose the name Poor House Napa because I wanted a name people would remember, and Poor House is the exact opposite of what our store is.»
THIS N THAT
1) PARKING: Public lot outside the main Oxbow Market building has nearly 200 spaces. A novelty for Napa, ample parking. But even during off season on weekends that lot gets pretty full. There are two smaller lots of about 20 spaces, one between the main and single story building and one alongside the Poor House on McKinstrey.
2) ACCESSIBILITY: All retailers at the market follow ADA for access into and around shops. Sadly, the main parking lot has only 2 accessible parking spaces outside a ramped entry, putting this lot underwater for the roughly 8 spots it should have under both Federal standards and California code.
3) DESIGN SERVICES: Interior design services at available from Poor House. Check in with the McKinstrey shop folks.
4) NEIGHBOR: Next door neighbor in this inside Market location is Pica Pica bar.