Shop Pasquale et Maurice Home

In a home-like setting, the shop showcases a pastiche of eras, combining French metal planters atop a European pine farm table.

A Tang Dynasty-style brass horse sculpture and nineteenth-century Sicilian pots keep company on a marble-top antique French dresser, while a midcentury portrait looks on.

Urns mark the entry to the shop’s foyer, where a French portrait complements an Italian antique side table.

Pairing a Gilbert Watrous magnet ball lamp with a primitive mustard baker sideboard and European handmade terra-cotta pottery illustrates the shop’s curated style.

A French cast-iron urn and majolica tiles rest on an antique trunk.

The layers were what Lino Carlotta and Gregory Caron missed most about Europe. When the two interior designers moved to America a decade ago, they didn’t want to lose the depth that comes from delving into the past while simultaneously celebrating the “now.” And that’s how Pasquale et Maurice Home was born in Washington Depot—a shop dedicated to achieving a sense of timelessness.

Both owners have formidable pasts. Carlotta was born into an Italian family with deep roots in fine textiles. While making curtain and fabric deliveries throughout Europe, he was exposed to a diverse range of styles. But moonlighting as a singer/songwriter taught him the importance of harmony and blending various voices.

Caron grew up in Provence and briefly studied law before pursuing marketing, art, theater, and the culinary arts. After moving to NYC with Carlotta, he opened Ristorante Il Melograno, showcasing his Sicilian grandmother’s recipes. The couple still owns the restaurant, but buying a house in Southbury triggered a desire to launch a project locally. Pasquale et Maurice Home (named for their grandfathers) provides an opportunity to share “things that have a lot to say—about their past and purpose, but also about who you are,” says Caron.

The shop, which opened in May, has the intimacy of an old home. Painstakingly curated rooms display the best of all eras with a focus on portraits, antique textiles and furniture (Caron is also an upholsterer), pottery, lamps, and basketry. Vintage linens are layered against patinaed furniture. Perusing the shop is like time traveling with your stimuli on high alert. “We’re about the senses,” Caron says. “We help people listen to themselves.” Pasquale et Maurice Home, Washington Depot, pasqualeetmauricehome.com