Welcome to Klay
Klay is a homeware label based in Auckland, New Zealand. Almost all of our items are made by our little team in our Eden Terrace workroom, ensuring quality and care in every piece.
In addition to our own creations, we also offer a curated selection of homeware products that we trust and recommend—items that meet our high standards for both design and durability.
End of summer SALE
We are coming to the end of selling some of the products on our website so we have discounted the remaining stock we have of some of these items. Check out our little end of summer sale here.
Our sale includes the last of the Pink Pouches that we made, which is our last ever batch of them as we are moving away from making clothing. We have also discounted some architecture and design books. These are books we have been selling for years, books that I highly recommend! But we want to make space for new items so we have priced them to clear :) Sale ends 31st March 2025.
Shop our little SALE range here.
The image above is from one of the books in our current End of Summer SALE; 'Shelter 2'.
Shelter 2 is a visually captivating and thought-provoking book by Lloyd Kahn that showcases a diverse range of unique and innovative homes from around the world. Through a collection of stunning photographs and insightful commentary, Kahn explores alternative living spaces, emphasising natural materials, self-sufficiency, and sustainability. The book highlights the creativity and resourcefulness of people who have embraced unconventional, often handcrafted shelters, offering inspiration for those seeking to build homes that are both functional and in harmony with the environment.
New in <3
The reversible WOOL socks from Japanese brand Sarige-Naku (formerly Himukashi - they have a new brand name) are online now! This winter season they are COCKTAIL themed :) Tequila Sunrise, Gimlet, Mojito, Grasshopper & more. Sarige-Naku is a small independent clothing label based in Japan. They design & produce clothing in Japan. We stock their popular socks. We get a new range twice a year - one summer collection and one winter collection. Each collection is different from the last. They are always coming up with fun new colour combinations and testing/ developing the technology and materials they use. They use very high quality cottons, linens and wools to make their socks.
We can only order once a season and they sell out fast worldwide, so once these particular colours sell out we can't get more!
New blog post about the things we use in our studio kitchen.
Most of the items in our studio kitchen are things we also sell. We import items from around the world that we personally use everyday and recommend, so I thought I would show our most commonly used items and tell you about some of the other things we don't sell too, but do get asked about from time to time :) such as my favourite red rice cooker, our vintage braun coffee filter, changing our cupboard doors, where to get fizzy water gas bottle refills that are NOT soda stream (BDS!) and where to get the best S hooks. Read the blog post here.
We have new and re-stocked items arriving all the time. We are a tiny business & order from a lot of other small businesses. We make items in smallish batches & often sell out of things fast too. We are constantly updating stock. If anything is sold out, we very likely have more on the way. If you want to be notified when we get top ups - then please subscribe to our email newsletter. I will also continue to add new + re-stocked items to this part of our website. Click here to shop all of our new and restocked items.
We have just had a delivery of ' More than Cake' by Natasha Pickowicz! This is a very inspiring and refreshing cookbook - lots of exquisite cakes :) but heaps more than that! Tarts, galettes, desserts, cookies, frangipane, pies, danish, focaccia, pizzettes and more! This book is packed with interesting flavours and ways of combining unexpected ingredients. There are GREAT step by step directions for layer cakes and more. And diagrams! She is a pro. We have this in stock now <3
When we get deliveries we separate bubble wrap, paper, card, newspaper, tissue and packing peanuts and put these into different boxes and bags in our storage room, ready to be re-used for sending out your orders. Read more about all the scrappy packaging & stickers we use to package your orders on this blog post here.
Our aprons are finally back in stock!
We have two apron options: the Creamy Natural 100% Cotton Canvas, or the Indigo Blue which is a Linen/ Cotton Blend from Japan. The canvas is a thicker option than the linen blend, it has a bit more structure and has a lovely natural matte finish with husks speckled through it. I have one at home I have been using for a couple of years and it has worn well, and the stains wash out pretty well! I have a few on rotation. I use them everyday.
We also use the creamy canvas ones in the workshop when we are doing messy fluffy work with wool etc. Keeps our clothes clean. The Indigo is a fabric I sourced from a fabric shop in Kyoto that is 200 years old! It is soft, lightweight and more floppy. I find this to be a good summer choice on hot days.
We have lots of handy kitchen/ cooking things in stock at the moment, like the Fog Linen Tea Towels, Michael Marriott's amazing folding (cook)Bookstands, Utensil Stands, a beautiful Baking Cookbook & I very often use the Little Pocket Measuring Tape when cooking/ baking. See our full Kitchen range here.
Duvet Covers are in stock now!
We have KING & QUEEN Duvets, as well as Pillowcases all in stock
Image above is from one of the books we sell; 'Never Modern, 6a Architects'.
We have a blog post called about our cushions to give more info about how Kirsty first got into making these 15 years ago, why the inners are special and what the differences are between the shapes (aside from the obvious... shapes!), and I have tried to explain about why once we sell out of certain colours we can't make more. Read the cushion blog post here.
Purple things I saw in Japan that reminded me of our Purple Cushions
I saw purple a lot in Japan. Of course in temples, but also in modernist architecture, train stations & on trains, as carpet, noren curtains and grapes. I have just made a new blog post of about some of the purple things I saw in Japan that reminded me of our Iris Purple Cushions.
The bright blue thick linen tea towels and the brown tea towels are back in stock. I recently took some camping. They are so absorbent and fast to dry.
The Bruno Munari & Enzo Mari Posters from Italy are in stock now.
Check out the blog post of my Tokyo Tips! I hope this is the start of something I can edit/ update as we keep visiting Tokyo. I have been to Tokyo a few times, but only spent a few weeks there, so my tips are not as comprehensive as the Kyoto Tips. The Tokyo Tips are based on personal research & things that Japanese friends that lived in Tokyo suggested.
I have updated my Kyoto tips a bit & added some photos! You'll now find Hannah's Kyoto Tips on this blog post here.
