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.
Duvet Covers are back in stock now!
We now have KING, QUEEN & Pillowcases all in stock
Because we just spent many hours over weeks finishing making another batch of duvet covers & pillowslips, I have just made a new blog post about how we make our patched calico duvet covers :) you can read it here
The Dictionary of Colour Combos books
Sanzo Wada (1883-1967) was an artist, teacher, costume and kimono designer during a turbulent time in avant-garde Japanese art and cinema. Wada was ahead of his time in developing traditional and Western influenced colour combinations, helping to lay the foundations for contemporary colour research. Based on his original 6-volume work from the 1930s, this book offers 348 color combinations, as attractive and sensuous as the book’s own design.
Volume 2 is also restocked :)
Following on that enduring bestseller, 'A Dictionary of Color Combinations' Vol. 2 brings back two more works by Wada published in 1935–1936 and 1938, respectively. The book presents 72 colour patterns themed on the Japanese seasons and another 165 drawn from early to mid-twentieth-century fashion, interior, and graphic design, making it an indispensable reference for designers, fashion and interior specialists, illustrators, photographers, writers, and indeed anyone engaged in creative work.
We have a lot of new deliveries that have just arrived in time for Christmas, like the incredible hand turned spice grinders from India, Bruno Manari Posters from Italy, New Hats, Bags & Apron top ups by us, Kitty Travers ice cream book, kids books and more. Click here to shop all of our new and restocked items.
2025 LUNAR CALENDAR's are here!
This is our third year of selling Anna & Harry's screen-printed calendars. I love this year's jagged moons and the pretty emerald green colour. Each year Anna & Harry create new art works for these. I have about 5 years of these now. We keep ours on our fridge, some people get them framed, and some people just pin them to their wall. Buy the lunar calendar's here.
The aluminium mirrors are back in stock
This mirror/ shelf is made from Aluminium - not glass! So it is not technically a 'mirror', but the reflection is very good & mirror like, because the finish is SO high quality, shiny and smooth. You can see your reflection, but it is a bit fuzzy and hazy and dreamy. It is one continuous piece that folds into a shelf. It is elegant and simple, but the finishing work on it is very high quality.
To fix it to your wall - use the double-sided tape that comes with these, or you could glue it. Or you could make holes in the body and fix it with screws.
It comes with the tape products to stick it to the wall if you want to avoid cutting holes/ screws. I think its elegance is that there are no screws! It also comes with a polishing cloth.
Aprons
We just finished making the last batch of the CAROB LINEN aprons. Half of this batch was sent to one of our favourite restaurants RITA in Wellington & we have the last several online now. This is the last of the Italian linen in Carob, as our supplier can no longer get this specific brown linen. We also topped up more of the Natural Canvas option too
Sun Hats
This is our LAST EVER batch of hats as next year we are making the shift exclusively to homeware items. So if you've ever wanted a hat from us, this will be the last chance. Thank you for supporting our clothing journey so far. We are looking forward to having more time to develop more Klay homeware next year.
We have a new blog post! :) this one is 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 new blog post here.
We now have a blog :)
I have made two blog posts. My Kyoto tips & a gift guide!
Introducing our new range of posters
With artwork by Bruno Manari and Enzo Mari. Click here to see our poster range.
I have updated my Kyoto tips a bit & added some photos! You'll now find Hannah's Kyoto Tips on this blog post here.
