Over the past couple of years, we’ve noticed Shaker design trending in restaurants and cafes (see 8 Ideas to Borrow from The Commerce Inn in NYC for particularly compelling evidence). And it makes sense: The Shakers created systems of thoughtful order for living—and eating—communally, so why not apply their vision to these, our modern-day gathering spaces?
Canadian interiors firm Ste. Marie is deft at creating singular spaces to eat, drink, and celebrate (see St. Lawrence in Vancouver: A Sultry, Blue-Hued Bistro, Right Out of a Painting), and when they took on the project of making a space for Flourist—a small-batch, community-based flour mill founded by Janna Bishop, a clothing designer, and Shira McDermott, a food industry expert—they drew from “the 18th century Shaker communities’ guiding principles of simplicity, utility and honesty.”
Join us for a look—and see how many Shaker details you can spot.
Photography by Conrad Brown, courtesy of Ste. Marie.
![inside the cafe, a palette of pale wood and marble—\2\20;malty to 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-entry-floral-marble-counter-733x916.jpg)
![the eating area, with the mill behind. ste. marie designed the space \2\ 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-cafe-seating-733x491.jpg)
![just a few of the shaker touches: brooms, cutting boards, and blankets hanging 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-cafe-seating-wall-733x491.jpg)
![a ledge is a handy place to rest reading material. (for something similar at ho 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-detail-cafe-seating-733x916.jpg)
![also on offer? coffee. 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-menu-board-espresso-machine-733x491.jpg)
![built in shelves hold baskets and stoneware jugs. 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-shelving-product-styling-menu-733x916.jpg)
![\2\20;canadian commercial flour producers are permitted to use \2 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-shelving-product-styling-detail-flour-packaging-733x916.jpg)
![to visit—or to order flour online—visit flourist (they ship to th 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ste-marie-project-flourist-seating-benches-shelves-wall-733x916.jpg)
For more Shaker-inspired spaces, see:
- 8 Ideas to Borrow from the Shaker-Inspired Commerce Inn in NYC
- American Style in Marseille: Studio Classico Designs a Shaker-Inspired Bakery
- Scandi Meets Shaker in a Parisian Japanese Restaurant by LSL Architects
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