Our Story

Carefully Curated and Consciously Sourced.

Goods and Essence was founded to be your source for high-quality, handcrafted home and lifestyle goods. We invite you to see the story within every item selected – how the imperfections, the grace, and the life within each piece can enrich your space and become a part of your story. Therefore, we are extremely careful in how our featured products are sourced.

Every product must align with our fair-trade principles to be featured. Our principles:

Eco-Friendly

Socially Good

Handmade or Small-Batch

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Start Locally. Grow Globally.

At Goods and Essence, we are in the business of empowering artisans, makers, and small brands. It’s more than just about a bottom line here. We plan to make a widespread impact with our responsible product sourcing, while also building economic opportunities for creative entrepreneurs.

We believe our global impact starts locally, and we are working diligently to provide a platform for our local makers. If you are a local maker, artisan, or small brand, please submit a local vendor application to partner and sell with us!

 

Founder + Owner

Alexandra Nicole holds a master’s degree in Social Entrepreneurship and has always been passionate about inventing projects and opportunities to support the creative economy in her hometown of Baltimore, MD.

For the past five years, she has owned and operated an interior photography and design company, Nicole Decor, that has grown into a successful multi-state business.

Through this experience, she has become inspired to build a platform to support artisans and makers in the home décor space. She learned that luxury is not found in perfection and glamour but in the story behind each creation.