RH (company)

RH (formerly Restoration Hardware) is an upscale American home-furnishings company headquartered in Corte Madera, California.

The company expanded slowly in Northern California and Boston before raising outside capital from Cardinal Investments which allowed it to accelerate its expansion.

[15][16] In 2013, RH also released the Objects of Curiosity source book, showing character pieces, artifacts, and unique décor.

[18] On March 7, 2013, RH opened a gallery in Boston's Back Bay in an 1864 brick and brownstone structure at 234 Berkeley Street.

[19][20] In May 2013, the company announced a multichannel RH contemporary art platform when it acquired the first edition of Rain Room by Random International with exclusive showing rights in North America.

[24] Time magazine was critical of the company for its large catalog called the "Source Book" for its length (992 pages), specifically its waste of paper.

[9] In an attempt to go further "up-market", the company has focused itself on furniture gallery offerings at higher price points to distinguish itself from competitors like Pottery Barn.

[27] The company designs, markets, and sells its collections through its retail stores, source books, and online.

"We have one full-time designer, Suzi Bolognese, working directly from London on our catalogs and displays" [its CEO] Friedman said.

[29] Jim Cramer of CNBC said that RH's source books were a tactic to move past the "four walls of the web" and to make it "exciting for people to shop again".

In April 2022, it was announced[34] that RH would purchase and renovate the Linden House, the home of the late Christel DeHaan,[35] in Indianapolis, Indiana into a store showroom and restaurant.

Gary Friedman was the company's chairman and co-chief executive officer from 2001 until his resignation in 2012 following an independent report from Weil, Gotshal & Manges into his inappropriate romantic relationship with a younger female employee.

Stephen Gordon, founder of Restoration Hardware at the original Eureka, California headquarters in 1981.
Restoration Hardware location in the former Museum of Natural History building, Boston
Restoration Hardware Gallery in Las Vegas