Fashion and beauty brand creative director, Naomi Azuma started The Knot House after a trip to the Dominican Republic in early 2012. She was drawn to a distinct style of handmade shell collars she saw on dogs she met on the beach. As knitter and crocheter in her spare time, upon returning home, she tried her hand at making them for her own dogs.

After complements on her dogs' collars, Naomi realized she could easily make necklaces of a similar design. A friend wore one of her first pieces to a meeting with a well known fashion designer who took notice. After learning her design had caught the style icon’s eye, this validation pushed Naomi into a deeper interest and appreciation for the art of macramé. She leaned into her personal aesthetic of mixing of “high and low” materials and was drawn to the utility of climbing rope, cotton marine rope and sash cord combined with the whimsy of bright colors, shells and driftwood. 

Growing up in the 70’s in an artistic household, Naomi’s childhood living room was decorated with with a huge macramé wall hanging which inspired her to evolve into creating macramé home goods. This blossomed into a collection of one-of-a-kind driftwood wall hangings, hanging planters, furiture and small home goods.

The Knot House's name is a play on 'the nut house' - where she thinks she belongs some nights when she finds herself creating products after putting in hours at her day job. But, Naomi finds the tacticle nature of rope and the physicality of knotting is exactly what she needs to unwind from a day working at a computer screen and clicking on a mouse.

Our home, hound and human goods are inpsired by our beach and city lifestyle and are handmade with love in Montauk and Brooklyn, NY. (Our dog collar leather tab buckles get a little help from a manufacturer in NYC.) We practice sustainablility by sourcing deadstock rope for our limited edition dog collars and engage in zero-waste production by using every piece of scrap rope possible.