A real love and curiosity for artwork and inside design has blossomed into a real South Florida success story. Husband-wife duo Warren and Nicole Lahoud are the masterminds of Lavara, a Boca Raton-based purveyor of luxurious furnishings, artwork, décor, lighting, rugs and all the pieces in-between.
The Lahouds say income has exceeded greater than $4 million within the final two years and so they now have a employees of seven. The corporate primarily helps bedazzle residences within the $5 million-plus vary however has been identified to supply furnishing providers inside residences lower than $1 million and even the mega-est of yachts.
In early 2025, the now home-based enterprise will open its first bodily location at some super-prime actual property. Lavara will occupy a 3,600-square-foot area at 550 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Seashore, throughout the road from the ever-popular RH West Palm residence furnishings retailer.
On the shop, Warren Lahoud says, “it will have an atelier feel, like you’re walking into a home rather than a retail business. It will be a place to explore our services, samples and to have appointments. It is literally putting us on the map and will allow us to showcase our products even easier.”
Lavara primarily collaborates with Italian artisans, sourcing a few of the most uncommon and beautiful manufacturers for its purchasers. Lavara is an unique furnishings vendor of Elie Saab, a Lebanese-born designer who’s turn out to be a family title within the high fashion area. Further model companions embrace the likes of Turri Furnishings and Arte Venezia.
A testomony to the intricate particulars that Lavara dabbles in: It’s the unique provider of Inoxstyle showers in the USA. Inoxstyle has out of doors, wall-mountable and yacht showers which may be bought and put in within the $5,000-plus vary – they’re turning into that rather more of a norm inside the finer South Florida again yard areas. Moreover, Lavara affords providers together with laying out the design parts of a house, encompassing staging, finishes and chic touches in between.
“We like scenarios that are a challenge,” says Nicole Lahoud. “We can redo an entire yacht, work within different architectural elements and with ideas in someone’s imagination and more. We are not people who say no and walk away. We are always willing to find a solution, and sometimes it’s a different one, to get things done.”
For followers of Lavara’s high-end Italian vibe, the corporate isn’t stopping right here. The Lahouds are at present partnering with builders within the luxurious area to supply “turn-key, walk-in solutions to allow clients to buy fully-finished residences.” The Lahouds say a 20-condo/condominium property they’re collaborating inside West Palm Seashore is slated to interrupt floor this November.
The last word objective is to additional construct the Lavara model, extending into different avenues of decór and presumably, at some point, even into life-style parts like effective soaps and bathtub towels. Maybe Nicole Lahoud defined it finest when saying, “This is just the beginning for us.”
