Design Within Reach

Specialties

The Cambridge Studio occupies a large, newly renovated building just a few blocks from Harvard Square, an area rich with landmarks, specialty shops and restaurants. At 11,000 square feet, the Studio is the largest ever in the Boston area, allowing space to present furniture in dramatic and innovative contexts like never before.

Items throughout the Studio are arranged into «houses» containing 32 full-​room vignettes to help you envision how they might fit in your own home. Other eye-​catching features include the Light Cloud of pendant light fixtures, a big assortment of iconic dining chairs ready for test drives, the Swatch Wall of 300-​plus upholstery tiles, a private showroom and broad selections of outdoor, café and workspace solutions. Proprietor Daniel Murphy oversees the Studio with his friendly and knowledgeable sales associates.

Transportation: The nearest Red Line station is in Harvard Square, less than a 10-​minute walk away. Parking is available in a dedicated lot behind the Studio, accessible from Trowbridge Street.

History

Established in 1999.

Design Within Reach is the source for smart solutions. Our business started when our founder tried to furnish his apartment with the classics he’d come to appreciate while living in London. What he discovered was that acquiring these clean, simple and well-​designed products was neither clean nor simple.

There had to be a better way, so in 1999 we bought 20 containers of product, mailed out a catalog and waited for the phone to ring. (It didn’t for 24 hours, until we realized the nighttime answering machine had been accidentally left on.) The rest, as they say, is history. By giving customers access to these items, which are brilliantly conceived, simply executed and consistent with the enduring principles of modernism, we made design within reach.

Visit any of our DWR Studios and you’ll never see a «do not touch» sign. We invite you to linger, bring your dog or kids and join us for design events.