Hand-Blown Glass Company Opens Healdsburg Showroom

This local business opening happened back in fall of last year, but I missed it at the time, so here you go. A company called SkLO, which makes hand-blown Czech glass lighting and objects, has quietly opened a private “trade showroom and headquarters” in town. According to their website, the showroom is located in that big building at the very end of North Street next to the freeway, alongside a fitness studio, a doggie salon, a tasting room and some other businesses. Sonoma Magazine writes in this month’s issue: “Karen Gilbert and Paul Pavlak founded the lighting and accessories company SkLO 10 years ago with design partner Pavel Hanousek. The trio have a new trade showroom in Healdsburg, and their designs are produced at a glassblowing facility in the Czech Republic. As with Gilbert and Pavlak’s home in Sebastopol, the focus of the company’s designs is on subtlety and process, paring back shapes to their essence while layering in vibrant color.” And the owners themselves wrote on Instagram recently: “While our SkLO US headquarters have always been located in the Northern California town of Healdsburg in the Sonoma County wine country, we relocated within Healdsburg in 2020. In 2023, after a few years of design and build-out, we opened a new beautiful and airy showroom where we display the best and newest of the SkLO collections in a curated atmosphere.⁠” If you want to check out the showroom, you can call them at (707) 385-2101 or email them at sh******@sk**.com to set up a time. (Source: SkLO & SkLO via Instagram & Business of Home & Sonoma Magazine & Press Democrat; paywall)