Pillar and Post

Pillar and Post at 1647 Wisconsin Avenue NW is a home accessories and gift shop in the upper Georgetown commercial corridor, between the Patisserie Poupon and the Mattress Firm in the commercial block that serves the Georgetown residential community with the specialty retail that the neighborhood’s educated and affluent customer base supports. The home accessories shop in Georgetown occupies the retail position for the gift, the housewarming present, and the home decoration purchase that the neighborhood’s social culture generates consistently.

The Georgetown residential community’s pattern of social exchange, which includes the frequent housewarming as new professional and diplomatic arrivals settle into Georgetown addresses, the regular dinner party invitation that the neighborhood’s social fabric generates, and the holiday gift-giving that the diplomatic and professional community participates in, creates consistent demand for the quality gift and home accessory that the specialty shop at this address provides.

The home accessories category that Pillar and Post covers includes the decorative objects that dress the Georgetown bookshelf and side table, the linens that dress the Georgetown guest room, and the kitchen accessories that the Georgetown cook uses on the occasion when the kitchen tools graduate from functional to aesthetic. The selection at a Georgetown accessories shop reflects the neighborhood’s taste: the classic and the distinctive over the trendy, the quality over the quantity.

The upper Wisconsin Avenue address at 1647 is in the commercial block that includes the Patisserie Poupon, the Pillar and Post, and the other specialty retail that the Georgetown residential community uses for the neighborhood’s daily and occasional shopping.

Hours run from 10am most days and noon Sunday. The Georgetown home accessories shop serves the specific social economy of the neighborhood: the frequent gift occasion that the Georgetown professional and diplomatic community generates creates consistent demand for the thoughtful, quality gift at the accessible-to-luxury price range that the home accessories category covers. The Pillar and Post selection at 1647 Wisconsin reflects the Georgetown taste for the classic and the distinguished object over the trendy or the seasonal.

The home accessory gift at Georgetown price points covers a wide range: from the single decorative object that makes a housewarming gift to the set of linens or the collection of accessories that addresses the Georgetown guest room renovation. The shop’s combination of decorative objects, textiles, and kitchen accessories provides the Georgetown gift giver with options across multiple categories in a single stop.

The upper Wisconsin Avenue address at 1647, between the Patisserie Poupon and the Frameworks framing studio, is in the commercial block that the Georgetown residential community uses regularly for the neighborhood shopping that the main M Street commercial district is sometimes too busy to accommodate. Hours run from 10am most days and noon on Sunday.