Selde wallpaper featured in Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster restuarant in Harlem NYC

High-taste Bricolage

I started Selde because I missed decoration & making ceramics by hand.

For years, interiors have been dominated by the pursuit of perfection: matching sets, safe palettes, and rooms designed to photograph well but reveal little about the people who live in them. Somewhere along the way, many homes became more curated than collected.

I've always been drawn to a different kind of interior, one built slowly through instinct, curiosity, and personal taste. Hemingway's Cuban home. A rock star's English country house. The rooms I love combine influences freely. They mix old and new, bold pattern and different eras, tradition and experimentation. They feel layered and collected, not polished and perfected.

Selde is for people who see decorating as a creative act.

Drawing on decorative traditions but kept hand-touched, I gravitate toward gestural geometry and folk influences. I create wallpapers, textiles, ceramics, and objects designed to be mixed, collected, and lived with - colorways meant to move across styles. Selde gives you the ingredients. What you build is yours.

I believe the most memorable homes are traditionally rebellious: grounded in history and understanding, then made entirely their own.

Sunny Stafford

Founder, Selde

THE FOUNDER

Sunny Stafford

Sunny Stafford trained as a ceramicist thirty-seven years ago - the kind of classical grounding that takes years before it becomes instinct. She came to New York to work as a pattern designer, but the career that found her was in brand: building creative and marketing functions for some of the biggest names in fashion and beauty.

That career started at Domino magazine in 2005, moved through Martha Stewart, and led to Victoria's Secret, where she served as VP of Global Creative.

Selde is the return. Sunny now works from a small studio in Rockaway, New York, throwing every piece in cone 6 porcelain and designing every pattern by hand. Nothing pulled from a library, nothing you'll find twice. She splits her time between the studio and fractional CMO work for fashion and beauty brands.

Selde takes on commission and bespoke work - custom colorways, scale adjustments, full installations - with past projects for hospitality and restaurants, including Red Rooster in Harlem. Inquiries: sunny@selde.studio

About Selde Studio

THE WORK

Artist-Designed Wallpaper Original patterns drawn from nature observation, material study, and abstract geometry. Available in peel-and-stick, traditional, grasscloth, metallics and commercial grades. Suitable for residential and commercial interiors.

Fabric by the Yard  Upholstery and drapery-weight fabric in Selde patterns. Available for trade and direct purchase.

Throw Pillows & Table Linens  Finished goods in signature patterns, designed for the layered interior.

Handmade Porcelain Ceramics Wheel-thrown tableware in cone 6 porcelain with in-house developed glazes. Released in limited drops.

Custom & Commission Work Selde works with interior designers on custom colorways, scale adjustments, and bespoke installations.

Frequently asked questions

What makes Selde wallpaper different from mass-market wallpaper?

Every Selde pattern is designed by Sunny Stafford in her studio — not sourced from a pattern library or produced by a team of contract designers. The patterns come from a specific point of view rooted in nature observation, material study, and 15+ years of making objects for interior spaces. The result is work that reads as art on the wall rather than background.

Who is Selde wallpaper for?

Selde is used by interior designers specifying for client projects and by homeowners who want something distinctive that won't appear in a big box store. The studio offers a trade program for designers working on commercial or residential projects.

Where is Selde based?

Selde Studio operates from the Rockaways in Queens, New York — a barrier island community in Jamaica Bay. The coastal, naturalist environment directly informs the work.

Does Selde do custom work?

Yes. Selde works with interior designers on custom colorways, scale modifications, and commission projects. Past commissions include residential interiors and restaurant installations. Inquiries: sunny@selde.studio

How are Selde ceramics made?

Selde ceramics are wheel-thrown in cone 6 porcelain using Standard clay. Glazes are developed and tested in-house from chemical recipes — not commercial dip glazes. Each piece is fired in a small Skutt kiln and released in limited drops. No two pieces are identical.