Our story
A small shop selling two things that were never really two things: the stuff a house needs, and the stuff the animal in it needs.
It started with a bed that had to be hidden
Most pet beds do one of two things. They do the job and look like equipment, or they look right and give up after a few months. We could not find a third option we would put in our own front room, so we started keeping notes on what was wrong with each one, which is the kind of habit that eventually turns into a shop.
amalyashop is run by the two of us from the UK. We choose each piece ourselves, order it in small numbers, and have it sent to you direct from the maker, which is the only reason a range this small can be this fussy.
Two halves, one house
Most shops make you choose. Homeware sites treat a pet as a mess to be contained. Pet sites treat a living room as a floor to put plastic on. We could never see the line, because the same room holds both, and the same person is hoovering it.
So the shop has a home half and a pet half, chosen to live in the same room.
The ones with an animal in them
The bit we are actually here for: things for the house that have an animal quietly in them. Pieces that would sit happily on a shelf or a side table whether or not there was a pet in the house, and are a little better because there is.
None of it barks at you. If a visitor never notices, that is the piece working properly.
What we will not do
- Fill the shop up. The range stays small on purpose. One good version of each thing, and if we cannot beat what you already own, we do not list it.
- Sell an animal a novelty. Anything a pet actually uses has to be right first and charming second. A bowl that looks wonderful and tips over is a bad bowl.
- Invent a sale. A price that has been reduced was genuinely higher before, and we do not dress up a standing price as an offer.
- Rush the returns. Fourteen days from delivery to change your mind, and a person to talk to if something is wrong.
Who is behind it
amalia, a small independent shop in the United Kingdom, not yet a registered company. It is the two of us, and we answer the emails ourselves. If something goes wrong, you will be talking to somebody who can actually fix it.