community collective
Equity and care are at the heart of Tori in the House.
The Community Collective collaborates predominantly with BIPOC-owned small businesses and artists to bring trauma-informed interior design to life.
From unique home goods to all the thoughtful touches that make a house feel like a home, we collaborate with our Community Collective to bring our trauma-informed interior design to life. These elements—art, books, plants, and more—create culturally meaningful and healing spaces that empower clients as they transition into stability and independence.
As part of this effort, each home we furnish includes a collection of seven books per person, whether adult or child, empowering clients with resources to grow, dream, and heal in their new chapter of life.
Meet the community collective
Sandra, Founder of Plant Chica
The Plant Chica:
Latinx and Black-owned, The Plant Chica provides nurturing plants that symbolize growth and healing. Plants have grounding and stabilizing properties, and as our clients begin this fresh chapter, they can nurture their plant and watch it flourish alongside their own journey.
Mayumi Goods:
AAPI-owned, Mayumi Goods collaborates with us to provide clean and grounding diffuser scents that bring warmth and calm to our clients’ homes. Avoiding candles to eliminate fire hazards, we ensure every home has at least one high-quality diffuser with grounding properties.
Arcana:
Providing art books that evoke joy and creativity as clients journey into this new chapter of their lives.
Pillar:
Black-owned and founded by LA native Lorenzo Diggins Jr., Pillar is a multidisciplinary visual arts concept space based in South Central LA. Lorenzo is also the visionary behind the zine and movement “Find Peace, Keep Peace.
Octavia’s Bookshelf:
Black woman-owned, Octavia’s Bookshelf celebrates Black authors and stories, providing empowering resources and joy for our clients. With their collaboration, we’re able to include a curated collection of seven inspiring, uplifting, and educational books per person, whether adult or child, in each home we furnish.
These books help foster growth, imagination, and empowerment as clients embark on their new chapter of stability and independence.
Reparations Club:
Black-owned and woman-owned, Reparations Club is a concept bookshop and creative space curated by Blackness in Los Angeles, CA. They provide the books included in each home we furnish. Centering Black authors and storytelling, their curated selection ensures every collection reflects joy, empowerment, and imagination.
Their collaboration helps us provide seven meaningful books per person, offering knowledge and resources for clients as they build their new futures.
Honey Hill Market:
With unmatched expertise in the vintage world, Honey Hill Market helps source those special decorative items that make a place feel like home. When you feel at home, you stay at home, aligning perfectly with our mission.
Together, we’re building stable and vibrant futures, enriched with art, knowledge, culture, and a deep sense of belonging.