Finish Curation
with Are & Be

Are & Be offers a considered, concierge-style service tailored for designers, architects and discerning customers seeking distinctive finish palettes that elevate the sensory and spatial qualities of their projects.

This offering centres on the hand picked selection of wallcoverings, rugs, broadloom, and runners—each chosen for its visual clarity, material integrity, and alignment with the studio’s design ethos. While the available styles are broad in range—textural, graphic, tonal, and restrained—each bears quality as its common thread: a unifying sensibility that privileges craft, creativity, and a deep appreciation for the tactile and the timeless.

Whether hosted within the intimacy of a designer’s own workspace, a client’s home, or within Are & Be’s new studio—a space conceived to support creative exploration—the experience is collaborative and focused. The studio itself is both a working library and a presentation environment: a place to touch, layer, compare, and imagine, with room for clients and teams to see ideas come together in real time.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Are & Be was founded by designer Merike Bauer and is run with product specialist Marisa Daniele. With their combined expertise and technical know-how in both the design and business spaces, the duo sources and distributes their favorite brands from Europe and beyond to the Canadian market. As tastes have developed and a broader appetite for interior design has permeated Canadian culture, Are & Be is here to satisfy the growing demand for high-quality, high-impact finishes.