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High-end casual clothing company Buck Mason is bringing its brand of Americana to Sewickley — but with a twist. 

Opened in October, the new store is a collaboration between Leanne Ford, a well-known interior designer who grew up in Upper St. Clair, and her husband, Erik Ford, co-founder and chief executive officer of Buck Mason, which has 29 locations across the country. The couple now resides in Sewickley. 

Best known for her HGTV series “Restored by the Fords,” and “Home Again with the Fords,” which she starred in with her brother, Steve Ford, Leanne has been designing Buck Mason’s stores since its beginnings in 2013 — but what makes the Sewickley location different is that it also showcases Leanne’s own goods.

Besides Buck Mason clothing, the store sells art, pottery and other home goods, plus books, lighting and furniture from Leanne’s favorite designers, as well as from her own collection with Crate and Barrel. These curated favorites come from across the world, including Copenhagen and London. 

“[It’s] all the things that excite us,” says Leanne.

Buck Mason + Leanne Ford Interiors is located in a former pizzeria and bar on the corner of Beaver Street. The process of transforming the low-key pizza shop to an elevated clothing and home goods store was an “overhaul,” as Leanne puts it.

“Pizza Roma closed down a couple of years ago, and we connected with the owner. It’s a great location,” says Leanne. “When it came available, we kind of swooped it up.

“It was a total gut job, we just took it down to the studs.” 

Because she usually tries to keep what she can during the renovation process, Leanne says the building’s bones were the most important part of the project. To preserve the space, the building was insulated from the outside, above the roofline and beneath the siding. 

“We wanted to keep the space feeling raw,” says Leanne. “We’re able to have it feel exposed. It’s pretty magical.”

Leanne says her design aesthetics naturally align with Buck Mason’s, which she calls “warm minimalism.” She also had a lot of fun tinkering with the Sewickley’s locations vibe during the design process. As a “concept” shop, everything in the building, down to the display tables and lighting, are for sale. 

“It’s a really beautiful, clean, simple color story; very natural and earth tones,” Leanne says. “How they design clothing is how I design homes.”

With the new location in Sewickley, Erik expressed a desire to grow Buck Mason’s presence in Pennsylvania as well as the broader east coast. The company recently bought Mohnton Knitting Mill; located about an hour outside of Philadelphia, the mill has been in operation since 1873. 

“Even though we have stores all throughout the country, this store in Sewickley is truly a flagship concept store,” Erik adds.