Handcrafted ingenuity from a Los Angeles garage shop to High Point, North Carolina.
Our Behind the Brand series continues with Cisco Home—a Los Angeles-born brand built on handcrafted ingenuity and a deep respect for sustainability.
From a $40-a-Week Garage Shop to a Family of Makers
For 35 years, Cisco Home has stayed true to founder Cisco Pinedo’s original vision: elegant, one-of-a-kind pieces made by a family of designers, makers, and activists who work side by side to create furniture with both style and the planet in mind. The brand’s story started humbly, in a $40-a-week garage shop in South Central LA, where Pinedo built furniture from repurposed materials others overlooked. That maker’s spirit—resourceful, hands-on, unwilling to cut corners—still defines every piece the brand produces today, now manufactured in High Point, North Carolina.
Sustainability as a Starting Point, Not an Afterthought
Cisco Home’s approach to sustainability isn’t a marketing layer added onto an existing product line—it’s baked into how the company has operated since its earliest days. From sourcing eco-conscious materials to building pieces that are made to order rather than mass-produced and warehoused, the brand treats environmental responsibility as inseparable from good design. It’s an ethos that runs alongside a genuine commitment to community, reflecting the “family of designers, makers, and activists” language the brand uses to describe its own team.
A Soulful, Only-in-LA Point of View
What sets Cisco Home apart in a crowded upholstery market is the specific point of view it brings: a soulful, Los Angeles sensibility that comes through in the finish, the materials, and the overall feel of each piece. It’s furniture that reads as considered and personal rather than manufactured at scale—one-of-a-kind pieces with a distinct character that’s hard to replicate.
So Why Cisco Home? Alexis Explains
Cisco Home fills a very specific niche in our portfolio—their handcrafted construction, sustainable materials, and eco-conscious ethos bring a level of soulful, only-in-LA craftsmanship that our designers absolutely love. Founded by Cisco Pinedo out of a small garage shop, they’ve never lost that maker’s spirit, and it shows in every single piece.
— Alexis Varbero, Owner & CEO, Schwartz Design Showrooms
Ask your Schwartz Design Showroom representative about Cisco Home to learn more about their sustainable capabilities and bring their craftsmanship into your next project.
Stay tuned for the next installment of our Behind the Brand series, where we continue sharing the stories behind the manufacturers shaping exceptional interiors.