THE BOND, CARVED IN STONE.
Casa Legame creates objects for animals with the same attention to proportion, material, and form as the pieces chosen for the rest of the home.
The name comes from the Italian word legame: a bond, a connection, something that joins one life to another. It reflects the relationship between people, their homes, and the animals who share them. For many of us, dogs are not simply pets. They are family, daily companions, and a constant presence in the rituals of home.
Each vessel is hand carved from natural stone. Rather than disguising the material, each design allows its veining, tonal movement, and natural variation to remain visible. No two pieces are exactly alike.
Made for an everyday purpose but approached as an object of the home, every piece is intended to belong in the room, not beside it.
The Founder
A LIFE SHAPED BY ANIMALS.
Luna was the catalyst for Casa Legame, but the story began long before her.
I grew up in the equestrian world, riding professionally and competing in show jumping. Caring for horses taught me that attention is a form of respect. You learn to notice what an animal communicates without words, to understand the importance of daily ritual, and to recognize that every object involved in their care has a purpose. Proportion, weight, material, and fit are never incidental.
Animals have been a constant throughout my life. Simon, Gabby, Peaches, Coco, and now Luna have each brought a distinct personality and become inseparable from the life of the home. They shaped the way I understand companionship, not as something adjacent to daily life, but woven through it.
Their histories live quietly within the collection. The Bit was inspired by Gabby, the Jack Russell I found as a puppy at a horse show. The Link is named for Simon, my first horse show puppy. The Scallop carries Luna’s feminine, expressive, and unmistakably spirited personality. These references are deeply personal, but the forms are never literal. Each memory is translated into silhouette, proportion, and stone.
For more than two decades, I worked across fashion, interiors, and luxury real estate before founding AFFINĒ Atelier and Casa Legame. Fashion sharpened my understanding of silhouette, proportion, and restraint. Restoring historic homes and sourcing architectural materials, antiques, and bespoke furnishings deepened my respect for craftsmanship and the long life of a well made object.
Across each discipline, I returned to the same question: what makes an object feel as though it truly belongs?
Casa Legame is where these two histories meet. It brings together a lifelong devotion to animals and a career spent considering objects, rooms, and the way we live with them.
I created Casa Legame because our animals are not an afterthought in our homes or our lives. The objects made for them should not be either.
IT ALL STARTED WITH LUNA.
A few years after adopting Luna, I hired a pet psychic to speak with her. Among the things I learned was that Luna disliked drinking from metal and, apparently, felt it was beneath her.
I laughed, but then I looked at the bowl sitting on my floor. I had considered our home down to the last hinge, yet the object Luna used every day was something I had never really thought about.
That conversation became a question. Could an everyday vessel be functional without looking utilitarian? Could it carry the same thought, material integrity, and presence as everything else in the room?
When I could not find what I was looking for, I began imagining it.
That was the beginning of Casa Legame: a collection shaped by Luna and by the belief that beauty and function need not be separated simply because an object is made for a dog.
Jaime Richichi, Founder
The Creative Director
Luna was the inspiration for Casa Legame and has been part of the process from the beginning. Somewhere along the way, I started calling her the Creative Director.
Whenever a new sample arrives, I place it on the floor and let her investigate it in her own time. Sometimes she goes straight to it. Sometimes she walks right past it.
She cannot be persuaded, which is probably what makes her so good at the job.
