Beach days
Duffels and weekenders sewn from the loudest towels in the bin — they’re towels, so sand shakes out and salt water doesn’t scare them.
Browse beach cargo →
What’s in the hold
Three lines. Zero new fabric.
Every bag starts as a sun-faded beach towel or a thrift-store find, gets hot-washed, cut, double-stitched, and finished with rescued zippers and buttons. No two are alike — the towel decides.
Work
Day packs and laptop totes with thrifted-denim linings and the sturdiest zippers the estate sales could offer.
Browse work cargo →Everyday
Totes and crossbodies for the market run, the library haul, and everything the tide brings in.
Browse everyday cargo →New for summer: the Slop Chest apparel line and Beach Goods & Co. — cooler totes, towel hammocks, and a bowl for Rigger.
this whole harbor-at-dawn welcome? charted by Rooted Coast Design →
The shop
Exposed brick, hanging rope light, and a sewing machine you can lean on.
The Cargo Hold is a converted dockside warehouse: reclaimed shipping-crate shelves stacked with washed towels sorted by color, jars of rescued buttons, and a well-worn work table where Burt cuts, sews, and mends.
Rigger, the house dog, naps in a repurposed sea trunk by the door. He accepts scratches as payment.
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The mending promise
“If it frays, bring it back.”
A bag made from a rescued towel deserves to be rescued again. Anything sewn in the home studio gets mended free, forever. Bags we didn’t make get fixed for the price of the thread.
Rooted Coast Design — demo notes
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Why this homepage steers the way it does
One story, one bright “Cast Off” button above the fold. A single high-contrast call-to-action outperforms a wall of choices — and the voyage narrative gives visitors a reason to keep scrolling. We build homepages that point the bow at booking.