The stories behind the pieces — the makers who create them and the thinking that brings them here.
Most of what ruins a candle happens in the first few minutes or in storage, not while it's burning. Wick trimming, burn time and keeping tapers out of the Dubai sun.
No two of these are ever quite the same. A guide to which of your ceramics can go in the dishwasher, and which want a gentler hand.
Not everything on the table is pure linen. Made in Tangier cotton, our Jaipur block print and our canvas print tablecloths each want a different hand.
Beautiful doesn't have to mean precious. Washing, storing and the odd cloudy decanter, sorted by what your glass is actually made of.
One rule matters more than the rest put together: check the amps before you plug it in.
A photo I keep coming back to: candles lit on an ordinary weekday, no dinner party required. Why they belong all over the house, not just the table.
A friend once gave me two ceramic birds, nothing obvious, nothing expected. They still sit in my family room today, and I think of her every time I look at them.
The best souvenirs I own didn't come from fancy shops and airports. Most of them were discovered after rummaging in little shops in back alleys and crafts markets.
Use it often, wash it gently, polish it rarely. Vintage silver is far more forgiving than one might think. Our care guide for Sterling silver and silver plate pieces.
A text is a message; a note, on the other hand, is an object. It gets propped on a shelf, tucked into a mirror frame, found years later in handwriting you'd know anywhere.
The drop is everything. Here's how to calculate the right tablecloth size for your table — whether it's rectangular, round or extendable.
Venetians invented it to fake a lacquer they couldn't afford. Three centuries on, the imitation is the art. A deeper dive into the Art of Decoupage.
In 2019 I spent a weekend training with Marie Kondo. Does this spark joy? It sounds almost too simple to be useful. Here's what the question actually taught me.
Handmade objects outlast machine-made ones in a home not despite their imperfections, but because of them — each flaw is proof that a person, not a process, decided when to stop.
Linen is far tougher than its reputation. Washing, stains, ironing and storage, everything you need to know, all of it simpler than you think.
The word "artisan" now appears on objects made by machines. Here's what to actually look for — in ceramics, glassware, and everything in between.
The drop of the cloth, the height of the candles, where everyone sits. Our foolproof guide to a table people remember.
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