Most meals are not events. They are Tuesday dinners, quick lunches and breakfasts eaten before the day gets busy. Those are exactly the meals where a little table styling makes the most difference, because they happen so often. A few small choices can turn eating at the kitchen table from something you rush through into […]
You can repaint a wall, buy a new sofa or swap out every lamp in a room, and it may still feel like something is missing. Often, what is missing is art. Original oil paintings in particular have a way of changing how a room feels, because they bring color, texture and a human presence […]
A luxury silk scarf can be one of the most useful things you own, or one of the most neglected. The difference usually comes down to how well it fits the clothes you already wear. A beautiful scarf that clashes with everything in your closet ends up in a drawer. A well-chosen one gets worn […]
A dining table does a lot of work. It holds homework, mail and weeknight takeout, and a few times a year it holds a holiday meal that people remember. Most of the time we think of it as furniture. It can also be a canvas. Look at the painting nearest your dining table. It already […]
