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A Christmas Eve Miracle

December 29, 2025

Leave it to us to create hard deadlines that are hardly reasonable. When we decided to host the family for Christmas Eve, it didn't feel absurd — it truly didn't. Yes, we weren't into the house yet...

More Pockets, Please

December 11, 2025

Quittner's new wall pockets offer a place for all the little things you keep loosing.

The writing of...Carousel Horses (N/D '25)

November 16, 2025

Writing this piece and interviewing carousel experts and dealers was a joyful journey through a field grounded in joy.

Eden Hill: A Hot Air Balloon Takes Flight

November 12, 2025

Designing our son's room, we found a balance between our design sensibilities and letting whimsy take flight.

Falling Leaves, Autumn Colors, and Forming Cocoons

October 23, 2025

As layers go on, I imagine myself forming a cocoon.

An Evening at Andalusia Kicks Off Fall

October 16, 2025

Every year, the unofficial kickoff to the fall season is — for us — the Cabaret at Andalusia. The first time I attended this event, I rented a dress and hustled a college boyfriend into a tux. Our ...

Eden Hill: A Bathroom Tile Story

October 9, 2025

The full bath at Eden Hill was inspired by old English country bathrooms and a box of vintage tile picked up in a parking lot.

New Old Lighting: September 2025

October 1, 2025

New old lighting and thoughts on a crazy time.

The Writing of...The Birth of the Travel Memento

September 17, 2025

Call us magpies, and you wouldn't be far off. For the September/October 2025 issue of the Magazine ANTIQUES we examined collecting as an art through the frame of the rise of the European Grand Tour.

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