Journal

Summer Zucchini Fritters

July 4, 2024

"What about zucchini fritters?" my mom asked. I had been lamenting the over-abundance of zucchini this time of year when two-thirds of household aren't fans of the stuff sautéed, grilled, shaved in...

The Writing Of: Bringing Stained Glass Up Close (Magazine Antiques July/August 2024)

June 27, 2024

We had been looking for a way into Tiffany, and especially Tiffany glass, for a while. We didn't want to go the lamp route, as neither of us is particular taken by the lamps that were designed by L...

The Return of the Palatine Collection

June 22, 2024

After releasing the Palatine Collection in 2023, we hit a production wall. It took months of fine-tuning to figure out how to make our porcelain tableware in the quantities to meet the higher than ...

Dispatch From...The Design Social: Denver

June 16, 2024

This week we flew to Denver — two exhausted adults and a toddler — to do our first ever 'trade' show. We've done dozens of markets over the years where we set up for a day, or three, to sell mostl...

Why Do We Use Tallow?

June 6, 2024

Why do we use tallow? Good question. For those who don’t know, tallow is rendered beef fat, typically suet. Suet it the fat from around the kidneys of a cow. It’s often referred to as the “purest”...

The Quittner Event Schedule

May 31, 2024

A frequently-updated list of upcoming panels, workshops, and pop-ups organized by Quittner.

Deriving Life Force and the Power of Light: Interior Designer Samantha Leeds

May 30, 2024

Samantha Leeds has the audacity to design a dining room without chairs. It was for the Kingston Design Showhouse in 2022 and we were able to watch the room transform over many weeks as we toile...

Following the Mercer Trail: the what, the why, and the where

May 23, 2024

Henry Mercer (1856-1930) was an artist, craftsperson, architect, a devotee of the Arts + Crafts movement, and, either a genius or a madman depending on your penchant for maximalist uses of concret...

Walnut and Linen: The Jamie Lyn Kara Bedside Edit

May 16, 2024

We first met Jamie Lyn Kara through her work. Scrapes of fabric, assembled as if to sew, were framed as nods to quilting squares. The pieces were as hard for us to describe at the time as they w...