Journal

Recipe: Spring Rhubarb Coffee Cake

May 18, 2023

When we were kids, we chewed on rhubarb stalks like they were candy. The tart bite was the closest we'd be getting to sour gummies all summer. Today, our son, Crowe, already knows at 22 months how...

Notes and Musings on Gardening from the Andalusia Garden Symposium

May 5, 2023

Gardening is labor, it’s art, it’s practice, it’s imperfection, and it’s perseverance. We found inspiration for our own home at the 2023 Andalusia Garden Symposium, featuring the iconic Fergus Garr...

How to Use Antique Light Fixtures in Your Home

April 27, 2023

At Quittner, we design historically-informed lighting, but we also restore antique and vintage fixtures from the past. When people come into our store, they often ask how they can use an antique fi...

Simple Changes for a Tranquil Home Office

April 20, 2023

I've found that long and strenuous hours sitting at a desk in your home office — be it a dedicated room, a desk tucked into a corner, or simply your kitchen table — hard at work can cause a feeling...

The Enduring Appeal of Puzzle Jugs — Object Lesson: May/June 2023

April 14, 2023

For our Object Lesson column for the May/June 2023 issue of the Magazine Antiques, we looked at puzzle jugs. Puzzle jugs were an early form of drinking game and a fitting topic, we felt, for an i...

This Maine Painter Embraced Inconvenience as Part of a Good Life

April 10, 2023

A child of the Great Plains who made a home on this rugged island with one year-round inhabitant (a lobster scientist), a lobster fisherman, and herself, Beebe choose to live in a way that was purp...

Behind the Light: Custom Kitchen Fixtures for an Old House in Staatsburg, New York

April 5, 2023

A fellow advocate for layering pieces from different time periods, Kate usually specifies vintage light fixtures for her rehab projects. This time, she challenged us to create a set of new, histori...

How to Create a Cottage Kitchen Feeling Without Renovating Your Home

April 1, 2023

Layout, materials, lighting, and color theme all come into play when bringing the cottage kitchen look to life.

Object Lesson: Everyday Silver — Magazine ANTIQUES March/April 2023

March 7, 2023

While researching for this article, we found it notable that of those we spoke with—all of whom are under forty years of age, ourselves included—four of the five choose to make Queen Anne their eve...