Velvet Dining Room in Burgundy and Black
We explore a vintage velvet dining room where burgundy and black converse with patina and light. The field notes trace balance, scale, and c…
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We Restored a Walnut Wall Clock Over a Weekend
Over a weekend, we restored the walnut clock, cleaned the movement, and refinished the case. The result feels calmer and truer to the room t…
We found a set of enamel storage tins at a Sunday brocante and catalogued them.
We revisited a village square stall where enamel tins gleam with mid-century promise. Their stories unfold in ringed patina, weight, and lit…
How a brass key-hook collection grew, slowly, into a wall.
We have eight brass key hooks, none of them matching, all of them found at flea markets over four years. The wall they live on is the only t…
A limestone soap dish, three years on — what it taught us about everyday objects.
We bought it because it was cheap and white. Three years and roughly two thousand washes later, the dish has become one of the small reasons…
How we repaired and hand-finished a 1970s teak sideboard in a weekend
The sideboard arrived sticky under the palms of our hands and leaning on a prayer. Over two afternoons we re-glued failing joints, cleaned a…