How a single hand-thrown bowl reframed our kitchen counter
We bought a wood-ash glazed bowl from a local potter for 18 euros and left it by the kettle. Over months it collected keys, spent matches, a…
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The small botanical print we hung above the dresser and still wake up to
We found the frame at the back of a closet, the mat cost three euros at a market stall, and the hook was a ten-minute job with a drill borro…
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What we kept on the fridge door for one full year
We stopped treating the refrigerator door as a bulletin board and instead let a handful of objects remain there for a calendar year. The sma…
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What we kept on the kitchen windowsill all winter
A small clay pot of rosemary, two glass jars—sea salt and cracked pepper—and a shallow ceramic dish for cooking spoons. For three months tho…
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What survived our north-facing bedroom: three plants, one winner
The pot lived on the narrow sill beside the single north window. We bought three hopeful species across two weekends, switched soils, frette…
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A tiny Lisbon balcony, four planters, and twelve months of lessons
The balcony is 1.2 metres wide, edged with ancient iron railings and a tile floor that had once been dropped on. It faces north-east and cat…
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