Hardware & Handles
The Hooks by the Back Door
There are five hooks screwed into a board by the back door, and without anyone ever agreeing to it out loud, each one has become someone's hook. Mine is the...
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Author · Noelle Kirkbride
I set out to renovate a small 1930s house and got as far as the hallway, because I kept picking things up and turning them over. Little Home Details is the record of that: hardware, ceramics, baskets, found objects, held for longer than they probably deserve.
Mending a Cracked Wicker Basket
The wicker basket by the back door had held mail and leashes for six years before a single stake finally split along…
The Small Distortions of a Convex Mirror
I found the convex mirror at an outdoor flea market on a cold Saturday, half buried under a stack of picture frames…
A Wooden Shoe Form in a Bin of Odds and Ends
It was in a plastic bin near the back of the thrift store, the kind of bin that holds whatever does not…
Why My House Smells Different in October
Somewhere around the first week of October, without deciding to, I stop reaching for the candle on the left side of the…
Rattan Trays Versus Baskets, and the Difference an Edge Makes
A rattan tray and a rattan basket looked nearly identical until a stack of sliding washcloths taught me that half an inch…
What Ten Years Of Tea Does To A Glaze
The bowl I use for oatmeal every morning has a surface now that looks, if you hold it up to the window,…
The Cutting Board That Learned My Kitchen
My maple cutting board has a shallow dip worn into the center from years of onions and bread, and I have started…
What the Squeaking Hinge Knew
The hinge on the hall closet door had been squeaking for at least two years before I did anything about it, and…
The Stack That Has No Order
A stack of books on a low shelf that has never once been alphabetized, and the slow realization that the disorder was…