Tabletop & Ceramics
Mending the Blue Bowl
The bowl came apart in three pieces on a Tuesday, and I remember exactly where I was standing when it happened, because I have replayed it enough times that...
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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.
A Stone Doorstop and the Table Nobody Was Stopping At
The doorstop was carved to look like a dog with its paws tucked under its chin, the kind of shape that gets…
What the Mantel Mirror Catches at Four O’clock
The mirror above the mantel is nothing special on its own, an oval frame in a dull bronze finish that I bought…
The Drawer of Paper That Refuses to Be Organized
A desk drawer of unsorted photographs, cards, and clippings that resists every attempt at organizing it, and a slow acceptance that the…
What Actually Belongs in the Entryway Basket
The basket by our front door used to be organized by category, tidy and useless. It taught itself a better system, sorting…
A Pot of Orange Peels on the Stove in January
My grandmother used to keep a small pot simmering on the back burner in the coldest part of winter, orange peels and…