Archive for December, 2007

Tools for the Feasting

robert welch flatware
It’s kinda Martha Stewarty of me, but I do enjoy a festively set table when celebrating or feasting with family and friends. I don’t need it to be elaborate. A centerpiece, some striking glassware, a few interesting serving dishes generally do the job for me. This year though, we had a few [...]

Time for Tomorrow!

Clock of Tomorrow model

Twilight model

Moonbeam model
Wow, I just don’t know where to start with this one. So many good things. Ok, well first, I’m showing 3 clocks over there because I just loved all of them and couldn’t decide which one deserved the feature, ergo, three. Second, I think clocks get a bad rap as [...]

Utility is not sexy: The table pad

table pads
The biggest expanse of workable space we have is the dining room. It’s roomy, fairly open, and, of course, has a great big work table smack in the middle. Oh, I mean dining table. Except that I don’t.
Our dining table is beautiful. (That’s not it in the photo, FYI.) It was Beth’s 30th [...]

My Mid-Century Christmas Village

midcentury paper houses
When I was growing up, my mom had one of those old dimestore cardboard Christmas villages displayed on our holiday mantle. It was vintage and she’d picked it up at a garage sale for a quarter or so. I always loved its simple, happy charm.
While those little alpine and traditional style villages are darling, [...]