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I Stopped Buying Kid Placemats and Dinner Got E...

I used to keep two stacks of placemats in our dining room. One for the grown-ups, one for our two little girls. The girls got bright silicone mats that survived...

I Stopped Buying Kid Placemats and Dinner Got E...

I used to keep two stacks of placemats in our dining room. One for the grown-ups, one for our two little girls. The girls got bright silicone mats that survived...

Why I Stopped Packing Placemats for Picnic Tables

I used to pack our cloth placemats into the picnic basket the same way I set the table at home. The first real breeze at a lakeside picnic changed that....

Why I Stopped Packing Placemats for Picnic Tables

I used to pack our cloth placemats into the picnic basket the same way I set the table at home. The first real breeze at a lakeside picnic changed that....

Oilcloth to Gingham: The Family Table's Long Se...

I'm a mom of two little girls and the founder of Poppy. The first time my older child turned a dinner plate's worth of marinara into a tabletop art project,...

Oilcloth to Gingham: The Family Table's Long Se...

I'm a mom of two little girls and the founder of Poppy. The first time my older child turned a dinner plate's worth of marinara into a tabletop art project,...

We Underestimated the Breakfast Table and Our P...

Sunday brunch at our house starts with a four-year-old discovering gravity. Pancakes hit the plate. Syrup follows. A fork goes skidding across the table. For a long time I thought...

We Underestimated the Breakfast Table and Our P...

Sunday brunch at our house starts with a four-year-old discovering gravity. Pancakes hit the plate. Syrup follows. A fork goes skidding across the table. For a long time I thought...

The Christmas Tablecloth Had Its Century. My Pl...

Last Christmas I set our table with placemats and skipped the tablecloth. My mother-in-law noticed before she sat down. She asked if I was skipping the linens for the holiday....

The Christmas Tablecloth Had Its Century. My Pl...

Last Christmas I set our table with placemats and skipped the tablecloth. My mother-in-law noticed before she sat down. She asked if I was skipping the linens for the holiday....

Best Placemats for Ceramic Tabletops: Stop the ...

My ceramic dining table entered our house the same year our second daughter started feeding herself. I chose that table because I was tired of water rings on wood, and...

Best Placemats for Ceramic Tabletops: Stop the ...

My ceramic dining table entered our house the same year our second daughter started feeding herself. I chose that table because I was tired of water rings on wood, and...