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Skip the Kid Aisle: Placemats That Survive Our ...

Our dining room is the busiest room in our house, and for a long time I treated its table like a surface I needed to protect from my children. I...

Skip the Kid Aisle: Placemats That Survive Our ...

Our dining room is the busiest room in our house, and for a long time I treated its table like a surface I needed to protect from my children. I...

Gingham Was Never About the Farm: What Farmhous...

My daughter dropped a spoonful of tomato soup onto a beige gingham placemat last Tuesday. I wiped it with a damp cloth, and the mat stayed on the table through...

Gingham Was Never About the Farm: What Farmhous...

My daughter dropped a spoonful of tomato soup onto a beige gingham placemat last Tuesday. I wiped it with a damp cloth, and the mat stayed on the table through...

Washable Placemats Are a Laundry Problem in Dis...

My daughter flung a spoonful of yogurt off her tray at dinner last Tuesday. It landed on the corner of my favorite linen placemat, the one with the hand-stitched hem...

Washable Placemats Are a Laundry Problem in Dis...

My daughter flung a spoonful of yogurt off her tray at dinner last Tuesday. It landed on the corner of my favorite linen placemat, the one with the hand-stitched hem...

I Took the Tray Off the High Chair and Dinner F...

I spent my daughter's first year scrubbing yogurt from the seam where the tray clips to the high chair.The clips never let go at once. I carried the tray to...

I Took the Tray Off the High Chair and Dinner F...

I spent my daughter's first year scrubbing yogurt from the seam where the tray clips to the high chair.The clips never let go at once. I carried the tray to...

The Wedding Placemat Is the Guest Table Detail ...

I keep a stack of placemats on our dining table because my two kids eat like tiny tornadoes. Juice arcs, butter smears, the occasional flying noodle. After enough messy dinners,...

The Wedding Placemat Is the Guest Table Detail ...

I keep a stack of placemats on our dining table because my two kids eat like tiny tornadoes. Juice arcs, butter smears, the occasional flying noodle. After enough messy dinners,...

Why a Stone Table Needs a Different Kind of Pla...

I have a stone-topped dining table and two small children who treat orange slices like finger paint. For the first year, I covered the table with cloth placemats and a...

Why a Stone Table Needs a Different Kind of Pla...

I have a stone-topped dining table and two small children who treat orange slices like finger paint. For the first year, I covered the table with cloth placemats and a...