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Set the Placemats Before the Serving Spoons
I set the placemats down before I set anything else on the table for a serve-yourself meal. Not the platter. Not the stack of plates. The placemats. That habit grew...
Set the Placemats Before the Serving Spoons
I set the placemats down before I set anything else on the table for a serve-yourself meal. Not the platter. Not the stack of plates. The placemats. That habit grew...
Our Family Table Needs Two Kinds of Placemats (...
My daughter learned to drink from an open cup around the same time I bought a set of undyed organic cotton placemats. They looked like a page from a slow-living...
Our Family Table Needs Two Kinds of Placemats (...
My daughter learned to drink from an open cup around the same time I bought a set of undyed organic cotton placemats. They looked like a page from a slow-living...
The Monogram Belongs on the Napkin, Not the Pla...
Last Tuesday my four-year-old started crying before we sat down because her sister got the blue mat. I didn't have a monogram to point to. If I had, the argument...
The Monogram Belongs on the Napkin, Not the Pla...
Last Tuesday my four-year-old started crying before we sat down because her sister got the blue mat. I didn't have a monogram to point to. If I had, the argument...
Good China, Small Hands: Why the Formal Table N...
My four-year-old spilled her water at Sunday dinner last month. The glass tipped, the water spread, and I watched it stop at the edge of the placemat under her plate....
Good China, Small Hands: Why the Formal Table N...
My four-year-old spilled her water at Sunday dinner last month. The glass tipped, the water spread, and I watched it stop at the edge of the placemat under her plate....
Washable Placemats for Daily Use: The Laundry H...
My grandmother kept a stack of cotton placemats in the buffet drawer, each one pressed with the same crease down the middle. They were washable, which in her house meant...
Washable Placemats for Daily Use: The Laundry H...
My grandmother kept a stack of cotton placemats in the buffet drawer, each one pressed with the same crease down the middle. They were washable, which in her house meant...
The Dinner Party Placemat Started as a Laundry ...
I host dinner parties with a preschooler under the table and a toddler who treats marinara like finger paint, and I also care how the table looks. For years I...
The Dinner Party Placemat Started as a Laundry ...
I host dinner parties with a preschooler under the table and a toddler who treats marinara like finger paint, and I also care how the table looks. For years I...