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I Stopped Looking for "Antimicrobial" Placemats...
I gave up on antimicrobial placemats after reading the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rules for products that claim to kill germs. The label on the front of a package was...
I Stopped Looking for "Antimicrobial" Placemats...
I gave up on antimicrobial placemats after reading the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rules for products that claim to kill germs. The label on the front of a package was...
Placemats Curl Because We Stopped Storing Them ...
Last spring I pulled my favorite sage gingham placemats from the drawer and found all four edges lifting like little handled trays. The mats had spent two weeks folded under...
Placemats Curl Because We Stopped Storing Them ...
Last spring I pulled my favorite sage gingham placemats from the drawer and found all four edges lifting like little handled trays. The mats had spent two weeks folded under...
Napkin Folding Began as Courtly Theater. Our Sp...
I used to think folded napkins belonged to restaurants with white tablecloths and no children. My own napkins were paper squares fished from a drawer, and by the time anyone...
Napkin Folding Began as Courtly Theater. Our Sp...
I used to think folded napkins belonged to restaurants with white tablecloths and no children. My own napkins were paper squares fished from a drawer, and by the time anyone...
My Grandmother Matched Her Table Linens. My Tod...
I am Rae, Poppy's founder and a mom of two little girls. My grandmother kept a matching table linen set for every season. Same placemat, same napkin, same pressed tablecloth....
My Grandmother Matched Her Table Linens. My Tod...
I am Rae, Poppy's founder and a mom of two little girls. My grandmother kept a matching table linen set for every season. Same placemat, same napkin, same pressed tablecloth....
The First Japanese Placemat Was a Wooden Tray
My youngest can set out her lunch mat before she can tie her shoes. She flattens the rectangle, places her cup in the upper right corner, rests her spoon, and...
The First Japanese Placemat Was a Wooden Tray
My youngest can set out her lunch mat before she can tie her shoes. She flattens the rectangle, places her cup in the upper right corner, rests her spoon, and...
From Jute Mills to the Family Table: A Burlap P...
Burlap arrived at the family table by way of the freight sack. The nubby brown fabric we now see in farmhouse tablescapes spent its first life wrapping coffee, potatoes, and...
From Jute Mills to the Family Table: A Burlap P...
Burlap arrived at the family table by way of the freight sack. The nubby brown fabric we now see in farmhouse tablescapes spent its first life wrapping coffee, potatoes, and...