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From Grand Tablecloths to Modest Placemats: The...

I used to be absolutely convinced that a dinner party needed a tablecloth. Not just any tablecloth-a heavy, floor-length linen one in a shade somewhere between cream and winter white,...

From Grand Tablecloths to Modest Placemats: The...

I used to be absolutely convinced that a dinner party needed a tablecloth. Not just any tablecloth-a heavy, floor-length linen one in a shade somewhere between cream and winter white,...

The Calendar Placemat Is Quietly Making a Comeb...

I can still picture the look on my friend’s face when I told her I’d started using calendar placemats. She immediately imagined one of those laminated grids with cartoon fruit...

The Calendar Placemat Is Quietly Making a Comeb...

I can still picture the look on my friend’s face when I told her I’d started using calendar placemats. She immediately imagined one of those laminated grids with cartoon fruit...

The Real Secret to Eco-Conscious Placemats? Our...

Spaghetti night at our house is basically a contact sport. My three-year-old, determined to twirl his pasta like a grown-up, just launched a meatball across the table. It skidded to...

The Real Secret to Eco-Conscious Placemats? Our...

Spaghetti night at our house is basically a contact sport. My three-year-old, determined to twirl his pasta like a grown-up, just launched a meatball across the table. It skidded to...

The Dining Room as a Silent Teacher: A Design-M...

I'm going to be honest-most nights our family table looks less like a magazine spread and more like a tiny, joyful disaster zone. I've got a two-year-old who believes rice...

The Dining Room as a Silent Teacher: A Design-M...

I'm going to be honest-most nights our family table looks less like a magazine spread and more like a tiny, joyful disaster zone. I've got a two-year-old who believes rice...

That Time a Paper Placemat in Provence Changed ...

The first time I really noticed a placemat, I was sitting at a tiny café table in Provence with a one-year-old who’d just discovered gravity existed, a three-year-old who took...

That Time a Paper Placemat in Provence Changed ...

The first time I really noticed a placemat, I was sitting at a tiny café table in Provence with a one-year-old who’d just discovered gravity existed, a three-year-old who took...

The No-Sew Placemat That Grows with Your Child ...

The first time I really looked at a placemat, I was on my hands and knees under the dining table, scraping dried oatmeal off the floor. My toddler sat nearby,...

The No-Sew Placemat That Grows with Your Child ...

The first time I really looked at a placemat, I was on my hands and knees under the dining table, scraping dried oatmeal off the floor. My toddler sat nearby,...