Sometimes trends come along and, although you might like them, they take a bit of effort to embrace. Others just slot into your natural way of doing things and feel like they’ve been around …
High End Shaker Broom at Pieter van Tuyl‘Tis a gift to be simple…. See the lovely Shaker broom above? Guess how much it costs…. How about $4? How about $40?Ok, now move the decimal a little more right…How abut $480? Yes, $480.I was at Karkula yesterday and saw this beautiful thing and then had sticker shock.
What is timeless kitchen design? Timeless kitchen design transcends trends and fads, remaining aesthetically pleasing and functional for years to come.
Who can resist a classic Shaker kitchen?
PITTSFIELD -- Walnut arms curve smoothly in a chandalier. A wooden clasp glides apart, and a brown oak box opens to show a row of teabags. Shakers did drink tea. But here with a sewing table and golden-grained wall cabinet stands a computer desk.
Today I am sharing my shaker style mudroom makeover ideas and inspiration for a very small mudroom area we are excited to renovate!
From sleek modern spaces to charming old farmhouse kitchens, these cream kitchen ideas will bring warmth and softness into the heart of your home.
Because it offers a sense of serenity in a hectic world, Shaker style remains classic. Learn its historical hallmarks and how to incorporate them today.
One of NYC's best new restaurants, The Commerce Inn takes inspiration from Shaker design. It presents a fresh look back, and style ideas to apply at home.
This quaint walk-out kitchen by interior designer Chris Graves and deVOL Kitchens has a "Wes Anderson-meets-Provençal" look.
Restoration of this stone house has taken decades of respectful work by its owner, a designer who is inspired by Shaker design.
So we're onto Part 2 of the #JourneyOfAShakerKitchen (if you missed Part 1, give that a little read here!), taking you through everything to...
Located in West London, we’re delighted to share a kitchen design we’re all coveting from Victoria Summer, the TV producer turned interior content creator who has truly impeccable style. Bounteous with natural light from the trio of skylights and crittall doors overlooking a tranquil city garden, Victoria’s radiant neu
5 kitchens where shaker pegs stole the show, plus other spots to use these classic pegs
In the dark depth's of January, something deep inside me wants to reflect the grey skies, and ragged views, by paring right back, returning...
We take a closer look at the traditional craftmanship and minimalist design that make a Shaker-style kitchen as popular today as ever.
A while back, on a cold wintery morning, I drove from southern Maine through increasingly rural back roads to Canterbury, New Hampshire, then up the crest
Build it in place, and the work goes surprisingly quickly
Noted recently on Instagram: a snug family farmhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, replete with small wintertime pleasures. "Our home is an old farmhouse built
A while back, on a cold wintery morning, I drove from southern Maine through increasingly rural back roads to Canterbury, New Hampshire, then up the crest
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Calm, order and a simple, timeless beauty… If you want a little Shaker style in your life, here’s a Pooky guide. And, naturally, we’ll...
Restoration of this stone house has taken decades of respectful work by its owner, a designer who is inspired by Shaker design.
Eleven international designers and studios have produced a range of simple furniture and homeware based on the American Shaker movement
This week we’re launching a new series on kitchen cabinet doors, starting with our favorite (we’ll admit it): the Shaker-style cabinet front. For advice on getting the Shaker-style look in your own ki
Get inspired with old-world American Shaker style, which goes beyond utility for a pure perfection that stands the test of time.
The large stone dwelling house at Pleasant Hill reflects the inherent New England architectural practices that the Shakers brought with them as they settled westward. This past weekend, with the glorious sun and in celebration of Eli's birthday (our baby is now nine!), we went to the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill near Harrodsburg, Kentucky and also had a cookout on Sunday. Pleasant Hill was the first place we visited in Kentucky several years ago when we were looking at maybe relocating here. The farm manager at the village said, "Well, if it's beautiful country and farming you want to do, you should look at the 'knob region' just south of here by about an hour." And so we did and the rest is our own pleasant history in formation. At the village we treated ourselves to a fine meal in the dining room (Pleasant Hill also operates an inn on the premises). I will keep things brief here, for a change, and let the photos do the talking! An old sign marks the mileage from Pleasant Hill's bucolic Main Street (now off the main highway). It is located southwest of Lexington and north of historic Harrodsburg. On the way into the Shaker meetinghouse at Pleasant Hill. The costumed interpreter greeter, in indigo, sings and dances to demonstrate early Shaker worship practices. And yes, Grace and Anna were often mistaken for Shaker museum staff on our visit. 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free... I'm not sure what's with the mutual arm posturing between my husband Temple and our friend Melvin, here in the Shaker meetinghouse at Pleasant Hill. I know they were talking about architecture but it looks like they are about to break into an impromptu Shaker dance. How is that for an angel food cake pan?! Anna and I both coveted this in the dwelling house kitchen at Pleasant Hill. Shaker architecture displays a duality of form as sisters and brothers, despite their advanced egalitarian regard for each other, used separate entrances into buildings and communal rooms, as for dining and worship. Oddly enough, an old Kentucky vernacular house style often uses two front doors (and, back in New England we lived in an 1813 Federal home with two front doors as it had been built for two brothers and their wives). Two front-doored facades seem to be an architectural constant in my life since my marriage. A highlight of our afternoon was the season's first riverboat cruise on the Kentucky River, adjacent to the Shaker village. We further celebrated Eli's birthday on Sunday with an impromptu cookout (his request: hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, chocolate cake). Anna and Henry hold up a donkey comforter that a local Mennonite woman made.
With these small kitchen design ideas and tips your kitchen layout will be more practical, stylish and spacious feeling.
One of NYC's best new restaurants, The Commerce Inn takes inspiration from Shaker design. It presents a fresh look back, and style ideas to apply at home.
It was the old-fashioned details that hooked me when I first spotted Bovina Farm & Fermentory on Instagram: a hanging Shaker basket, tall beeswax taper
Noted recently on Instagram: a snug family farmhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, replete with small wintertime pleasures. "Our home is an old farmhouse built
It was the old-fashioned details that hooked me when I first spotted Bovina Farm & Fermentory on Instagram: a hanging Shaker basket, tall beeswax taper
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