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These graham crackers are SO good that I’ve made two batches this past week. Disclaimer: our yellow lab did a very bad thing and knocked the first round on the floor. He happily polished off all but one before my daughter caught him in the act. He would honestly eat anything, so don’t hold any stock to his enthusiasm. I knew this recipe was worth a re-bake and a share when both of my teenagers bemoaned the fact that they only ate them for one s’more each. And when I baked the second batch, my husband kept trying to steal...

We’ve been following furniture company Stattmann Neue Moebel for a while; the German brand makes one of our favorite entryway storage pieces—the Unit Coat Rack, which makes an appearance in our book Remodelista: The Organized Home. The firm has made it their mission to produce “furniture with a clear design language and clever details, unpretentious and functional, manufactured with high-quality craftsmanship and precision, and marked by a responsible use of ecological materials.” (Music to our ears!) Recently, Julie reminded me of the versatility, elegant design, and deceptive simplicity of their Wall Shelf. Take a look. Above: Buy two or 10...

I haven’t left my house or interacted with others in any significant way for over a month now. It is such a strange time we are living in that it’s rendered everything that I still hopefully cling to as some sort of ideal of “normal” as quaint: hugging friends gathered together for a yoga class, inviting a family over for dinner on Sunday night, or taking mine to our favorite Ethiopian restaurant for dinner. The arrival of coronavirus to Seattle, the first epicenter in a series of our nation’s cities to follow in the pandemic, was so sudden, so synchronized...

Here are 25 hardworking entryways and mudrooms we’d be happy to come home to. Above: This entryway in Spain makes use of baskets, vases, and an ingenious woven pinboard of sorts for keeping clutter at bay. Photograph via Tine K Home. See Steal This Look: An Artful Apartment in Palma, Mallorca. Above: Entryway paraphernalia is kept out of sight behind a three-part, built-in storage system that maximizes the available height. For more, see Happiness at Home with a German Design Duo. Above: The simple entryway, located on the ground floor of a beach cottage, has a bench for tying shoes, a seagrass basket...

I’m keeping things super simple tonight. I seem to be a bit short when it comes to things to say lately and this is all I have right now: It is not peach season. I know this. You’d much prefer an apple pie right now, maybe, or a pumpkin. I’ve been sitting on this peach & blueberry pie recipe for a bit and am definitely late to the game in posting it. Sorry y’all. But, lets be honest, peach pie is always a good thing, and it pairs so well with so many things. In this case, blueberries. And the...