Villeroy & Boch Naif Breakfast
Bucolic, simple, charming— Design Naif, by Villeroy and Boch.The name “Naif” is a tribute to the school of artists who emigrated from France during the mid-to-late Victorian period. Villeroy and Boch describe the pattern more fulsomely: “When it...
Chelsea Porcelain Plums
It’s always a happy day when I discover a previously unknown china pattern. When it involves a modern (and therefore, attainable) replica of a much-loved antique design, it’s even better. Such was the case last autumn when Glenn, Lauren, and I visited...
Turquoise Dragonflies Inspire
My love for turquoise can be traced to a solitary inch-long stub of crayon in the four-quart basket of broken crayon pieces that constituted our kindergarten art supply. Chance favoured me that day when the crayon I had thought was dark green turned out to be the...
Watercolour Botanicals
Snow, snow, snow. Every time we get it cleared away, more arrives. The dogs love it; the grandchildren love it, Us oldies? Not so much. Longing for warm weather, when I could clip fresh herbs from the garden, I picked up some pots of herbs from the grocery store and...
Royal Stafford Christmas
There is something infinitely appealing about an old-fashioned Christmas scene, with half-timbered houses, ladies in bonnets and long skirts, and wait … what is that cart? Carol singers, people exchanging greetings, the decorated tree and a happy dog are...Follow Us
