Current Obsessions: Printemps

Happy weekend, dear reader. Ahead these first days of spring: a ceramics sale, a garden that embraces wear, a Paris opening, and more. Read on:
Above: An outtake from this week’s Moody and Mysterious: Casa Soleto in Puglia by Studio Andrew Trotter. Photograph by Salva Lòpez, courtesy of Andrew Trotter.



* “Aptly for the start of spring, the French department store Printemps is opening this weekend in an old bank building at 1 Wall Street in NYC,” reports Margot.

* “A balm to my introvert soul”: 12 women on living alone.

* Feldspar Studio is hosting a samples and seconds sale of their ceramics this weekend, online only; info here.

* Love this collaboration made with linen off-cuts (and wishing we lived in Australia so we could order).

* “The house color that tells you when a neighborhood is gentrifying.”

* At Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer’s Montauk garden, “embracing material decay as a creative force.”

* File under: reasons to live in the Scottish Highlands.

* Cate Blanchett, we 100 percent agree.

* Now open: Bode Paris.

* Planning your veggie garden? We’re checking out these certified-organic, non-GMO seeds from Row 7.

* Printmaking with…bread?

* A new lighting collection that channels Le Corbu and bento boxes.

* Nickey Kehoe’s interpretation of the lakeside Adirondack chair is pretty dreamy.

* And Muuto has new outdoor lounge furniture—and it’s really good.

* P.S. Martha just dropped a major new gardening book. Here’s our review.


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