Virginia Sin Ceramics + Best of the Web By: Grace Bonney

Last weekend’s Renegade Craft Fair was like a wonderland of beautiful ceramics. If you collect and admire beautiful cups, mugs, planters and vases like I do, this year’s show was heaven. I picked up a few pieces for our home (more on those later) and was most excited to meet some artists and designers in person that I’d never met before. We had the pleasure of being the first blog to write about Virginia Sin‘s plates back in 2008 and I finally got to meet and shake Virginia’s hand in person this year. Her booth, shared with another talented designer, Brooke of BTW Ceramics, was a food stylist’s dream come to life. I wasn’t able to walk out without buying something and I’m pretty sure other people left the same way. In addition to Virginia’s gorgeous faux-paper plates, she launched a line of bowls inspired by coffee filters. I love how light and frilly they look, but how substantial they feel in person. These bowls are part of Virginia’s newly expanded tabletop collection that you can find, and shop, online. If you need a great handmade gift idea for someone in your life, these are a fantastic idea. xo, grace

Photographs by Emily Johnston

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• Recipes: Vegan & Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes, A rustic apple tart from Katie Lee, Pear & Ginger Champagne,


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Pear Ginger Champange from Project Sip By: Grace Bonney

I love a recipe that doubles as a homemade gift idea. This bubbly Pear Ginger cocktail from Project Sip includes a delicious flavored simple syrup that you can easily jar and give to friends as a DIY holiday gift. This holiday drink is the fourth installment in a series they’ve shared with us that includes Apple Thyme, Peach Margarita and a Raspberry Gin cocktail recipes. I like a little something bubbly this time of year so this festive cocktail might need to go on my list for a New Year’s Eve celebration. Thanks so much to Jen Gietzen and Kathryn McCrary for sharing this with us! xo, grace

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“GRAPHIQUES” FROSTA chair By: STANLI

Materials: FROSTA

These chairs were made in the 50s.

Seats and backs were replaced by the FROSTA seats – birch plywood sanded and oiled, in order to preserve the color and increase the contrast with the black paint.

The wrought iron structure whose shape is easily recognizable, has been preserved and provides a clean side to the whole.

Seat height: 46 cm

Total height: 89 cm

Seat and back: diam. 35 cm thick. 2 cm

These beautiful chairs, solid and comfortable, add a touch more elegant to our home.

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12 Vegan and Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes By: Grace Bonney

When the holidays roll around, it can be difficult to find ways to make sure everyone at your table has something delicious (and safe) for them to eat. I have a large group of friends that don’t eat meat or animal products of any kind, and my sister-in-law has over 20 food allergies that require serious consideration when cooking. Julia has always been so wonderfully inclusive of our friends’ and family’s food requirements and preferences that it’s made me want to work harder to find delicious things that suit a wide range of diets and make everyone feel welcome at the table. The holidays are all about bringing people together to celebrate and hopefully these recipes will kickstart some new family traditions that celebrate all of the different (and delicious) things you can make without meat, dairy and animal products. I think these recipes are all incredibly flavorful and will be something everyone enjoys, regardless of dietary preference or requirement. xo, grace

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Rustic Apple Pie Recipe from Katie Lee By: Grace Bonney

The very first season of Top Chef holds a special place in my heart. It’s what inspired me to start cooking in earnest and it made me much more aware of all of the hard work that happens behind closed doors to bring food to our tables when we dine out. Season one featured my favorite Top Chef “cheftestant” of all time, Harold Dieterle, and it also introduced me to Katie Lee. A fellow southerner, Katie was born in West Virginia and eventually moved north to New York where she worked in restaurants and became a professional fishmonger. Since her days in the back of the house, Katie has gone on to work as a co-host of The Kitchen on Food Network and write her own cookbook dedicated to comfort foods, The Comfort Table: Recipes for Everyday Occasions . Today she’s sharing a recipe with us that is perfect for the upcoming holidays: a free-form apple pie. Known also as a crostata, this pie has a rustic elegance to it that embraces imperfection and makes your life a little easier if you’re trying this for the first time. I love any recipe that doesn’t require perfection and embraces a homemade look, so this is definitely going on my holiday to-do list. Thanks to Katie for sharing this with us! xo, grace

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Headboard in entrance By: Matteo

Materials:

- 1 MANDAL Headboard

- 6 NORRBYN Knob

- 1 STAVE Mirror, white

- 1 LÄMPLIG Chopping board

Hello everyone,

I present to you my first simple hack.

After extensive research in a variety of furniture , I realized that the solution to my long and narrow entrance had to build!!!

And here it is:

First I cut off the cutting board into two pieces as wide as the wall and then attached with silicone.

Then I attached the headboard to the wall with two bolts.

Then, set the six knobs and hinges with mirror.

The space behind the mirror is for keys, gloves etc ….

I am very happy with the result.

Thank you for your time.

Matteo

Venice, italy

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GORM Coat rack By: Jonathan Cousineau

Materials: 2x GORM shelves

I made two GORM shelving units into 1 very nice entryway coat rack and and shoe holder. The base construction was only slightly modified by shifting the front legs to the side for a more open shelf. Then I used the second set of GORM shelves to complete the sides and back. Onto the back I attached 5 hooks. Finally I used some scrap pine I had to make caps for the shelves to make it more presentable.

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