I've given up on ironing our napkins and no one seems to notice.
I guess the important, and civilized, thing is to simply have a napkin, one that's not made of paper which will end up in a landfill. Oh, and that the napkin be clean is important too.
My mother-in-law Joan had an energy-saving habit of reusing cloth napkins in personalized napkin rings, which meant cloth napkins could have multiple uses before washing without sharing germs. Anyone else do this?
The best article I've read in the last couple days is
this one in The New Yorker by Jonathan Franzen.
Something small that can be done in our own homes that practices recycling and re-use?
Buy antiques!
Antiques can be had for a song these days. I bought this little French chair and English oak table for a little under $200 Canadian dollars,
for both pieces. It's in excellent condition and exquisitely pretty, I'm currently using it as a vanity table. Isn't it gleaming and perfect?
I have bought some new throw pillows, but there are so many etsy sellers making them from designer samples and remnants that it ends up being a massive win-win: expensive fabrics injected into a decor for reasonable prices, and a re-use of a fabric remnant or designer sample. Also support of women who are working their own cottage industry... okay it's a win-win-win.
Let's have a small peek at the stone house:
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| The stone house with fall colours. |
I bought this wallpaper from a clearance centre in Michigan, it's a Thibault that was discontinued. I'm hoping to hang it in the guest room of the stone house.
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| Elephants. |
I hope you're set up to have a great week. Let me know if you read that article.
xoxDani
