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Vintage cleaning tools, like this broom and dustpan,add wonderful character to your home décor. As the first official day of summer quickly approaches, it’s the perfect time to do some “spring cleaning.” However, if you’re anything like me, you would rather do “spring decorating.” So why not combine the two —clean your home and then decorate it with some vintage household cleaning implements. Initially, you may be hesitant, but there really are some vintage cleaning tools that would add unique character to your home décor. Household cleaning implements include devices used to remove dirt, dust, and debris on surfaces. Any...

If you've ever tried thrift hunting, the chances are you’re hooked. And as the coronavirus restrictions ease and the world is now returning to the quasi-normal modus operandi, secondhand aficionados are uniting for a long-awaited rummage into the post-pandemic finds. In order to see how the fellow thrift hunters with an immaculate eye for weirdly wonderful details of the pre-owned treasure trove are doing, we have to turn our heads to the best ones. We’re talking the internet’s favorite corner “Weird (and Wonderful) Secondhand Finds That Just Need To Be Shared,” a Facebook group that has people posting their proudest secondhand...

Nova Kim is on the hunt: for morel, for fiddleheads, and, these days, for wild ramps. On dirt roads, Kim and her partner of 41 years, Les Hook, prowl the Vermont woods. The Indigenous gatherers are 78 and 77, hailing from the Osage and Abenaki nations respectively. Kim can’t walk so well anymore, so she drives. Hook rides in the passenger seat of their sea-green Prius, the needle of the speedometer hovering around 5 mph. The windows are rolled down, and their eyes comb the quiet stretches beside dirt roads. “You’re speeding,” Hook teases Kim for driving along at a...

  1. Encozy Over The Door Hooks,Heavy Duty Coat Rack for Hanging Clothes Hat Towel (Heavy Duty Black 1pcs) Encozy - Material heavy duty over the door hook is constructed from sturdy stainless steel Each of the hooks features a three hooks design allowing more items to be hung on each one Perfect for hanging kids coats adults coats clothes jacket backpack towel scarf robes purse Easy hanging door coat hangersno installation requiredYou can put this convenient hanging rack in your kitchen door living room door bedroom door bathroom door or other door of the home Door seams more than...

Very Good and Proper (VG&P) was founded in 2008 by product and furniture designer (now director, majority owner and CEO) Ed Carpenter, fellow RCA-graduate and London-based German designer (now design director) André Klauser and restauranteur Patrick Clayton Malone – initially to produce furniture for Malone’s new restaurant group Canteen, and then for a wider market. Today, their signature pieces still include the Canteen Table, the Hook & Knob, and the Utility Chair, all launched at the London Design Festival in 2009. Collaborating with leading architects, interior designers and furniture dealers around the world, VG&P designs and manufactures carefully considered, practical...