Through the hot summer months in our kitchen, my partner and I are in a constant battle against armies of fruit flies—a new battalion each day. Looking for a way to to save our batch of just-picked blueberries, I stumbled on a simple, classic solution.
Above: June Home Supply is a go-to for pretty yet wholly practical essentials, like this Linen Food Cover, made from woven abaca (or hemp) fibers and designed to fit over summer fruit bowls or platters. Above: Use the food cover indoors, on the kitchen counter, or outdoors, on a picnic or an al fresco dinner table, to keep flies at bay. Above: The food cover comes in two sizes: The small ($60.40) is 9.8 inches long and 7.8 inches wide, and the medium ($88.60) is 19.7 inches long and 12.6 inches wide. To care for the covers, wipe with a damp cloth and, the shop suggests, leave to dry outside.
![Flat-pack furniture may seem like a new invention, borne from the modern-day realities of small apartments and frequent moves—but leave it to Howe London to, well, dismantle that assumption.
Take-apart furniture, the antiques retailer and bespoke furniture maker points out, has roots in old French design and portable campaign furniture. And Howe London’s own take on the tradition, the Knock-Down Wardrobe, is designed, they say, “to easily dismantle or ‘knock-down’ in the same practical way the French conceived their ‘armoires’ in the 18th and 19th [centuries] and reminiscent of military campaign furniture intended to uphold a degree of home comfort for officers traveling abroad.”
With time-tested construction and nods to old design, the Knock-Down Wardrobe is well primed to fit with the practicalities of contemporary life (small doorways, for example). Take a look.
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