Current Obsessions: Off Hours

Close up the laptop; power down the emails. This weekend we’re leaning into community gatherings, cozy textiles, and cake. Take care and take a look:

• You’re cordially invited: Come see “Everyday Heirlooms: Exquisitely Designed Wooden Objects of Use” in Rockland, Maine, co-curated by Remodelista editor in chief Annie and furniture maker Heide Martin. Annie will be at the opening reception on Friday, September 26 from 5-7; come say hi.
• Speaking of heirlooms, have you heard of Hetta? The new furniture co. launched this week, featuring pieces “made to grow with, pass down, and gather around.”
• “Admiring Eleanor Pritchard’s ever-expanding collection of wool cushions and blankets and her new tapestries,” writes Margot. (Us too.)
• File under The Perforated Trend Continues: Laura Aviva of L’Aviva Home’s Celosia lighting collection, inspired by Mexico’s light-filtering window lattices. 
• And a look inside David Lynch’s LA place, now on the market (hat tip: Fan).
• Salter House pops up at Picture Room—and launches menswear.
• New Yorkers: Are you going to this free community journaling workshop with Suleika Jaouad at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden? RSVP here; journals and pens provided.
• Love the looks of this candle-holder workshop at an artist-run collaborative in Milwaukee.
• Psst, SF readers: a new spot to browse for lighting.
• Admiring these stripey pjs from the new Dusen Dusen collab (hat tip: Laura).
• Artist homes and ateliers.
• Ooh, our friend Hilary Robertson on the She Designs podcast.
• Want to try Marie’s cake recipe but can’t find any pawpaws to forage in your neighborhood? You’re in luck! “The York County Pawpaw Festival is this Saturday in Pennsylvania, nestled within a wild weekend. There will be plenty of pawpaws for everyone, as well as trees for sale.”
• A seasonal P.S.A. from our friends at Hort and Pott.
• Take your pumpkin matcha latte for a stroll to the 74^th Annual Herb Fair and Market today, 10 am to 4 pm, at Caramoor in Katonah, NY.
• Yes, please.
• ?img index=1 23What to do when your backyard is surrounded by other people’s garages? See the amazing transformation of a Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, garden here.
• Ferm Living is offering free shipping on everything—including their really great outdoor collection—now through September 28.
• Kendra wrote about the Illinois garden that captured her imagination and helped hone the entire thesis of Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden, out October 14.
• Resilience.