Current Obsessions: Simple Pleasures

Ahead this weekend? A dreamy, easy guest room; DIYs for the autumn table; and our undying love for both stationary shops and garden clogs. Read on:

• Alison Roman’s First Bloom popup: now open in New York City.
• A pair of farm buildings in Denmark are set to become a museum to Hans Wegner.
• “The most hated building in New York,” redone.
• Guest room inspiration, courtesy of designer Glenn Bann.
• “Every notebook is a possibility”: Patti Smith on her love of stationary shops.
• Ooh, a great gift idea: custom embroidery from Gohar World.
• And the award for Most Covetable Bathroom goes to…
• Art or lighting? How about both? A Brutalist lamp that Fan can’t get out of her mind.
• Hurray! It’s persimmon season! Today, at 9 am PST, Japanese cookbook author Sonoko Sakai is hosting a virtual hoshigaki workshop. If you miss it, here’s Marie’s comprehensive how-to. And if you’d like to grow your own persimmons, consider the native American persimmon tree.
• You’ll never guess how this old pay phone was repurposed. “I’m obsessed,” says Laura. (And now, we are, too.)
• Are garden clogs the trendiest shoe to wear right now?
• The dreamiest outdoor room. (Hat tip: Fan.)
• We love a little colleague appreciation! Laura wrote about the new Gardenista book on her Substack, Living Small.
• What an easy and winsome DIY leaf crown. (Hat tip: Margot.)
• And another great DIY for the autumn table. (Thanks, Kier!)
• An inspiring artist visit with Alice Fox, who makes art using only materials she grows or finds in her allotment garden.
• “Your home doesn’t need to make sense to anyone but you.” Love this, courtesy of our friends at Wit and Delight.
• How to start a community fridge, for those impacted by SNAP cuts.