Welcome to The Bookish Home

The Bookish Home brings together vintage and collected home goods, books, and art with musings on interior design, books and writing, adorable dogs and cozy days at home, and more.

I hope you'll subscribe to learn about my beautiful finds and bookish adventures!The Bookish Home is, of course, my house. Even my extra tall bookshelves don’t quite have room for all the beautiful books and things I’ve collected, and so I thought it would be fun to share with others.

I was thinking about what a “bookish” home means to me, and the two words that came to mind were “collected” and “stories.” Collected as in each item chosen over time rather than purchased as a set. And also collected as in collections: pieces that go together, whether we’re talking about my nearly antique Nancy Drews or the vases and candleholders I keep bringing home.

And stories like…

·      The coffee table my Brooklyn friends gifted to me when they moved to Switzerland and that I refinished the summer I lived in Rochester before grad school in DC

·      The end tables – with the same brass claw feet and “reeded saber” legs as the coffee table! – that I found at garage sale day at the public market

·      The lamp I created with a hand-painted vase (a Greenovation find), assorted lamp pieces, and a lot of trial and error

·      The cloisonné vase that started my vase obsession, which I found when my oldest friend and I checked out the ABC Neighborhood bi-annual garage sale

·      The gallery wall that two of my friends put together for me, choosing from my many pieces of art framed prints, a mix of original pieces from artists and a friend, and a baker’s dozen of my own paintings (an early-pandemic hobby I’m getting back to!)

And of course, hundreds – thousands – of books. I’ve loved creating a cozy space, one that feels as comfortable to friends visiting for the first time as it is for me and my dog, Lucy, on a quiet weekday night.

Thanks for being part of my story, and letting me be part of yours! I hope to use this newsletter to let you know about any future booths, or forays into selling online, and to share musings on interior design, books and writing, adorable dogs and cozy days at home, and more.

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All the best,

Sarah

P.S. I made a quick video the day after my first festival booth showing all the great things I didn't sell. See something you like? Let me know and we can figure out a price and handoff.