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What happens when a children’s book editor moves into a 200-year-old farmhouse in the Hudson Valley? You unleash an antique lover who wants to know the story behind each item. I’m drawn to English and French antiques—sugar bowls, soup tureens, ironware, transferware, enamelware (French coffee pots!) oil paintings both tiny and bold, unusual garden pieces, well-loved books still begging to be read, Boch Frères Les Sports plates, silver flatware, hefty New York stoneware, anything Edith Wharton or Willa Cather might have used at a desk, and--wait for it--jewel-toned MCM barware. I believe mixing eras makes for the most authentic, inviting home, and I love using antique and vintage pieces daily so their histories continue.