Style & Buying Guides
How to Choose a Meditation Cushion: Height, Shape and Filling
A plain guide to choosing a meditation cushion: the main types, how high it should be, buckwheat versus cotton filling, and covers that last.
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Style & Buying Guides
Slow guides to tea, incense, vases and quiet corners at home, written plainly.
Style & Buying Guides
The Best Vase for Dried Flowers: Shape, Size and Material Explained
How to pick a vase for dried flowers and pampas grass, with simple rules for shape, proportion and material, plus styling ideas for every room.
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What Is Wabi-Sabi Decor? A Plain Guide to the Beauty of Imperfection
What wabi-sabi decor means, the principles behind it, and simple ways to bring the look into a real American home.
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