I’ve been paying attention recently to an old gardening proverb that goes like this: “With the waxing of the Moon, the Earth exhales. With the waning of the Moon, the […]
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For Collectors, There Are No Rules About What Brings Joy
Animals’ bones, vintage porn, and anything with octopuses are local objects of desire
PROVINCETOWN — Tiny bottles, dried flowers, and pipe stems. Embroidered handkerchiefs, Pez dispensers, or art exclusively representing snails — the potential collections built from digging in thrift stores, scouring the […]
DOVETAIL JOINT
Step Inside Alex Brewer’s Magical ‘Dunegrass Tavern’
A timeless space for music and friends, built from generations of salvaged wood
The musician and carpenter Alex Brewer has deep family roots in Wellfleet. His great-great-grandmother was Ada Freeman, daughter of Capt. Richard Rich Freeman, the first president of Wellfleet’s Mercantile Wharf. […]
TREAD ON ME
It’s Time to Put Out Your (Repurposed) Welcome Mat
It started with a trip to the transfer station
“We are a family of repurposers,” says Alicia Morgan. That’s how she explains the accidental beginnings of their doormat business. Alicia had studied interior decorating and was working freelance in […]
MEET THE MAKER
Vintage Clothing, Deconstructed, Acts Up With Style and Grace
A nonconformist’s take on who should wear what to the wedding
Maureen Leavenworth takes a pantsuit (black with white lapels that puff up from the coat like unfurled scrolls) off a rack in her Orleans bridal shop and, using her hands, […]
MEET THE MAKER
A New Season for Treasured Techniques and Tools
Flo Mauclère stitches together a leatherwork tradition and a personal style
When Victor Powell handed her the reins of his 50-year-old Provincetown leather shop, Florence Mauclère felt “gratefulness and immense pride,” and, because the moment wasn’t one she’d actually anticipated, there […]
WASTE NOT
At Home in Jay Critchley’s Cesspool
Converting your old soak pit into a rental unit, experts warn, is a no-go
PROVINCETOWN — In 1997, Jay Critchley uncovered a backyard manhole, peered into a cesspool, and “discovered a new world.” He had always known about his property’s cesspit, a pre-Title 5 […]
MUMS
Flower Power Is What People Need
A mother’s love of plants and sunshine inspires a sideline in blooms
“My mom is a lover of plants,” says Sophie Yingling. Her own proclivity for floral design was born, she’s sure, in the “room full of plants and sunshine” her mother […]
MEET THE MAKER
A Woodworker Softens Her Edges
Putting together the pieces at a studio in Truro
A “born puzzler,” Anneliese King has always been drawn to design work that involves putting intricate pieces together. She loves the improvisational problem-solving nature of woodworking, she says. King has […]
MEET THE MAKER
Building a Better Pot Pipe
An industrial designer and a ceramicist collaborate on more perfect paraphernalia
When they released their first pipe, designers Jess Baer and Zach Hastings were surprised to find it was a controversial object. Two years ago, noticing marijuana’s progress toward legalization, they […]
OPUS CAEMENTICIUM
Concrete Bowls Are a Study in Pure Form
Derek Oliver finds freedom in working small
Chris Nagle met Derek Oliver the same way a lot of people do — the two were standing in an unfinished kitchen where unconventional countertops were under discussion. Outside his […]
PLOTTING
It’s Time to Start Planning and Planting
Seeds, soil, and other steps to get your vegetable garden underway
The earth is coming alive. Beneath the oak leaves that I pile on my garden plot every fall, I am beginning to see the first sprouts of green. Garlic is […]
THRIFT
Finding Charm in Things That Have Lived Past Lives
A new couch is nice, but secondhand finds still catch the eye
I recently bought my first-ever brand-new piece of furniture. It is a chartreuse sectional couch and I love it an unreasonable amount. I sit on it, I lie on it, […]
MEET THE MAKER
The Art of Darning
An artist and teacher finds meaning in mending frayed fabrics
We all have at least one piece of clothing that we can’t bear to let go of, even though its state of repair limits its public appearances. Mine is a […]
GALLERY
What’s Your Number?
House numbers reveal Provincetown’s style is its own
“Meet me at 517 Commercial St.,” we say, or “I work at 186,” without a second thought about the complexity behind the system of numbers that guides us though our […]
