Wishing everyone who celebrates Rosh Hashanah a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. Hopefully, you get to share these moments with those most important to you, with a heart full of love, optimism, and hope for the year ahead. Shana Tova!
We can help you set your Holiday table. Make your celebrations memorable this year with pieces by Michael Aram (pictured) and other manufacturers. Stop in at Contemporary Concepts to see the selection.

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We hope everyone has a Happy Labor Day! 
Say hello to the limited-edition Canister Collective! ✨ 8 patterns, endless possibilities. Whether it’s flour, sugar, and coffee or your favorite little treasures, these canisters are ready to hold whatever brings a little joy.
Get to know the new MacKenzie-Childs Canister Collective,
8 patterns, 8 personalities (pictured L to R): 
🎊 Confetti Check
🌼 Poppy
🐓 Henhouse
❤️ Love
🍒 Mon Chéri
💙 Juniper Check
🍓 Strawberry
🖤 Pretty

At KEVA, every piece tells a story-one of craftsmanship, creativity, and intention. Their home collection is where function meets artistry. Each Mahjong set, tea towel, and coaster features original artwork, designed to bring color, character and joy to your space. Contemporary Concepts has everything you need to play mahjong, host a game, and look cute doing it! We have Keva kits, tiles, and double-sided mats, along with matching tea towels and coasters. Patterns

For over 50 years, Scandia Home has brought the best of European-style and luxurious comfort to discerning homes. The most exceptional quality European down becomes fill for pillow and comforter shells made from superior down-proof fabrics. Scandia Down materials arrive at a dedicated factory in La Crosse, Wisconsin where they are crafted into the world’s most luxurious down-filled pillows and comforters. 
A shipment of fresh, hypoallergenic Scandia products is

 We have everything you need to become a Mahjong expert. Oh My Majong game pieces and accessories are in stock including Mats, Tiles, Racks, Pushers, Shufflers, Folios, Bags, and more. Stop in at Contemporary Concepts to see the selection. Please note: Glassworks and Feathers storefronts are still closed due to the recent nearby fire.
Also, we still have some tickets left for the classes coming up soon. Check out our social media and websites for more info. Click the

Join us at Contemporary Concepts at 6343 Penn Ave. on Sunday, August 30th and Monday, August 31st to learn the newest tabletop game sweeping the nation: Mahjong.  Dallas Mahj Club owners and certified Oh My Mahjong instructors, Ashley Gomez & Linda Casey, who travel the country teaching, are coming to Pittsburgh for the event.
Snacks and refreshments provided. Tickets for each class are $75. Save $10 per class when you purchase a ticket for both 101 + 102 classes

Put one generous bowl of beautiful food in the middle of the table.
Watch what happens.
People reach.
They pass.
They take seconds.
They gather.

Yesterday, we talked about the hands behind every CALAISIO weave.

Today, look at what those skilled hands create.

Natural wild vine is guided, turned and woven around the 
CALAISIO White Stoneware Serving Bowl, creating texture 
and presence around the clean simplicity of white stoneware.

And nature gives every weave its color.

Look closely at two CALAISIO baskets side by side.

They may not be exactly alike.
They aren’t supposed to be.
Every CALAISIO wild-vine basket is woven by hand, 
not pressed into a mold and not produced by a machine.

As the vine moves through an artisan’s hands, differences in pressure, 
tension and weaving rhythm naturally influence the finished form.

One basket may appear slightly rounder.
Another may have a subtly different curve or contour.

These variations are not

Salad tonight.
Pasta tomorrow.
Something beautiful in the middle of the table when friends come over.
And before we know it?
Thanksgiving. Holiday dinners. Houseguests. Repeat.

This is the season when a good serving bowl earns its place at the table.

The CALAISIO White Stoneware Serving Bowl with Handwoven Basket 
pairs crisp white stoneware with the warmth and texture of our 
signature wild vine.

At 2½-quart capacity, it is generous enough for sharing without 

A table made for the first hints of fall. 🍂

We’re delighted to see our Anna Weatherley Forest Mushrooms Accent Plates featured in Flower Magazine’s September/October issue, styled by Amanda Smith Fowler for an early autumn luncheon.

Hand-painted with fanciful woodland specimens, the plates bring a touch of nature, whimsy, and old-world artistry to a layered table of soft pinks, copper, greens, and browns.

A beautiful reminder that fall entertaining doesn’t have to mean