Someone calls to say they are five minutes away, and the table already
looks like you were expecting them.
That is what changes when a table is set as a matter of course.
It stops being something you prepare and becomes something already there.
Readiness is a kind of hospitality.
The CALAISIO Handwoven White Beaded Placemat lives on the table
rather than in a drawer, four coordinated rounds in hand-harvested wild vine.
A home that looks prepared invites people
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