Posts by Sarita Simpson

This month’s What Matters explores the new culture of the home bar and entertaining—from bars built around personal biography to the death of formal hosting, from jewel-box wet bars tucked…

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of people decided to build something from scratch. The project was imperfect, contested, and ongoing — but at its core was a…

In 2026, AI can restyle your living room in seconds, generate photorealistic renderings from a sketch, and suggest furniture you didn’t know you wanted. It can also invent a sofa…

Last month, we opened the door between inside and out. This month, we’re not going back in. May’s issue of What Matters is about what happens when outdoor living becomes the destination.…

There’s a particular moment in spring—sometime around the second or third evening you leave the back door open past sunset—when the house quietly expands. The living room drifts toward the…

March feels like an appropriate moment for a small retreat. Not the plane-ticket variety, but the quieter, more attainable kind — a temporary refuge from headlines, group chats, and the…

In February, light does the heavy lifting. As evenings linger and daylight feels precious, the way our homes are lit begins to shape how we feel, move, and rest. This…

Happy 2026 Everyone!January invites us to slow down. When the days are short and the world outside feels spare, home takes on a different role — as shelter, and as…

Here in December, we meet the longest nights this side of the Equator—the quiet hinge of our year. It’s a good month to turn down the dimmer, listen more closely,…

Before there was currency, there were gifts. People traded what they could make, grow, or carry—not for profit, but as gestures of care and reciprocity. A loaf of bread for…