Design Guides
The MERZE Design Guide
Four times a year, I gather what I am noticing into a seasonal guide. How to set a table with intention, what the garden is offering, something worth making, and a new edition of The Design Eye™.
What is inside each guide
Setting a table with intention
The linen, the china, the centerpiece.
What the garden offers
When to cut and what to bring in.
Something worth making
One recipe I actually cook.
Objects chosen for the season
Three pieces from the Boutique.
The Design Eye™
One image, one observation, one principle.
The current edition
AUTUMN 2026
The MERZe autumn Design Guide
Autumn asks for warmer color. A muted autumn table designed from the outside in, my old-fashioned biscuits with a pumpkin and ginger soup, a drive through the Litchfield Hills at peak color, and a table for Thanksgiving..
Past editions
Summer 2026
Spring 2026