wishing you a natural, magical holiday!

                                                         photo by marili forastieri

holiday supper in the kitchen

We set the table with our favorite dishes, napkins and glasses for a simple, festive supper by the fire. dinner plates, set of 4/$60, smoky glasses 4/$40, and relaxed linen napkins 4/$60 at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com

photo by marili forastieri

relaxed linens

getting ready for our holiday entertaining and simple tablesettings...our napkins, in off-white and natural beige linen, are just the thing...soft and natural, organic cotton, they are easy care and need no ironing....we just tie them with string and tuck in a piece of holly or other greenery... set of 4/$60 at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com

Holiday Market on Long Island

happy thanksgiving !

oatmeal bears are back

We have a new shipment of our favorite oatmeal bears ...soft and natural and they squeak with a squeeze...the classic 9" is our perfect children's gift or stocking stuffer, $12.50, and we have a few big bears at 20" tall for $25 each, just in time for Christmas at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com, in case you can't join us at our holiday market!

2 weeks till Thanksgiving !

As the leaves turn color and the evenings turn cooler, it feels like fall and we're thinking of Thanksgiving here...we have finishing touches for the table, with teak salt + pepper dishes, a pie server and mango serving boards...the perfect linen apron with pockets and rivets, soft linen napkins and kitchen towels, and platters for everything on the menu. We use our  smoky glasses for wine, water and cider and the color looks just right with the autumnal  berries and branches we're using in our tablesettings.  Check them all out on our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com.

Cozy cotton blankets

Our soft cream cotton blankets are perfect for cool evenings, no matter what the temperature is...50"x60', in moss or cable knit, they are generous throws to wrap up in or use as blankets sized for a twin bed.  Moss knit, $95, Cable knit, $125. at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com.

how to spend it

Nice story on our shop in this weekend's Financial Times!
Getting ready for the holidays here, stocking up on our signature items and gifts, so keep checking in with us at our online shop: www.thenewgeneralstore.com.

autumn colors

an early morning walk on the beach with the deer...and our cream cotton knit blanket for cool autumn evenings...$95 at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com

Feeling like fall...

Time for tail gate picnics, cozy blankets and sitting by the fire

insulated picnic basket  $75, cream cotton knit blanket $95

at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com

the first day of summer

on the first day of summer we're thinking of pink drinks and peonies ...

we have the perfect white rimmed glass for rose' and pink lemonade...$48/set of 6
 at our online shop: www.thenewgeneralstore.com  photos by marili forastieri

summer style

time for  bicycle baskets and picnic baskets!

at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com  

photos by marili forastieri

white sponges are back in stock!

our signature white sponges are back in stock, 12 for $18 at our online shop: www.thenewgeneralstore.com

pottery, please...

we just received a new shipment of our favorite pitchers and platters, colanders and bowls in soft grey and cream...at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com      photograph by marili forastieri

black backpack

We love our classic black canvas backpack for spring...lightweight but has lots of pockets, zips and snaps to organize all your needs...and the price is light, too.        $42 at our online shop, www.thenewgeneralstore.com.

it's a dog's life...

we have a new collection of accessories for dogs as stylish as they are functional...
the folding water bowl $36, canvas collar $48 and the natural string leash $60, available at our online shop: www.thenewgeneralstore.com

in the mood for spring!

We are so in the mood for spring  and looking at our favorite gardening essentials !

warm winter gray blankets

 If you don't have a fireplace, stay warm with our striped cotton blankets in shades of gray...perfect for throws or to use on twins or daybeds...$80 each at www.thenewgeneralstore.com

winter warm ups!

On these cold winter days,  warm up with mugs of soup or cider, light our hearth candle if you  don't have a fireplace, and cozy up under our organic cotton blankets!

a time to organize

our new year's resolution is to simplify, regroup, recycle, repair...and we're finding that our storage baskets are the perfect organizers...for laundry, magazines, toys, projects....split oak woven baskets with leather handles made in New England, $60. each at our online shop.