The goods a household keeps around

Much of what sits under this name takes lettering or belongs in a child's room. You will find a wooden rocking chair, a bank shaped like a pig, and pillowcases that carry a name along the cuff. The rest settles into the kitchen and the dining room. There are plastic keepers for buns and flour, burner covers to hide the stove top, a platter for a holiday supper, and a lap tray with a cupholder set into a beanbag base. These are goods a house keeps rather than discards.

Beside the other lines under our roof, this one holds the center of the house. Miles Kimball grew up alongside plain American routines, and the shelf we built around it reflects that steady habit. When somebody wants a gift for a grandchild or a practical cover for a kitchen table, this is the section of our pages that answers. The pieces do their work without fuss, through morning cereal, spilled flour, and quiet evenings in an armchair.