10/05/2026
My little old soul has never been happier! I won these two coordinating lamps at an estate sale over the weekend.
My nana always had this beautiful blue lamp hanging in her living room growing up and I have always wished for it. So, when I saw these - I had to have them!
But - it had me thinking about little conversations trickling in lately - antique store owner pages, business podcasts I follow, local booths at fairs, etc..
It feels like we are craving things with a story?
For a while, everything seemed to be moving toward newer, faster, cleaner, simpler.
Overconsumption, but paying for less.. make the house look un-lived in. White walls. Beige toys. Straight lines. Same-day shipping.
But lately, I’ve noticed the slow shifting.
We’re bringing back color, pattern, texture and things that look like they’ve lived a little life.
Vintage furniture. Quilts. Stained glass. Wallpaper. Handmade pottery. Books with worn covers. Pieces collected from estate sales instead of shipped from an endless online catalog.
It feels like that same craving is showing up beyond our homes, too.
We want to make things with our hands again. We want markets, workshops, book clubs, craft nights and tables where we actually sit across from one another. We want to meet the maker, hear the story, find something we weren’t specifically searching for.
Maybe nostalgia isn’t really about wanting to go back, but we’re just realizing there were some things worth carrying forward.
Especially, experiences shared with real people in real life.
That feels like a pretty good direction for this next chapter of Wild + Wise, too.
Books, goods + gatherings — collections with a little more story.