Current Obsessions: Peak Summer

Among the things piquing our interest this week? Delft tile tables, a vintage haul from France, two Cape Cod cottages, and a summer dinner starring—what else?—tomatoes. Read on.

• Are you a fluffy or lightweight towel person? “When polling our group of editors, we discovered that most of us—if not all—prefer a lightweight cotton towel for summer weather,” writes Alexa—here are our picks.
• Spotted: a designer couple’s Truro, MA rental, updated (take a tour of the previous iteration here).
• Shoppe Object is coming up in NYC—and if you can’t make it in person, you can now shop online.
• Newly restored via the Cape Cod Modern House Trust (hat tip: Julie).
• Elsie Green‘s got a new haul of vintage finds today, just unpacked from their container.
• Delft meets star signs in the this porcelain tile table.
• Ooh, a summer tomato dinner, courtesy of chef Flynn McGarry.
• The ideal summer coverlet?
• “Architectural acupuncture” on a historic house in Spain.
• On our reading list: The Inn Crowd: Artistic Getaways and the Modern Innkeepers Who Crafted Them.
• For the landscaping Luddites out there, an old-school, oddly appealing lawn-mowing method.
• Speaking of grass, Emily Henderson swapped out her lawn for a field of clovers—and we’re here for it.
• Laura recommends this article. “I loved learning why it’s a banner year for fireflies in NYC!”
• From Kendra: “The latest installment of the Nowness series of films, Great Gardens, focuses on Hillside, the Somerset home of landscape designer Dan Pearson and his partner Huw Morgan (who does the vegetables). It’s a beautiful five minutes from filmmaker Toby Amies.”
• A genius “built-in” lawn chair. (Hat tip: Kier.)
• And here’s the winner of RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s Sustainable Garden Product of the Year! It was developed by Sneeboer and our friends at Gardenheir.
• Now this is an impressive backyard transformation.
• Ball-shaped shrubs are trending; here are Kier’s favorite naturally rounded evergreen shrubs.