Kitchen Icons: The Wooden Spoon and Other Staples from Sir/Madam - Remodelista
Jesse James and Kostas Anagnopoulos, creators of the new housewares line Sir/Madam, have an uncanny ability to pinpoint everyday objects that have yet to be mined from the attic and turned into 21st century must-haves. Their new line was our favorite discovery at the recent Accent on Design trade show in New York. To be filed under why didn’t we think of that: beechwood plate rack modeled after church hymnals. Where have all the great old wooden spoons gone? They assembled 13 of their favorites and had them hand carved from beechwood by craftsmen in southern India. Sir/Madam also offers a set of 13 small wooden spoons for spices, sauces, and desserts; $90 for the group. Sir/Madam’s Towel Bar & Looped Towel hangs in Jesse and Kostas’s own kitchen in Queens, NY, where a sampling of their vintage wooden spoons are on display. Sir/Madam large and small spoon bouquets. Table linens and cafe au lait bowls are two more Sir/Madam specialities. A sampling of bright linens napkins in subtle and bold stripes and checks. Vintage Stripe Cafe Au Lait Bowls are available from Mill Mercantile, $16 each. Jesse and Kostas love eating oysters so much that they emblazoned a linen table runner with a list of varieties. An oyster feast served on Sir/Madam’s Revival Tableware–modeled after British nursery china–at Mars, a new oyster bar in Astoria, Queens. First Jesse and Kostas started compiling a list of all the North American oysters they’d sampled. Sir/Madam’s 41-inch-long Grand Aprons of linen and linen-cotton, worn by the gang at Mars oyster bar (that’s Kostas on the far left). Have a look at Perfected Tableware from the Past, our post on the company’s first collection, now in stores.