05/19/2026
This morning I did something I bet a lot of us do without thinking. I opened the cabinet, looked right past the neat, uniform stack of those matching store-bought glasses, and reached all the way to the back for one specific glass that belonged to my parents.
It’s nothing fancy, but it has a weight to it. A real presence. And honestly? I just enjoy using it so much more than the new glasses.
My cabinets at home are full of these quiet little moments. They’re filled with pieces my parents collected over the years—some from before my time, and others from as I grew up. To be fair, they never meant all that much to me until I hit my forties.
But it made me realize how often we tuck away the things we actually love the most. We save them for a holiday that happens once a year, or a "special occasion" that never seems to arrive, while our actual, everyday lives get filled with objects that don’t really move us at all.
When I source for The Marian Collection, I’m never looking for things to sit behind glass in a museum. I want to find pieces that deserve a seat at your actual table. When you bring a heavy crystal tumbler or a weathered old bowl into your modern day routine, you’re doing more than decorating. You're living with history. It might be your family's heritage, or it might be from someone you never even met. Regardless, it feels very different than using something recently manufactured.
If you’ve got a piece tucked away in the back of a cabinet that you’re saving for the "right moment"—this is your sign. Wash it off and use it today. It’s been ready all along.
I’d love to know—what’s one piece you’re keeping hidden away that needs to come out of the cabinet today?
