What if you could text a friend who just gets home design—who knows the difference between a globe pendant and a drum shade, or what color temperature works best in a hallway? Meet Schoolhouse Switchboard, your new go-to resource for all things lighting, design, renovation, and DIY.

Inspired by Food52’s long-running community hotline—where home cooks can drop a question 24/7 (and even leave a voicemail!)—we’re bringing that same real-time, personalized advice to the world of home design. This time, it’s all happening over at our sister brand, Schoolhouse, and instead of cooking questions, we’re here for your lighting layout conundrums, rug-sizing woes, paint debates, and more.

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All Fired Up is our Shop’s monthly handmade ceramics drop, curated by Food52 and made by small and local makers. This month, we’re featuring Chicago-based artist Emily Christopherson of EMRIS studio.

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For a lot of artists, the dream is that someone—maybe a professor or a curator—spots their work and says, “You’ve got it.” Realistically, that rarely happens. But for Emily Christopherson, it kind of did.

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It’s probably no surprise that if choosing between having brunch at a restaurant or making it at home, I’m squarely on team Brunch At Home, especially when we find a way to pull it off and still sleep in. There’s nothing worse than waiting too long for a table only to be served an overcooked, unseasoned omelet, home fries with those gnarly bits of green pepper in there (I will die on the hill that nobody has ever longed for green peppers in their potatoes), or soggy bacon. Maybe at home imperfections also happen but those imperfections don’t cost $150 for a family of four.

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