For a long time, I assumed that if glassware wasn’t being dropped or knocked over, it was probably fine. Breakage felt like something sudden and obvious. What I didn’t expect was how unevenly my...
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Some of the glassware I use now has been with me for a long time. Not because I set out to make it last decades, but because nothing ever gave me a reason to replace it. It didn’t break. It...
The first time a stem broke in one of my cabinets, I was genuinely confused. I hadn’t dropped anything. I hadn’t slammed a door. I didn’t even remember touching that glass recently. I just...
The first time I transported crystal, I was more nervous than I needed to be. Not because I expected something dramatic to happen, but because breakage during transport feels unpredictable. Once...
I’ve gone back and forth between cabinet storage and open shelving more than once. Sometimes it was a design decision. Other times it was just working with the space I had. Each time, I thought I...
I didn’t think about humidity affecting glassware for a long time because nothing about it feels obvious. Glass doesn’t warp. It doesn’t swell. It doesn’t look damp. So when something felt...