Current Obsessions: On the Autumn Table

Here’s a look at what we’re loving lately.

• Mast Brothers chocolatiers gives their Brooklyn shop a minimalist update. The best part? The 3,000-square-foot space is set up to give customers a closer look at the chocolate-making process.
• For $8.5 million, you can own Renaissance painter Michelangelo’s house in Tuscany.
• A black and white Ikea kitchen in Ohio.
• Take a look around Prada’s ritzy new pastry shop in Milan.

• Step inside the tranquil Swiss studio of Egyptian-born sculptor Yves Dana.
• Poll: Should pastel-colored kitchen appliances make a comeback?
• We’re adding ceramics from the Hasami, Nagasaki, district of Japan to our tabletop rotation.
• A brass pear container to display on an autumnal shelf.

Instagram and Pinterest Picks of the Week

• We’re scrolling through hundreds of pins on Hale Mercantile’s Table board.