Slow stories from the house

Journal

Notes on carpets, architecture, food, and the quiet culture of a small Persian house.

Spring 2026 · Carpets

How to read a Persian carpet.

A short field guide to the medallions, borders and weaver's signatures that turn a rug into a record of place and time.

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Spring 2026 · Architecture

The Persian courtyard, in five details.

Why the centre of the Persian house is empty, and how that emptiness has, for a thousand years, organised the rest.

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Winter 2025 · Tea

A short history of saffron and steam.

Notes from our kitchen on the strange, slow ceremony that begins every Persian afternoon at four.

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Winter 2025 · Bath

Inside the hammam: a quiet ceremony.

The garmābeh has been a Persian institution for centuries. We trace its rituals — and explain the order of our 90-minute experience.

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Autumn 2025 · Heritage

Why we still weave by hand.

A conversation with our master weaver in Bijar — on patience, blindness, and the carpet that refused to leave her loom.

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Autumn 2025 · Kitchen

Five small plates that tell our story.

From kashk-e bademjan to pomegranate fesenjan — the dishes we serve to first-time guests, and why.

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