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This winter, Magnolia Journal is making space for connection—and all the shared experiences that deepen our understanding of ourselves and one another. Find a guide to Christmas lights, gather around fondue, and design a dining room that invites everyone to stay awhile.

The Magnolia Journal

Letter from the Editor

Magnolia Post: Rhythm

Jo's Fall Favorites

Chip’s Fall Favorites

An Essay on Rhythm • We live in a world filled with rhythm, a world that dances to rhythm.

Flow and Order • A look at how we use and move through the space we so love

Making Way For a New Season

Oh My Pies! • OUR FAVORITE PIE FILLINGS BAKED INTO A PERFECTLY PORTABLE HANDHELD DESSERT

Easy Does It • THE ALMOST EFFORTLESS CADENCE OF HAIR CARE

Daylight Saving • It’s one small step for time, yet it requires a huge leap for mankind.

The Fabric of Life

Leon Bridges • It’s nighttime in Texas, so the cool breeze is finally blowing. I open the windows to let the world in. Things seem quiet tonight, even quieter than they’ve been. I listen for the roar of engines and finally one starts up, coming to me with that whispering breeze. I pull my Gibson onto my lap and pluck at the strings as I watch the curtain float on the wind.

Box It Up

Steady Comfort • LIKE AN OLD FRIEND, THIS SIMPLE PIECE OF FURNITURE WORKS TO SOOTHE US, RELAXING THE TENSION OF A DIFFICULT DAY OR CIRCUMSTANCE—ENCOURAGING US WITH ITS RHYTHM TO CONTINUE ON.

A Note From Jo: Finding Your Anchor

Through All That Has Changed

Finding Comfort in the Flavors of Fall • Even if the weather outside has yet to turn, inside you can summon the beginning of autumn whenever you please. Quintessential fall dishes are filled with flavors and textures that taste and feel like the season. Much like a visit with a longtime friend you haven’t seen in a while, these classics bring with them the deep satisfaction of a familiar comfort—taking you back to the coziness of seasons past.

Sacred Space • Finding room in the day to simply be

The Gold that Stays

Tile Style

The Ways We Go • So often, our human nature wants a plan. We are comforted by security, soothed by forward vision. And so the delicate dance of our days is learning to balance and bend with the changes that life brings. To face new rhythms, then embrace them. Until we can accept that change truly is the one thing we can plan on. Until we see that new rhythms need not be feared—that they can actually help open our hearts to the ways we are to go.

Restoration on the Coast • In England, an 18th-century farmhouse, barn, and trio of cottages become spaces that nurture rhythms of rest and rejuvenation.

Here for Each Other • Staying connected makes the world go ’round.

Home on the Plains • IN THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA, A FAMILY OF SIX MAKES THEIR DREAM HOUSE COME TRUE.

Chip's Corner: Time for New Rhythms

Sourcebook • For information about products or professionals featured, please contact these sources. We cannot guarantee availability of items or services.

Magnolia Manifesto