Debby Rask

Field Notes

The journal.

Short essays from the studio on materials, sourcing, and the slow art of making a home. Written by Debby and the team, on rainy Friday afternoons.

A design lover's guide to Hudson, NY

Field Guide · 9 min

A design lover's guide to Hudson, NY

The antique dealers, material suppliers, and architectural landmarks that shape how we work — a decade of notes from our Linden Avenue studio.

Five linens we keep returning to

Notebook · 3 min

Five linens we keep returning to

A short list of the cloth we specify again and again, and the small mills that still make it the old way.

The case for unlacquered brass

Sourcing · 4 min

The case for unlacquered brass

It tarnishes, it fingerprints, it ages — and that is precisely the point.

A reading chair, the long search for one

Library · 5 min

A reading chair, the long search for one

What we look for, what we avoid, and the three makers we end up coming back to.