This week’s favorites include modern baby bedding, handsome wooden spoons and golf art for the diehard player.
Handcrafted spoons
When her husband needed a cooking paddle to make a Southern chicken dish, DJ Remington made one. Since then, making wooden kitchen tools for others has become Remington’s full-time dream job. For her handcrafted kitchen utensils, the fifth-generation wood worker uses woods harvested near her central Florida shop. Southern cherry wood is a favorite. The best-selling Bent Tip Stir Fry ($15) is made from a pattern Remington designed. The useful utensil is handy for scooping cakes and puddings, stirring pots and making sweet tea. Her newest item, the Pot Hanger ($15), is a big hit. It sits on the edge of a pot and eliminates the need for a spoon rest. Other customer favorites include various spoons and utensils (pictured) that range from $7 to $29. Included are a coffee scoop, spatula, jam spreader, gravy paddle, Dutch oven spoon and a rounded stirrer Shop at www.fortremington.com
Baby chic
Style-minded parents-to-be often want their baby’s room and bedding to be like them: modern and classy. With more than 100, in-stock, baby bedding collections in contemporary color, patterns and themes, Carousel Designs of Douglasville is the place to shop. The 2011 designs include classic toile and paisley to starlings and a geometric collection that works for a gender-neutral nursery. A four-piece bedding set, which includes a bumper, crib sheet, comforter and crib skirt starts at $250. All items can be purchased separately. The four-piece “Retro Owls” set (pictured) is $340. It has accents of rich chocolate suede and tan chenille. If you don’t see the bedding you want, choose from more than 300 fabrics and design your own with the company’s unique interactive Nursery Designer. The company also sells coordinating toddler bedding and go-to nursery décor, including curtains, lighting, pillows, rugs and wall art. Visit www.babybedding.com
Picture perfect
Golf lover or not, it is easy to appreciate the beauty of springtime at the Augusta National Golf Club, 90 miles east of Atlanta. The club is home to the Masters Tournament April 4-10. With its blooming azaleas and pine-lined fairways, the club’s lush grounds resemble a botanical garden. To capture some of the natural beauty, the club in 1984 commissioned artist Linda Hartough to paint its famous 13th hole. The event launched Hartough’s career as a golf landscape painter. Since then, Hartough has painted other picturesque golf spots, ranging from Hilton Head (near her home) to Ireland. Her most popular paintings and prints include the 7th hole at Pebble Beach, Calif. The 12th hole at Augusta (pictured) is also a top pick. The giclee canvas print measures 21 inches by 36 inches. It is $750. For more information, visit www.hartough.com
Share your favorite finds
Do you have favorite finds from around the South that you give as gifts, buy for your home or rave about to friends? If, so please share them with us. Send suggestion to: ljerkins@bellsouth.net. In the subject line, write Southern Made. Include your name and a contact number.
