Towels

These fancy towels are embroidered with my first name in twelve monogram typefaces and colors by Leontine Linens, a New Orleans–based company. Of course, I never use these towels. They’re too nice, so I keep them in a drawer. But I’d like to display my collection. They’re little works of art, so why not? Some kind of towel rack might work. I also collect Pop- and modern-art needlepoint—from Matisse, Vasarely, Picasso—and vintage textiles. I love midcentury upholstery fabrics by Jack Lenor Larsen. Also I collect Dansk housewares. My mother used Dansk for everything. I’ve got Dansk cutlery, the wooden ice buckets, and of course those amazing orange pitchers. As for my collection of monogrammed linens, I’d love to add pillowcase shams. Each one in a different shape with a different “Kim,” strewn all over my bed.
By Kim Hastreiter, co-publisher of Paper Magazine