Housewares + Kitchen Accessories

Housewares is everything a house runs on that isn't furniture: the kitchen accessories you leave out on the counter, the glass you pour into, the pot that holds the plant and the tray that holds the keys.

On the shelf now: Zodax serveware in gold and white, Seletti's bone china, French Home's Laguiole cheese knives, Bergs Potter's high-fired Danish terracotta, and Madison Bay's trays with antique prints set behind glass. Candles from Trudon and Carrière Frères share the shelf with Kalalou's ceramic canisters.

Our rule for this shelf is short. If you'd hide it in a cabinet between uses, we didn't buy it.

Building out a bar cart? Barware has its own page.

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How to Choose Kitchen Accessories and Serveware

The kitchen accessories that earn counter space do two jobs: they work during dinner and they look right after it. We shop this part of housewares around four jobs.

Serve, Store, Set, Finish

  • Serve: Zodax's nesting bowls and polished gold server sets, sized for olives, nuts and small bites, and Seletti's bone china, which mixes Eastern and Western patterns on one piece.
  • Store: Kalalou's ceramic canisters, for popcorn, snacks or treats on the counter.
  • Set: Alexa Pulitzer's beverage napkins and the embroidered Cincinnati Tea Towel.
  • Finish: French Home's Laguiole cheese knives, each on the three-rivet handle with the bee emblem. Laguiole is the French town where the style began in the 1820s, and the bee on the bolster is how you spot one.

The piece we steer people toward most is the one that can stay on the counter between meals.

Kitchen Decor or Kitchen Accessories

Kitchen decor shapes how the room looks, and kitchen accessories get used. The best pieces do both. A Seletti cake stand does more than hold dessert, and HomArt's textured brass spoons work as cheese servers and cocktail utensils.

Material is the tell. Brass, bone china, marble and olive wood look better the longer they sit out, while plastic looks worse. Fox Run's marble pinch bowls hold seasonings while you cook, then go straight onto the serving board. If a piece only looks good in the box, leave it in the box.

Garden Decor, Candles and Decorative Objects

The rest of housewares covers the surfaces around the kitchen, from the windowsill to the entry table. Each has its own job.

Planters and Garden Decor

Bergs Potter, a Danish maker working since 1942, gives this shelf its range. The Copenhagen pot and saucer runs from 10cm to 35cm, in a sealed vitrified glaze or the porous, unglazed Earth finish. The Simona is frost resistant with a drainage hole, in glazed and unglazed finishes. Unglazed terracotta breathes, which roots like, but it holds water, so bring it inside before an Ohio winter. Outdoors, three or four pots grouped together beat one oversized planter standing alone. Bergs Potter suggests massing them on a windowsill or an outdoor step.

Candles and Room Scents

Trudon has made candles in Paris since 1643, and Carrière Frères, its sister house, still makes its botanical candles by hand at the Trudon factory in Normandy. Tatine pours into mouth-blown glass you can drink from once the wax is gone. Lineage's room sprays do the same work in a room where you'd rather not leave a flame burning. The full shelf lives in Candles + Scents.

Decorative Objects, Trays and Pillows

Madison Bay sets antique prints, like Walter Crane's swans, behind glass on trays with antiqued brass handles. Second Chance Art's historic Cincinnati maps are newly printed and framed in solid wood. Pillows have their own wall in designer pillows, and our guide to entryway decor covers the table by the door.

The Bar Cart and the Pantry

Barfly's cocktail sets, Viski's jiggers and Menagerie's animal pourers cover the tools. In the Curious Kitchen's Boozy Cherries are Italian Amarena cherries slow-infused with bourbon in Frankfort, Kentucky, and Bacanha's organic raw syrups sweeten the rest. Most of that fits in gifts under $50.

Housewares in Cincinnati, in Over-the-Rhine

The website shows hundreds of pieces of housewares, and the floor holds far more. Holiday, garden and the decorative shelves change with the season, so it's worth a walk-through.

High St. is a 17,000-square-foot lifestyle store at 1401 Reading Rd in Over-the-Rhine. We're open every day but Tuesday, 10am to 6pm, with Sunday hours of 11am to 4pm. Call 513.723.1901 and we'll hold a piece for you. If you're matching a color or a finish, bring a photo or a swatch, and we'll carry the piece to the window so you see it in daylight. In-stock online orders are usually ready for pickup in about two hours, and shipping is free over $150.

Rosemary's is inside High St., on the second floor. When a housewares question turns into a whole-room question, our Design Studio, CityBeat's Best Interior Designer in 2024, works from the same building.

FAQ

Housewares in Cincinnati: Questions We Get Asked on the Floor

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What counts as housewares?

Housewares covers the things a house runs on that aren't furniture. At High St. that means kitchen and tabletop, barware, candles and room scents, garden and floral, decorative goods and holiday. If you serve with it, pour from it, plant in it or set it on a surface because you like looking at it, it's housewares.

What kitchen accessories are worth buying?

Buy for four jobs, something to serve on, something to store in, something to set the table with and something to finish it. A set of nesting bowls, one good canister, cloth napkins and a cheese knife set cover most kitchens. Pieces that only do one narrow thing end up in the back of a drawer.

What's the difference between kitchen decor and kitchen accessories?

Kitchen decor changes how the room looks, and kitchen accessories are the pieces you use. A tray on the counter or a pot of herbs on the sill is decor. A cake stand, a canister or a set of napkins is an accessory. The best ones do both, which is why we keep them in one collection.

What's the difference between housewares and barware at High St.?

Barware is one part of housewares, the shelf for mixing, pouring and serving drinks. Housewares is the whole collection around it, from serveware and planters to candles and decorative objects. If it holds a drink or makes one, look in barware first.

What should I look for in a planter?

Start with the finish and where the pot will spend the winter. Unglazed terracotta breathes and suits plants that hate wet roots, but it holds water and can crack in a freeze. Glazed pots have a sealed surface and take a covered porch more easily. Bergs Potter's Copenhagen runs from 10cm to 35cm, so a group of sizes is easy to build.

What makes a good housewarming gift from housewares?

Pick something they'll use every week or use up. A Bergs Potter pot for a windowsill, a jar of Boozy Cherries for the first round of Manhattans, or French Home's Laguiole cheese knives for the first party all work. Every purchase leaves in High St. branded tissue and a premium bag with cord handles and a gold-foil logo.

Do you sell cookware or kitchen appliances?

No. We don't carry pots and pans or small appliances. We stock the part of the kitchen that gets looked at, serveware, canisters, linens, utensils and pantry goods.

Where can I buy housewares in Cincinnati?

High St., a 17,000-square-foot lifestyle store at 1401 Reading Rd in Over-the-Rhine, carries housewares across kitchen, bar, garden, candles and decorative goods. We're open every day but Tuesday, 10am to 6pm, with Sunday hours of 11am to 4pm. In-stock online orders are usually ready for pickup in about two hours, and shipping is free over $150.

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