Elizabeth Lay’s work with porch and garden objects is rooted in decorative‑arts scholarship. Her background in museums, design history, and the study of craftsmanship shapes an eye for materials that weather beautifully—stone, iron, bronze—and for handmade forms that carry their histories into the present. She sources antique and vintage pieces with a sense of atmosphere, selecting objects that bring lineage, presence, and a quiet poetry to the spaces we gather.