One of our favorite tips in our new book, Remodelista in Maine, comes from event designer Molly O’Rourke. “It turns out an apple corer creates a hole that is the same diameter as a taper candle,” she told us. “Once I discovered this, there was no turning back.”
How to put this coincidence to use for a last-minute Thanksgiving table? Read on:
Photography by Greta Rybus for Remodelista in Maine.



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