Kathryn Duryea, Founder and CEO of home brand Year & Day, shares five of her favorites for this week's Friday Five!

San Francisco native Kathryn Duryea is Founder and CEO of Year & Day, a home brand launched in October 2017 and purveyor of that pale pink tableware that’s been on all of your favorite sites this year. After earning her MBA from Stanford and a Bachelor’s from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, but before starting her own company, Duryea spent over a decade working in e-commerce and brand marketing at Tiffany & Co. And when it was time to step out on her own, she spent a year delving into the tabletop industry, taking a glaze-making class and researching craftsmanship legacies to understand the hallmarks of luxury in ceramics, flatware, and glass before opening the proverbial doors to Year & Day. Kathryn also met with vendors around the world to find partners who employed responsible manufacturing practices as well as understood her vision for top quality products that were beautiful enough for special occasions, but durable enough for everyday use. Thanks to all of that upfront work, Year & Day can offer its customers an intentionally limited collection of the best products at the best value. Today Kathryn is sharing five of her favorites for Friday Five. Photo by Rachel Schwartzmann
1. Morning Rituals

Starting my day with a set of grounding, nourishing, and uplifting rituals sets myself up for the daily ex...