Fine linens
Cloth meant for a table or a bed — chosen to sit well in a house that already cares about fabric, light, and the feel of a room.
Under glass
The conservatory
A Victorian conservatory on the ranch — a shop for fine linens, goat milk soaps, souvenirs, and other goods, and a quiet place where cottage guests may take coffee, tea, or simply rest beneath the glass.
The shop
Goods with a greenhouse air
The conservatory is architecture and store at once: iron, glass, and a counter of things you can take home. It is not a catalog warehouse. You visit, you look, you choose in person.
There is no cart on this site. Hours are by arrangement. If you are coming only for the conservatory shop, send an inquiry and we will set a time.
Cottage guests have a standing welcome to the conservatory area — for coffee, tea, or simply to relax under the glass. The shop shelves remain by arrangement; the quiet of the room is part of your stay.
Fine things, ranch-made and ranch-kept, under a Victorian roof — and a place for guests to sit a while.
The conservatory, in white iron and glass
On the shelves
What we keep
Goat milk soaps
Soap from milk goats kept on the ranch. A small, practical luxury that belongs to this place rather than to a factory aisle.
Souvenirs
Keepsakes for a visit: something to remember the glass, the pasture, and Clyde, Texas, without filling a suitcase with clutter.
And other goods besides — the shelves change. Come and see what is in the conservatory when you are here.
For cottage guests
Coffee, tea, and quiet under glass
When you stay in a cottage, the conservatory area is open to you as a guest parlor of sorts — pour a cup, settle in a chair, and let the iron and glass soften the Texas afternoon. No appointment is needed for that simple use; shopping the shelves remains by arrangement, as ever.
From the glass
Shop the conservatory
Take linens, soap, and souvenirs home by post, or visit the conservatory in person by arrangement.