"That's our desk," Duffy said, pointing across the room at two desks, back to back, in front of the windowsill, where the seven Council of Fashion Designers of America award trophies that Jacobs has won stand in a row.
But if the setup is homey (garden bench out front; driftwood on the windowsill; pots of marjoram, mint and basil hanging from a wall), the food is not.
They place snacks on the windowsill in front of them so they'll never have to turn around -- a jug of grape Gatorade, three bananas, dented coffee cups.
They sit on the windowsill right beside my front door, so they're the first things you see when you enter my home.
Since dawn, Gertrude and I have been waiting outside the house, leaning against the windowsill, the sleeves and fronts of our dresses smudged with whitewash.
The marble windowsills of the bank's front windows were a perfect place to sit or sleep.
It has to be upper deck, front row, as there you have the wondrously versatile windowsill, wide enough to store a coat and bag.
Even though Ms. Maxfield is front and center — wiggling her fingers, pausing by a windowsill, knocking her head into the wall — these audio memories are the heart of the piece.
Some of the chairs disappeared ("they're in the front closet," she whispered) and bric-a-brac was removed from the windowsills.
It is in the small details -- the windowsills adorned with houseplants, the mix of old men and hipsters in front of stores -- that Mr. Galmitz manages to freeze time.
From living rooms to front porches across the country, homeowners are stringing millions of lights on Christmas trees or eaves and decorating their windowsills with electric, battery-operated or traditional candles.
