Last Saturday, G&G took a field trip to Zac Brown's Southern Ground music festival on Daniel Island. We arrived early—to have plenty of time to knock on some tour bus doors—but even at 12:30 P.M., an hour before the first group was scheduled to go onstage, the crowds were lining up.

In an age when eschewing expected amenities such as WiFi in every room—hell, even phones in every room—would sound the death knell for most hotels, the High Hampton Inn has managed to stay in business for 90 years without doing much in the way of modernization.

My father-in-law loves to tell the story about how, as kids, he and his brother used to run behind a crop-dusting tractor because they loved feeling the cool mist (read: DDT) on their faces. Horrifying, yes, but also slightly nostalgic; after all, nothing says summertime like bugs and bug spray. Fortunately for us, there are cleaner, safer, and more natural options on the market these days to keep mosquitoes, flies, no-see-ums, and other critters at bay. Here are five to add to the shopping list.

Last week's High Point Furniture Spring Market was a delightful, caffeine-fueled whirlwind of meetings, previews, and frenzied note-taking. Everyone from Bob Timberlake and the Hable sisters to Suzanne Kasler and Alexa Hampton was on hand to offer insight and observations and to answer questions about the new collections on display. I saw the return and elevation of made-to-measure options at Hickory Chair, champagne-bubbles-smart pieces at Lee Industries (zipper-backed chairs!), and the most insanely comfortable woven leather loungers and wide-armed couches (the better for sitting side-saddle) at Hancock & Moore. But the truly interesting takeaways are the trends that emerge from the market as a whole. Here are six to keep an eye on.