Now, I’ll admit when I first saw the porch broom at Salter House—an elegantly mawkish shop of quilts, nighties, and the like in Brooklyn Heights—I thought it was kind of funny. How is this ...

We’ve compiled a short list of promising contenders ... if you can to determine their level of softness or hardness. Broom handles are available in an array of materials, including metal ...

Redecker’s curt, magnetized broom boasts the optical illusion of floating weightlessly on a wall. Fredericks and Mae’s handheld besom may be short on handle, but not on beauty—the horsehair ...

Short, stubby brooms hang in neat rows from rafters. Dozens of long- handled brooms are stacked on the floor. Brooms with strange, gnarled handles lean against the walls. And spilling over the ...