Norwalk Beat. The Modern tablescape goes vintage By Ann Quasarano. Lauren Kreter’s home is stacked to the rafters with crates. Her tiny studio apartment, she jokes, is starting to look ready for an episode of “Hoarders.” Her partner, Christopher Hickey, adds that their newly established business has taken over more than one unused bedroom in his mother’s house as well. “I can only imagine what our neighbors think when they see us lugging these crates in,” he laughs.