I was looking through old tear sheets again when I found the page below from the November 2008 issue of Vogue. It was shot at interior designer Veere Grenney‘s London home and it was the first place that I became acquainted with him and his work. It is also still one of my all time […]

I’m being a busy little bee working on my client projects getting quotes so I hope you’ll forgive me for a short post. After seeing the photo of me in Paris yesterday, I thought it might be fitting to post an apartment in Paris. Hamish Bowles is an Englishman living in New York working for […]

Kate of the NEO-Traditionalist has created a new series called Plucky Pioneers that will feature a “pioneer girl on the design frontier” every Monday. I was very honored when she asked me to be her first participant! You can read my profile on her fabulous blog today and then tomorrow, you can read my “cheat […]

Of course, Carolina Herrera’s home looks just as chic as the designer herself. I just wish there were photos of it online! I did find some good ones on The Peak of Chic that came from a Dutch design magazine but it doesn’t seem like it has been published in an American magazine in quite […]

Fashion designer Carolina Herrera celebrated her birthday this past Friday (71 is clearly the new 51!) and still looks just as chic as she did when she was a young girl. As you can tell from the photos, she found her style early on and stuck with it. She is the epitome of grace and […]

I was in High Point this past October when Sister Parish Design: On Decorating was released so I missed the fun launch party at Gerald Bland Antiques. I did stop by after though to pick up a copy and I am enjoying it immensely! The premise is similar to Mark Hampton On Decorating which was […]

I’ve been a little under the weather this week so I didn’t get to write some of the posts I had originally planned. I hope to get caught up this weekend but until then, I encourage you to head over to New York Social Diary and check out the apartment of antique dealer Gerald Bland. […]

Turns out that Luke and Julie Janklow are indeed divorcing. According to Page 6 today, the couple also just sold their beautiful townhouse in the West Village for $17.9 million which nets them quite a tidy profit since they only paid $4.5 for it in 2004. What recession right?! As I’m sure you remember, the […]

I love going through my old magazines. Sometimes you discover something you missed the first time around. Other times you realize that you’ve met the person whose home you’re looking at. While I’ve never met photographer Carter Smith, I do admire his photographs every month in Allure magazine and while looking through the January 2007 […]

Even though I’m a New York City girl, I dream about spending weekends in the English countryside wearing Barbour and Wellies to shooting parties. I think I’ve spent too much time watching Gosford Park! But since I just heard that Anya Hindmarch is designing a capsule line of jackets for the venerable British label, I […]

I was honored to be asked by eBay‘s new online magazine, The Inside Source, to weigh in on what I think will be the Top Trends for 2010. And even more honored to be included with my friend and fellow interior designer, Grant K. Gibson, and Joy Deangdeelert Cho who writes the fabulous blog Oh […]

I have a lot of male readers and I didn’t want them to feel left out of the closet cleaning inspiration! The thing that I love best about the men’s closets are how great all the shirts and jackets look lined up. Women’s clothing tends to be all different styles and sizes and they never […]

One of the reasons that I stay in my small one bedroom apartment is the closet. As far as New York City closets go, it’s a large one with an eight foot long pole for hanging clothes and floor to ceiling shelves behind it, not to mention a storage area on top on the entire […]

PLEASE PARDON OUR APPEARANCE! THE BLOG IS BEING REMODELED FOR YOUR FUTURE ENJOYMENT! It’s a New Year and with it comes a new look for Habitually Chic! I’m changing my blog format from two columns to three columns in order to accommodate new and exciting opportunities! Unfortunately, when you make such a switch, you lose […]

Sometimes you find a blog that is so fantastic that you can’t decide if you want to be the author, their best friend or pack your bags and show up on their doorstep and hope they don’t call the police! I think I can unequivocally say that all three thoughts ran though my mind when […]

If you fall asleep in the bathtub on New Year’s Eve, this is probably how you will feel in the morning! As we begin this New Year, I am reminded of a quote from Anne of Green Gables, “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet.” But in this case, we have […]

I’d like to raise a glass of champagne and wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful night no matter where you are or what you are doing. Just be careful and try not to fall in the bathtub at the end of the night! Cheers! Photo by Pamela […]

If you still have thank you cards to write for all the Christmas presents you received, then I suggest that you order these stunningly beautiful notecards featuring the artwork of Jeremiah Goodman. I received a lovely email yesterday from gallery owner Dean Rhys Morgan about the notecards after he found my blog post on Carolina […]

Every year, about a million people crowd Times Square to watch the ball drop at midnight on New Year’s Eve. And yes, I said a million. I looked it up. As you can imagine, that creates a bit of chaos in the city even beyond all the street closings. That’s why my friends and I […]

I’m busy traveling back to New York today but I’m not leaving you without something to savor. I love the pretty plum color in all of these images regardless of whether it’s a sofa, wall color, or just a little bouquet of flowers. Hope you enjoy them too! Images: William Yeoward, Unknown, Steven Gambrel, Molly […]