I can’t wait to get home for holidays and see our family Christmas tree this year! My father is the master tree decorator and always out does himself. We have a huge collection of vintage ornaments that will someday be mine (minus those lost in the cat vs. tree incident of 1983). But I don’t […]

I normally don’t like to ask my readers to vote for Habitually Chic for anything but since every other blogger already has, I figured I might as well join in. Habitually Chic has been nominated on Apartment Therapy for The Homies 2009 in the Home Design category. If you’d like to give me a present […]

Alaina of Live Creating Yourself was sweet enough to ask me to participate in her Kindred Spirtits Countdown to Christmas and today you can read my answers to her fun questions! You can also find out who owns that fancy white Christmas tree below! Merry Christmas!

I always look at decorating for the holidays from the point of view of someone who doesn’t live in an home that allows for a full size Christmas tree. So I’ve been collecting inspiring images of tabletop tannenbaums that are perfect for smaller spaces. Martha Stewart (above) is full of ideas for these types of […]

I came across an entertaining feature of Carolyne Roehm holiday tabletop designs in an old issue of House Beautiful that made me interested in seeing more. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many images of her work online so I am hoping that her next book will be entirely devoted to Christmas decorating and entertaining. I know […]

I want to thank all the thousands of readers who entered the giveaways! I’m sorry you couldn’t all be a winner but I hope you will join me in congratulating those who did! The wonderful book New Classic Interiors by Alessandra Branca goes to Pat Bonamo from New York, NY! The winner of the beautiful […]

My favorite part of the Valentino: The Last Emperor DVD is the aptly titled special feature A Perfect Life: Around the World with Valentino. In it, we get a sneak peek at what it takes to run Mr. Valentino’s life and homes including his gorgeous chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland. The ultimate treat was getting to […]

The flakes have just begun to fall in New York but I’ve already assembled all my snow day supplies! Magazines, check. Books, check. Movies, check. Tea, check. Cookies, check. Candle, check. I am so looking forward to spending this day curled up on the sofa under my cashmere blanket watching movies and catching up on […]

I normally don’t like to write about the same thing twice but I just saw The Young Victoria tonight and it is amazing! I fell completely in love with Rupert Friend as Prince Albert and wished the film would never end! Emily Blunt is wonderful too! Julian Fellowes needs to make more movies because whatever […]

We’re expecting a snow storm in New York tomorrow so I am sure I will be bundled up with my cashmere blanket watching movies! Soon the winners of the Williams-Sonoma Home Cashmere Blanket Giveaway will be wrapped in warm cashmere too! Out of 1276 entries, the three chosen from the random number generator were EJ […]

I sent out almost all my holiday cards this week but I didn’t want to forget about those of you who come to the blog everyday. Thanks again for your continued support and encouragement! I would like to wish you and yours a very happy and joyous holiday whether you celebrate Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanza or […]

I know. I know. Not everyone loves Kelly Wearstler‘s over the top designs. That means those of you who do have a better chance of winning a copy of her new book HUE that AMMO Books was gracious enough to offer to one lucky Habitually Chic reader! I happen to love it and the color […]

I had a reader email me a few days ago after seeing Tom Ford’s new movie A Single Man asking if I knew where to find the sofa seen in the film. I hadn’t even had a chance to try to find out before the answer came to me! (I love when I don’t have […]

The Amaryllis that I bought at the flower market already bloomed and died but if I had a bouquet of them from Diane James Home, they would have lasted forever! I know people poo poo faux flowers but Diane makes some of the most life like and they are a good choice for a lot […]

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to live in New York. I was trying to figure out why recently and I am starting to think it might have had something to do with Andy Warhol. Andy was from Pittsburgh which was about an hour from where I grew up so he […]

Don’t worry, I’m working on a regular post for later today but until then, I wanted to tell you about my day two giveaway for this week. Alessandra Branca was gracious enough to sign a copy of her new book New Classic Interiors. It’s also the fancy special slip covered version so it’s extra special! […]

I’m in the giving mood this week and my readers will be the lucky recipients of this holiday spirit! I will be posting a new item everyday through Thursday so you’ll have lot of chances to win! Today’s giveaway is the fabulous Williams-Sonoma Home cashmere throw blanket! Williams-Sonoma Home is generously offering three blankets to […]

I had a fabulous lunch at Cafe Cluny yesterday with interior designer Courtney Giles and gallery owner Emily Amy who are in town from Atlanta for a few days of shopping. Afterward, I took a walk around the West Village to check out the holiday decorations. The neighborhood is full of beautiful brownstones and their […]

I’m looking forward to having some time off at the holidays so I can see all the wonderful films that are being released this month. At the top of my list now is The Young Victoria which tells the story of Queen Victoria’s accession to the thrown, her turbulent early reign and her enduring romance […]

The second issue of Lonny premiered today and I have to say that I think it’s even better than the first and not just because I’m in it! I owe a big thanks to Michelle Adams for asking me to share my 10 favorite things and to Patrick Cline for taking my photo. And a […]