I had a crazy schedule last week and I couldn’t wait to sleep in this weekend.  Of course if I had a bedroom that looked like the one that David Phoenix designed for the 2015 Kips Bay Decorator Show House, I would probably never leave my bed to to go anywhere.  When I spoke with the […]

Interior designer Alessandra Branca loves all colors but she has become most known for her use of red.  So much so that when she suggests to show house committees that she’d like to design a different color room, they steer her back to red because it’s what the public wants.  And I have a feeling […]

I had the pleasure of attending a beautiful dinner last evening to celebrate the May 2015 Style and Design issue of the WSJ. Magazine at the brand new Edition Hotel in New York.  It was a perfect combination of style and design in a wonderfully chic setting. I have stayed at the Edition hotels in […]

I don’t know William McLure but I love following his personal decorating projects on his Instagram and Pinterest accounts.  William works as an interior designer for architect Bill Ingram in Birmingham, Alabama but he’s always reworking his own spaces.  He moved into a new house and painted his bedroom floors white and the walls blue […]

I was cleaning out another stack of old magazines recently when I came across Lisa Jackson’s old apartment.  It was funny timing since I had the pleasure of meeting her yesterday.  She no longer lives in that apartment but she does still have her minimal chic home in Southampton that she shares with her family.  I […]

I was perusing Pinterest while lying in bed this morning and came across a photo of this very masculine chic apartment in Milan.  It belongs to fashion designer Andrea Pompilio and was just featured on The Selby. While I love the art and accessories in the living spaces and the bedroom, I really appreciate the sleek […]

Today was a busy day full of events including the always wonderful Housing Works Design on a Dime. Each year designers create room vignettes full of donated furniture, art, and accessories to benefit Housing Works, the non-profit charity helping those with HIV/AIDS and the homeless. There were a lot of great spaces but I really […]

I’ve seen photos of Alison Cayne’s West Village townhouse in magazines and online but for some reason the recent photos on One King’s Lane blew me away. Alison is the founder of the downtown cooking school Haven’s Kitchen so it’s not surprising that her home kitchen is impressive.  I was already toying with the ideas of remodeling […]

It feels like winter again in New York but it looks like spring on the cover of the new May 2015 issue of Elle Decor. I love the floral fabric that Kate Rheinstein Brodsky chose for the upholstery and that gorgeous marble topped console table in her living room on the cover. Kate was kind […]

You may remember Julie de Libran’s Paris apartment from ELLE magazine a few years. It’s getting its day in the sun again this spring in Porter magazine since Julie de Libran was recently named the new artistic director of the famed French brand Sonia Rykiel.  She previously worked with Marc Jacob at Louis Vuitton which is […]

The other thing I need to buy for spring are new jeans. I had the pleasure of meeting Jane Herman Bishop, one of the founders of Jean Stories, at a dinner in Paris.  She gave me a few suggestions for new styles that I look forward to trying now that I no longer have to […]

The flowers and trees always bloom earlier in Paris than New York which always makes me jealous.  My new dream is to own an apartment in Paris where I can spend a few months each year.  Since that wish is probably going to take a little while, I’m going to keep pouring over all the […]

The most exciting event on the spring calendar each year is the Kips Bay Decorator Show House and this year is especially exciting because it also marks the 100 year anniversary of the the non-profit organization. The show house will be located in the Arthur Sachs Mansion at 58 East 66th Street on the Upper East Side. […]

If you are heading to Milan for Maison & Objet in April, make sure you visit the new Bottega Veneta home store. It’s located in the 18th-century Palazzo Gallarati Scotti where frescoes by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Carlo Innocenzo Carlone are the perfect backdrop for the furniture and accessories set up in a living room, dining room, studio, […]

I swear I will stop talking about Paris soon but first I wanted to share a design project from my French friend Guillaume Excoffier.  I first met Guillaume years ago when he came to New York to start buying for his shop on rue Bonaparte.  He wanted to sell contemporary American design that’s usually not available […]

While I was in Paris last summer, I had the pleasure of visiting with Sally Perrin and her daughter Chloe in their gorgeous family apartment designed by Chahan Minassian. It was first featured in a magazine in 2010 and it still looks as good today. The apartment faces the Seine river and the Louvre so […]

I’m headed to Paris on Wednesday for fashion week and I’m praying the snow that’s due Tuesday doesn’t delay my flight.  I can’t wait to get out of this arctic tundra.  The 50 degree temperatures will feel like summer compared to the 20’s we’ve had in New York for the last two months. I’m not […]