Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. – Edith Sitwell Photo of my apt via instagram
I hope you all had a great holiday. A great last minute Christmas present for me was finding the new January/February 2014 issue of Elle Decor on the newsstand. It’s the International Issue and my favorite home featured was a 19th-century house in Normandy designed by Franz Potisek. I won’t ruin it by posting photos […]
Sorry for the radio silence. My last two days in Paris were jam packed and I just got back last night. I have a lot of photos to edit from my trip and a lot of great posts to come. In the meantime, I’m leaving you with a post of portraits. I started this post […]
In case you need a little last minute autumn and entertaining inspiration, this is probably the last of it until we move onto Christmas. I will be in London for Thanksgiving which seems rather ironic. I’m excited to get away but I will miss the pumpkin pie. Hope one of you will save me a […]
I happened to be in Soho Friday with my camera so I stopped by a few stores and showrooms. I haven’t been in BDDW in a while and it’s clear I should stop by more often. The furniture is always amazing but I really loved the autumn inspired wall hangings. They also seem to hold […]
One of my readers asked me where to find the ivory cableknit sweater in my November post and I realized that I forgot to credit Emeron Fry. While I on their site looking for the link to send her, I noticed some lovely new images for fall/winter 2013. As you know, I love fashion shoots […]
One of my favorite rooms at the Hearst Designer Visions Showhouse was Alessandra Branca‘s master bedroom. It featured walls upholstered in her new acid green Anna Damask fabric for Schumacher, which is a tumbled linen. What I really appreciate about her space is the fully function draperies and completely authentic design. I was surprised to […]
In the midst of trying to finish nine million projects, I’m also finalizing trip to London and Paris in November. I haven’t been to London in an embarrassingly long time so I’m looking forward to drinking lots of tea and visiting as many museums and stores as time allows. I plan to stop by by […]
I’m often asked to recommend books on interior design especially for those just starting out. My new recommendation is Howard Slatkin‘s new book Fifth Avenue Style: A Designer’s New York Apartment. In it, he chronicles the almost three year renovation of his magnificent apartment on upper Fifth Avenue from purchase to completion which even includes before […]
Not even sure how to explain this post other some photos that I find terribly inspiring that all seem to have a bit of black outlining something neutral. Although, I think Gisele’s coat from H&M is actually navy blue but you get the idea. I’m just not feeling for color these days. Enjoy. Don’t […]
As soon as the weather turns grey and chilly like today, I start pulling out my grey clothes. It’s become my go since it’s less harsh than black and is the perfect complement to my hair color. As we know, it’s also a popular choice of paint color and plays well with almost every other […]
There is no greater compliment than when someone knows your style. The team at Christie’s had a feeling that I would appreciate the upcoming sale, Arbiters of Style: The Collection of Anthony Hail and Charles Posey, and they were more than right. Anthony Hail was an interior designer in San Francisco who believed in collecting […]
One thing that’s hard to find in the United States is a bust. And I don’t mean the surgically enhanced kind. Visit LA and you will see a million. I’m talking about marble busts and also heads and torsos. They are more commonly found from European antiques dealers and occasionally the flea market. The scarcity […]
I walk down East 70th Street almost everyday which takes me past a very large townhouse with an imposing wall to keep out the prying eyes of the Upper East Side. Thanks to Curbed, I now realize it belongs to Bunny Mellon and is on the market for a cool $46 Million via Sotheby’s International […]
As a follow up to yesterday’s post, I thought it would be interesting to look at art in some less traditional places. The design world loves to hang art in kitchens and baths and even some closets but not sure if everyone else is on board with it. I certainly would be careful not to […]
I ran into Terron Schaefer, the Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer for Saks Fifth Avenue, at the Five Year Anniversary party for the WSJ.Magazine during fashion week. He said he was thinking of me because he need inspiration for his new apartment. As you might have seen from my book where his office […]
Each of us on Thursday’s panel discussion worked independently so it was a fun surprise when Sara Ruffin Costello and I both included London interior designer Veere Grenney in our slides. His old London home (see it here) is still one of my all time favorite interiors and the new home he shares with David […]