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 […]
If you are attending What’s New What’s Next events on Thursday at the New York Design Center, please make sure you stop by for my panel discussion. I will be speaking with Domaine Home editorial director Mat Sanders, Sara Ruffin Costello, Nick Olsen, and Mark Phillips at the Phillips showroom about design today We’re a funny […]
New York fashion week just ended yesterday and I’m definitely still recovering. While I take a moment to finally catch up on my emails and edit my photos, I leave you with this fashionable abode. Domaine Home posted some photos this week and it reminded me how much I love this apartment owned by the […]
I mentioned the house that Karl Lagerfeld called “the chicest house in America” in yesterday’s post and now the pics are up on Town & Country. I highly recommend running out to buy the October issue to read the whole story. These photos makes me even more excited for Stephen Sills’ new book Stephen Sills: […]
Since I’ve been focusing on fashion for much of this week, I thought it might be good to get back to some interior design. I am loving this Santa Monica home designed by Tim Barber Ltd. Architecture and decorated by Kristen Panitch Interiors. The kitchen is going in my future home file and I bet it […]
If you haven’t picked up the September 2013 issue of Elle Decor, you are missing out. I’ve been so tired lately of magazines that keep featuring the same homes and people and this issue delivers nothing but newness. The Left Bank Paris apartment designed by François-Joseph Graf for a mystery client is my favorite and […]
Fall is chock full of fun premiers including the new Carine Roitfeld documentary Mademoiselle C. It follows the former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief as she prepares to launch her new magazine CR Fashion Book and become a grandmother. It also gives a peek into her chic and minimal Paris apartment of which I’ve posted a few […]
I was thinking today how much I wish I could have my ugly wood floors refinished or painted when I came across this room. It was designed by San Francisco based interior designer Catherine Kwong for the San Francisco Decorator’s Showcase and features fabulous painted floors. The abstract white streaks act as the perfect modern […]
I came across some new photos of Axel Vervoordt and his gardens recently that were definitely worth sharing. They also reminded me that I still haven’t been to Belgium to visit his incredible gallery. An autumn trip might just have to be in order. All photos via Pinterest.
I’m packing my bag and getting ready for a weekend getaway in the Hamptons. I always feel bad that the Hamptons gets such a bad rap. Granted the traffic is hideous and the party scene can be is a bit ridiculous but it’s the closest place we harried New Yorkers have to unwind. No wonder […]
Sometimes I leaf through my new magazines and then throw them on the pile to be fully read later. Sometimes I like a particular interior but forget about it until it pops up later for further consideration. That was the case with this house in Georgia designed by Furlow Gatewood that was featured in Veranda […]
The good thing about getting older is that everyone you know is doing something fabulous with their life. The bad thing is that people you know and admire start passing away unexpectedly. Today I learned of the death of one of my favorite London based interiors designers, David Collins. To say he was talented would […]