“For I remember it is Easter morn,  And life and love and peace are all new born.” – Alice Freeman Palmer Photo via Martha Stewart

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the man credited with designing the Porsche 911 died yesterday in Salzburg, Austria. What better way to honor him than a post of Porsches. They are all so pretty that I couldn’t just limit myself to just the 911.  I think the Porsche 356 Speedster that was designed by Ferry Porsche is […]

While my obsession with Joe Fresh continues, why not take a look at their home in Toronto, Canada.  It was published in the August 2010 issue of Canadian House & Home magazine, one of the best shelter magazines still around.  I love that Kimberly and Joe Mimran kept it more on the modern and minimal […]

The Joe Fresh store isn’t your typical New York store on Fifth Avenue.  It’s located in a landmarked building designed by Gordon Bunshaft for Skidmore Owings and Merrill in 1954 and is considered a Modernist masterpiece.  Originally built for the Manufacturers Trust Company, it was eventually was bought by JP Morgan Chase who had removed […]

I was familiar with the brand Joe Fresh but it wasn’t until I attended the grand opening of their new flagship store last week that I really fell in love.  My favorite Canadian interior designer Tommy Smythe knows the owner Joe Mimran and his wife Kim Newport, the designer of Pink Tartan, and was kind […]

When I couldn’t make it back uptown for a noon conference call today, I decided to sit outside and take it in Bryant Park.  It was the best decision I ever made.  Studies say that a walk in the park is the best stress reliever and I have to agree.  The abundant sunshine and warmer […]

I have admired French perfumer Frederic Malle since I first saw his home featured in Men’s Vogue years ago.  Last week, I treated to a private meet and greet to experience his new travel spray cases he collaborated on with shoe designer Pierre Hardy.  The travel atomizers fit inside these chic cases sprayed with the […]

The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day.  – Robert Frost Photo by moi

The sad news came yesterday that interior designer Albert Hadley died at his sister’s home in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 91. The world has lost not only one of the most important decorators in history but a lovely gentleman. Mr. Hadley worked across the street from one of the design firms that I […]

Big thanks to Kristian Laliberte and the folks at Refinery29 for asking me to pick my favorite pieces to Prep Your Pad for Spring.  I love them so much I may have to buy a few of them for myself.  Hope you like them too!   Cheers! HC

Some people’s homes get featured a million times and others seem to sit quietly under the radar.  The latter is why I was very excited to see Patricia Herrera Lansing’s apartment featured on APT with LSD on Vogue.com.  In case you don’t know, Patricia is the daughter of my style idol Carolina Herrera.  The chicness […]

When someone from Elizabeth Street Mom invited me to a launch event for their new site, my first response was “you know I don’t have kids right?” But then I remembered that many of my readers do.  The site is billed as “the place where stylish moms meet” and it is a chic alternative to all […]

Some of you will take a look at these photos and think I’ve completely lost my marbles.  Others of you who have seen Game of Thrones on HBO will immediately understand.  I only just saw season one a few weeks ago during a marathon but was instantly hooked.  I had to watch the episodes a […]

You’d think after all the times I’ve posted about interior designer Steven Gambrel that someone would have thought to send me a press release about his new book.  Luckily, I saw Steven Gambrel: Time & Place in a magazine and took a good look at it in a bookstore last week.  Not only is is […]

I’m busy finishing up the text portion of my book so it can go to print soon and feeling a bit too frazzled to write a proper post today.  I came across this Zadie Smith On Writing post on tumblr and it seemed like a perfect fit for today.  It actually came from an article […]

I went out for a walk last week when it was 75 degrees so I could photograph spring in New York.  The trees on every street are in bloom and Central Park was bursting with color.  I thought these would make a perfect post to cheer everyone up on this grey and much chillier morning. […]

Here’s a look at most of the other tables at DIFFA Dining by Design. Enjoy! Merchandise Mart Properties table above and below designed by DesignLush Input Creative Studio Domoore Designs Artistic Tile table designed by Thom Filicia Tilton Fenwick Nile Johnson for Philosophy Design Studio & Cheryl Umbles for Perspective Interiors RDYC Interior Design + […]