Greece is having some issues but it isn’t stopping people from traveling to the gorgeous country.  It keeps coming up in conversation and catching my eye online. Just today, I ran across a feature on Vogue Special Events Associate Phoebe Papadopoulos‘s very chic Greek wedding on their website.  The photos are enough to move Greece to the […]

I was recently asked to “make my bed” using Serena & Lily‘s new Make Your Bed tool.  It was so much fun mixing and matching all the great patterns and styles of bedding.  I was inspired to try to find a way to mix other patterns with my Tilbury Lapis headboard fabric and I love […]

French actress Marion Cotillard is the August Vogue cover girl.  She’s promoting the Dark Knight Rises but while I was at the Angelika to see Farewell, My Queen (which is great, btw!) I saw a preview for one of her French firms, Little White Lies.  It was written and directed by her boyfriend and baby daddy […]

I picked up an old issue of Nuevo Estilo magazine while I was in Soho yesterday due to this spread.  The home is the Madrid apartment of interior designer Raúl Martins. It’s filled with everything I love, shades of white and blue with pops of black, a mix of gilt and chrome, classical elements, and modern […]

We had over 500 entries for the Oomph Edgartown Side Table with Shelf giveaway!  But there can only be one winner and she is from Willow’s Quiet Corner.  She did not leave an email address so please email me with your mailing address.  Congratulations!   Also, there were many of you who didn’t read the […]

This weekend is going to be French filled for me.  Opening Friday is the new film Farewell, My Queen (Les Adieux à la Reine) by by Benoît Jacquot and based on the novel Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas. It gives a fictional account of the last days of Marie Antoinette through the eyes a young servant who read to the queen and […]

The travel industry should start figuring out ways to leverage Instagram because all the vacation photos make me want to hit the road.  Recently illustrator Wayne Pate posted these amazing photos and his art from his stay at Castello di Vicarello in Italy.  I was hooked from the first one and a little investigating led […]

I can’t believe it’s been five years since I wrote my first blog post.  I had no idea when I started Habitually Chic all the wonderful people I would meet along the way and the amazing experiences that would open up. I can’t think of  a better way to celebrate this great anniversary than having […]

Today, I’m repeating images from my Chic Carriage House post of almost exactly one year ago.  Reasons: a.) I had a bunch of other things I wanted to post today but they all required editing photos.  b.) I ran across the original tear sheets recently. c.) This is one of my all time favorite interiors. d.) […]

Now that my book is finished, I have been picking up lots of new novels.  This week I’m reading Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead.  I’m only on chapter three but so far I’m enjoying it especially since it’s the opposite of chic lit. Although I like to lose myself in those types of books too, […]

UPDATE: This giveaway has ended and a winner has been chosen.   We have lots of great giveaways coming up on Habitually Chic and today’s has extra oomph!  Fabulous furniture maker Oomph has generously offered one lucky reader an Edgartown Side Table with Shelf. You even get to choose one of the 16 lacquer colors and […]

My country, ’tis of Thee,Sweet Land of LibertyOf thee I sing;Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From every mountain sideLet Freedom ring. – Rev. Samuel F. Smith,1832 Photo by me, 2008

As we head into the Fourth of July holiday many people will be hitting the beach.  In addition to sunscreen, you may want to grab a hat.  They not only shield your face from the sun but they also look really chic.  And they’re not just for women.  Happy Holiday!  Elizabeth Taylor Rene Perle Holly […]

Some of you might remember Michael S. Smith‘s Bel Air home was featured in Elle Decor.  For those of you who didn’t see it, I thought it might be nice to compare it to his new modern home I posted yesterday.  It’s quite a change and as much as I love this house, I really, […]

My biggest issue with modern and contemporary clean lined architecture is that people usually fill it with furniture of the same style.  The best example I’ve ever seen of decorating this type of space is interior designer Michael S. Smith‘s new modern home featured in the Wall Street Journal Magazine this weekend.  He’s filled it […]

Not only do my sponsors have great products but they also have great homes.  Caroline Diani of DIANI Boutique was born in Kenya, grew up in England and travels the globe, all of which has influenced the clothing and accessories she carries in her store and the decor of her Santa Barbara home.  The light and airy […]

You would expect the apartment of the public relations guru to Valentino to be glamorous and you would be right. Brazilian born Carlos Souza lives in an unlikely neighborhood but the apartment itself is a jewel box filled with his travel treasures and eclectic art collection.  Refinery29 paid a visit recently and I’m loving the gallery […]