Interior designer Patrick Lönn creates sophisticated spaces in which you can still relax.  Such is the case with his equestrian study in the Hamptons Designer Show House this year.  He said this luxurious room was inspired by the recent move of his horse to Lionshare Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut and even included his own Hermes saddle. […]

It was a nice surprise walking into the Hamptons Designer Show House and seeing that interior designer Lee W. Robinson decorated the entry.  He also did an amazing job.  You might remember that I visited Lee’s shop in Louisville, KY and many southern accents have made it into his space.  As have equestrian elements like […]

I owe a big thank you to Traditional Home and Lillian August for inviting me and my friend Timothy Schroeder to photograph the Hamptons Designer Show House 2012 and attend the Gala Preview Party.  Nancy Galasso and Skye Kirby designed the great room for Lillian August and it was a huge hit. The double height room […]

“Deep Summer is when laziness finds respectability.”  – Sam Keen

You always hear pregnant women lament the lack of chic maternity clothes.  Well, fret no more, HATCH has you covered.  They design “a collection of chic, timeless, and comfortable wardrobe essentials to wear before, during, and after pregnancy.”  They also give back and are a proud supporter of Every Mother Counts.   HATCH has also […]

Those of you who follow me on twitter and instagram know what I was up to yesterday but I thought I should share it with everyone.  I was invited by Lifestyle Mirror magazine along on their shoot with polo player Nacho Figueras in The Hamptons. I got to cover all the behind the scenes action […]

Many of my days are spent working at home alone. That’s why I enjoy getting out and about for appointments and meetings.  Tuesday was especially fun filled so I thought I’d give you a glimpse into a good day.   It started with a 10:0am press appointment for India Hicks Jewelry at The Mark Hotel. […]

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, […]