I posted this photo on Instagram (my new addiction!) last night but thought it warranted a blog post as well.  Many of you have mentioned that I haven’t been posting any new photos of my apartment.  That’s because a magazine came to look at it and I wasn’t allowed but I figured one photo of […]

The Kips Bay Decorator Show House closes this Thursday so I hope you had a chance to visit.  Those of you who didn’t, missed an amazing house but I’m going to be posting a few more of my favorite rooms so you don’t feel left out.  I’m a huge fan of abstract art so of […]

The house features in Vogue magazine have gotten smaller so I’m always glad when they post the photos online.  The latest is Amanda Peet’s family home in the Hollywood Hills.  While the interiors are lovely, it’s the garden designed by Miranda Brooks that steals the show. An olive grove, Cypress trees, and grapefruit orchard have […]

The Little Black Jacket exhibition by Chanel had me thinking about that other iconic item, the Chanel quilted purse.  I’m lucky to own one vintage woven version but not the classic 2.55 model. It’s the bag you can use forever and pass down to the next generation.  Maybe I’ll buy myself to celebrate the publication […]

I have a meeting in Soho today and while I’m down there, I can’t wait to stop by The Little Black Jacket exhibition. Karl Lagerfeld photographed over 100 iconic people in the iconic little black jacket for a new book The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited by  Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld that will be released this […]

I’ve only met Amanda Brooks once but she’s one of those people you feel like you know since they are such a part of life in New York. She recently announced that she and her family will be moving from the city to live in England for a year.  There is much speculation about how […]

Summer in New York is all about getting out of town.  Patricia Herrera Lansing and her family head out to a lovely Guy Lowell designed house from 1914. Technically, it’s not the Hamptons but “Herrera on the North Shore” didn’t quite have the same ring. It was featured in Elle Decor in October 2010 and […]

I’ve been accumulating more palm wallpaper images since my last one in 2009 but never got around to posting them.  Once I saw the cover of the Fall Preview Bergdorf Goodman catalog today, I figured this was a perfect time to post them.   Bergdorf Goodman shot the two images above at the Greenbrier, the […]

Now that my own book is about to go to final press, I finally feel like I can start reading for pleasure again.  There is no better time to read than summer whether on the beach or inside on a rainy day like today.  Of course, this means I need to find something to read. […]

While I was reading the real estate ads in Hamptons Cottages and Gardens yesterday, an ad for a house in Southampton caught my eye.  “Grosvenor Atterbury design featured in Elle Decor with timelessly styled details, leaded glass, a dining/sunroom with casement windows, master suite with fireplace, billiard room and covered porch.” At only $5.995 Million […]

I always wonder why we don’t see Tom Ford‘s homes published in more magazines.  Perhaps he doesn’t want us all peering into his private spaces or maybe there were published in foreign magazines and I just didn’t see them.  Whatever the case, you can see some pics of his Mayfair townhouse in London that was […]

I’ve seen the photo of The Divers above dozens of times yet didn’t realize the photographer was George Hoyningen-Huene until recently.  He was born in Russia in 1900 and during the Russian Revolution fled to London and later Paris.  He worked as a photographer and eventually became chief of photography at French Vogue.  In 1931, he […]

I first became acquainted with the work of Christian Liaigre a few years back.  A certain designer loved to use his furniture in his projects.  It never really had the same effect since the interiors were also modern.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but contemporary furniture looks best to me in […]

Memorial Day is supposed to be a day to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. In reality, it’s become the unofficial start of summer and beach season. I loved visiting Cape Cod when I lived in Boston so I felt a pang of nostalgia when I saw John […]

I’ve been stalking Amazon.com for months to see if they had uploaded the cover image to Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington.  When it finally posted, I was excited to see that my book won’t be the only one with an orange cover this fall.  Her cover also seems to be a nod to the old […]

It sounds like as many people are staying in town this holiday weekend as they are headed to The Hamptons. If you are in New York and looking for something to do on Saturday, you might want to check out The Big Picture Photography Education Fair in Times Square.  JP Teaches Photo and cityHUNT will join together […]

“Made up my mind to make a new start, going to California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there’s a girl there  with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.” – Led Zeppelin I can’t believe this is only the second season for Chance.  It just feels like it’s been […]