Turns out that Luke and Julie Janklow are indeed divorcing. According to Page 6 today, the couple also just sold their beautiful townhouse in the West Village for $17.9 million which nets them quite a tidy profit since they only paid $4.5 for it in 2004. What recession right?! As I’m sure you remember, the […]

I love going through my old magazines. Sometimes you discover something you missed the first time around. Other times you realize that you’ve met the person whose home you’re looking at. While I’ve never met photographer Carter Smith, I do admire his photographs every month in Allure magazine and while looking through the January 2007 […]

Even though I’m a New York City girl, I dream about spending weekends in the English countryside wearing Barbour and Wellies to shooting parties. I think I’ve spent too much time watching Gosford Park! But since I just heard that Anya Hindmarch is designing a capsule line of jackets for the venerable British label, I […]

I was honored to be asked by eBay‘s new online magazine, The Inside Source, to weigh in on what I think will be the Top Trends for 2010. And even more honored to be included with my friend and fellow interior designer, Grant K. Gibson, and Joy Deangdeelert Cho who writes the fabulous blog Oh […]

I have a lot of male readers and I didn’t want them to feel left out of the closet cleaning inspiration! The thing that I love best about the men’s closets are how great all the shirts and jackets look lined up. Women’s clothing tends to be all different styles and sizes and they never […]

One of the reasons that I stay in my small one bedroom apartment is the closet. As far as New York City closets go, it’s a large one with an eight foot long pole for hanging clothes and floor to ceiling shelves behind it, not to mention a storage area on top on the entire […]

PLEASE PARDON OUR APPEARANCE! THE BLOG IS BEING REMODELED FOR YOUR FUTURE ENJOYMENT! It’s a New Year and with it comes a new look for Habitually Chic! I’m changing my blog format from two columns to three columns in order to accommodate new and exciting opportunities! Unfortunately, when you make such a switch, you lose […]

Sometimes you find a blog that is so fantastic that you can’t decide if you want to be the author, their best friend or pack your bags and show up on their doorstep and hope they don’t call the police! I think I can unequivocally say that all three thoughts ran though my mind when […]

If you fall asleep in the bathtub on New Year’s Eve, this is probably how you will feel in the morning! As we begin this New Year, I am reminded of a quote from Anne of Green Gables, “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet.” But in this case, we have […]

I’d like to raise a glass of champagne and wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful night no matter where you are or what you are doing. Just be careful and try not to fall in the bathtub at the end of the night! Cheers! Photo by Pamela […]

If you still have thank you cards to write for all the Christmas presents you received, then I suggest that you order these stunningly beautiful notecards featuring the artwork of Jeremiah Goodman. I received a lovely email yesterday from gallery owner Dean Rhys Morgan about the notecards after he found my blog post on Carolina […]

Every year, about a million people crowd Times Square to watch the ball drop at midnight on New Year’s Eve. And yes, I said a million. I looked it up. As you can imagine, that creates a bit of chaos in the city even beyond all the street closings. That’s why my friends and I […]

I’m busy traveling back to New York today but I’m not leaving you without something to savor. I love the pretty plum color in all of these images regardless of whether it’s a sofa, wall color, or just a little bouquet of flowers. Hope you enjoy them too! Images: William Yeoward, Unknown, Steven Gambrel, Molly […]

Right now, it’s snowing and blowing and very cold and I’m still wishing I was someplace sunny and warm! But since that’s not an option, I wouldn’t mind be wrapped up in a buffalo plaid blanket in a cozy cabin, preferably one designed by Ralph Lauren! He really does know how to do warm and […]

The clock hasn’t even struck 2010 yet and I’m already thinking about where I want to go in the new year. I just ran across photos of the Uxua Casa Hotel in Brazil that are quickly pushing it to the top of the list. The property was developed by Wilbert Das, the creative director of […]

Hope Santa brought you what you asked for and more!

I’m off to Pennsylvania for the holiday! I will try to write a few posts while I’m away so check back later. Until then, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! Oh, and try to pretend that’s me in the car and not some strange guy. If my PhotoShop skills were a little better […]