I had a fabulous lunch at Cafe Cluny yesterday with interior designer Courtney Giles and gallery owner Emily Amy who are in town from Atlanta for a few days of shopping. Afterward, I took a walk around the West Village to check out the holiday decorations. The neighborhood is full of beautiful brownstones and their […]

I’m looking forward to having some time off at the holidays so I can see all the wonderful films that are being released this month. At the top of my list now is The Young Victoria which tells the story of Queen Victoria’s accession to the thrown, her turbulent early reign and her enduring romance […]

The second issue of Lonny premiered today and I have to say that I think it’s even better than the first and not just because I’m in it! I owe a big thanks to Michelle Adams for asking me to share my 10 favorite things and to Patrick Cline for taking my photo. And a […]

Camellia. Wisteria. Vermillion. When the first chapter of a book starts with these three words, you know it’s going to be good but HUE is more than just good. It is a kaleidoscope of the most amazing color in some of the most awe inspiring interiors I have ever seen! Tonight was the book signing […]

I was very honored to be asked by the editor of Amica magazine in Singapore to write a first person account of how blogging has changed my life. I was even more honored when I found out that past contributors to the column have included Diane von Furstenberg, Barbara Tfank, Fiona Kotur, and Temple St. […]

I had already been working on a post about library dining rooms before I spoke to Dick Bories and James Shearron of Bories and Shearron about the room I posted yesterday which was perfect timing! They mentioned that combining the library and dining room was more of a European tradition but it looks like it’s […]

I had no idea that my Blue Christmas post would lead to a little chat with Dick Bories and James Shearron of Bories and Shearron, the architecture firm behind the renovation of the Fifth Avenue apartment that Miles Redd decorated. The entire apartment is featured in the December 2009 issue of Elle Decor but it […]

It was the photos of the blue entry decorated for Christmas in the December 2009 issue of Elle Decor that had me thinking back to Aerin Lauder’s blue Christmas. I love blue and white porcelain any time of year but I think it looks especially festive at the holidays. Miles Redd, who can do not […]

One of the most famous holiday spreads has to be Aerin Lauder’s East Hampton house from the December 2007 issue of House & Garden magazine. I have been seeing a lot of blue backdrops to holiday decorations this year and it had me thinking about Lauder’s blue dining room. The table was beautifully set for […]

The holiday windows at the Ralph Lauren mansion this year are glamorous and elegant with a Hollywood movie star feeling. They also have a great bar which I wish I had seen before my post last week! Cheers! Photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

I had the pleasure of attending the 2009 Holiday House Designer Tabletop Showcase to benefit the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and blown away by the creativity of the participating designers. Holiday House consists of 18 table settings that celebrate some of life’s special occasions. Even though only […]

I am too exhausted to finish my other post but I know everyone loves opening their Habitually Chic email in the morning so I am leaving you with this beautiful photo of Jacqueline Bouvier and her sister Caroline Lee Bouvier as a debutantes that I saw on Vogue.com. The Hotel de Crillon Bal des Debutantes […]

I’ve been busy all day working on my client projects which included shopping for carpets at Paul H. Lee. If you haven’t checked him out in the D&D, I highly recommend that you do. I found exactly what I needed and he couldn’t be nicer! And now I have to prepare for a photo shoot […]

Now that I’m almost finished decorating my apartment for the holidays, I was thinking that I should invite my friends over. Only problem is that I don’t have a bar so I’ve been pouring through my files for inspiration. The holy grail of bars of course belonged to designer David Hicks. When I attended his […]

Every year, I say that I want to spend New Year’s somewhere warm and sunny and every year, I spend it in cold New York. Except for the year I spent it in even colder Stockholm but that’s a story for another day. After seeing Oscar and Annette de la Renta’s Punta Cana house in […]

I started decorating for Christmas this weekend and one of my favorite traditions is making pomanders. Pomanders are clove studded oranges, or in this case clementines since they looked better than the oranges at the store. They fill the house with a wonderful holiday scent and look pretty displayed with greenery and pine cones. I […]

I’ve already started writing out my holiday cards this year so I can get them out earlier than I did last year! I’ve also had a few readers ask me where I buy my cards so I thought I would share a few suggestions. For custom holiday cards, you can try Crane’s, Dempsey & Carroll, […]