I’m back from Boston and had a wonderful weekend. Until I have time to edit my photos, I’m leaving you with this lovely historic home in the Loire Valley that was brought back to life by Tino Zervudachi. The chateau just featured in Architectural Digest dates from the 17th and 18th-centuries and was acquired by the […]
I came across this kitchen on Instagram and it’s definitely one for the future home file. It impressed me even more after I saw the before photos on ArchitecturalDigest.com. Designer Katie Hackworth took the family’s dated kitchen from the 1960’s and brought it into the 21st-century in a beautiful and functional way. The lack of […]
I’m trying to get better at reading each night instead of getting sucked into social media. This includes the stacks of magazines piling up in addition to all the new books I just bought. My favorite feature in one of the November magazines is this apartment by architect Carlos Aparicio in Buenos Aires in Elle […]
It’s not often that I get sticker shock but $125,000,000 for Salutation Island in Glen Cove, New York seems a bit steep. But let’s take a look at what that price tag will get you. “Salutation is an exquisite 46+ acre island on the North Shore of Long Island. The land was granted by King George […]
The marble bathrooms in this Central Park West apartment reminded me of Villa Necchi in Milan before I read that the iconic home was actually the inspiration before much of the design by Fawn Galli and Douglas Wright. The Pre-War apartment hadn’t been renovated since the 1970’s and was broken up into small rooms that […]
I can’t believe that November magazines are already on newsstands. The latest issue of Architectural Digest features the West Village townhouse of actress Julianne Moore that’s surprisingly down to earth for a movie star. I appreciate that it looks like she decorated it herself and that is feels very personal. “I like things that have real […]
I have been following Marina Rust on Instagram for a while and was wondering what she was doing in Virginia. My question was answered in the August 2017 issue of Vogue. She and her family had bought a red brick Georgian farm house on a rolling hill where they spend as many weekends and holidays […]
Delphine and Reed Krakoff already owned one famous home, Lasata, in East Hampton, New York which was where Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis spent her summers growing up. Their new home, Clark House, in New Canaan, Connecticut also has a interesting past. It was purchased by heiress Huguette Clark in 1952 as a safe place to escape […]
It’s fitting that the word “home” is in the title of Home Again since homes play a major part of the films by Nancy Meyers such as The Holiday, Something’s Gotta Give, and It’s Complicated. This time though she’s the producer and her daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer is the writer and director. Home Again stars Reese Witherspoon […]
Most people think of the Hamptons as just a place you visit in the summer but there are many people who use their homes year round. Tory Burch is one of these people. Her 1929 Georgian home in Southampton called Westerly was a stately mansion that was made a little more family friendly by Daniel Romualdez. […]
The main reason I look forward to fall each year is that there are so many wonderful events on the calendar. It’s prime time for fashion, design, and art events including auctions. One of the most anticipated is Collection Alberto Pinto at Christie’s in Paris this September. It will be feature, furniture, art, objects, and […]
When you visit San Francisco, you start to realize how many places Ken Fulk has designed in the city. I’ll have more on this next week but until then, I wanted to revisit one of his finest design projects in the Presidio Heights area of the city that was featured in Elle Decor last year. […]
Do you remember the Beautiful Bonpoint Dinner that I attended a few years ago in a Wonderful West Village Townhouse? Well, the family who lived there moved back to England last year and put their Bank Street home on the market for $26 Million. It’s recently had a price drop and can be yours for […]
It came as no surprise that CeCe Barfield Thompson worked for interior designer Bunny Williams when I saw that drinks table perfectly placed next to an armchair in her apartment feature on One Kings Lane today. “I learned so much in Bunny’s office, but I’d say what I really took away is the importance of […]
Many people eschew traditional architecture because they think it can’t look modern or work for a young family. Claudia Schiffer’s historic English Tudor mansion from 1574 couldn’t be more traditional but there is nothing stuffy or old about the interior design. She shares the home with her director husband, Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake), their three young […]
New York kitchens are notoriously small. That’s why we have so many restaurant and delivery options. My own small kitchen is why I’m obsessed with normal sized kitchens online. This Humphrey Munson kitchen isn’t even in a real house. It’s their new St. Albans Showroom Spenlow Kitchen designed by Peter Humphrey, the Design Director and Founder of […]
It feels like everyone I follow on Instagram has been in the south of France this summer. That’s how I came across Le Mas des Poiriers. Julia Engel of Gal Meets Glam stopped by the the recently renovated 18th-century farmhouse on a pear orchard (Poire is the French word for pear) in Avignon and posted beautiful photos. […]