When I was in Birmingham, Alabama last fall, interior designer Andrew Brown was kind enough to show me around. We took a lovely drive through some picturesque neighborhood of Mountain Brook where he pointed out many homes designed by James F. Carter. The exteriors were classically elegant and today on Pinterest, I realized that the […]

We’re bracing for a Nor’easter here in New York today. The grey and cold weather has me thinking of traveling somewhere warm again. Luckily, I do have two warm trips on the horizon but I’m wishing one of them was to Morocco so I could stay at Villa Mauresque. The house belongs to Trudi Ballard, who is the head […]

Yesterday, I walked over to see the newly relocated KRB store. KRB stands for Kate Rheinsten Brodsky who owns the shop. Those of you in the design world might know that Kate is the daughter of legendary interior designer Suzanne Rheinstein. Suzanne is one of the nicest people I have ever met and the apple doesn’t […]

I returned from Grand Cayman late last night. (More on this later.) My suitcase and a pile of dirty laundry is currently lying on my floor. I’m lucky to have a laundry room in my apartment building but it’s not the same as having a huge laundry room in your own house. I dream of the […]

I don’t usually like theme weeks but I have warm weather on the brain this week. It’s partially due to the arctic weather this past weekend and my upcoming trip to Grand Cayman on Thursday. Although, I wish I was visiting Portugal after seeing Christian Louboutin‘s house on the coast. It actually reminds me a […]

I’ve had the Hamptons on my mind all day. The frigid weather is making me wish it was summer again and a massive fire on Main Street in Sag Harbor has me thinking of all my friends out east. Then Hamptons magazine editor-in-chief Samantha Yanks posted a photo of a friend’s home in Sagaponack this […]

I’m having the hardest time getting back on track after my recent travels. This morning, I just realized that Christmas is in a week and a half so I have a lot to do in a short amount of time. I also need to get back  on track with blogging. Until I can edit all […]

I apologize for the radio silence on the blog this weekend. It was much harder to work from Mexico than I had anticipated. Two back to back trips were also a bit exhausting. But now that I am back for good, I am ready to start decorating for Christmas and I’m using Suzanne Rheinstein’s house […]

I’m finishing up my trip to Charleston today and this West Village apartment looks like it would fit right in down here. It belongs to designer Brian Sawyer of Sawyer Berson, who you may remember from the Kips Bay Decorator Show House this year. I love that the color blue is the thread that connects […]

As many times as I’ve seen the uptown apartment of Kate and Andy Spade, I never tire of seeing it. While someone in the design world recently announced that gallery walls of art are out style, they are never passé for those who actually have a large collection of art and only so many walls […]

After she left the publishing world of New York, my dear friend Michelle Adams moved to Ann Arbour, Michigan to have a better quality of life. She has been consulting in the design world but now she’s back an exciting new venture just in time for holiday shopping, The Maryn. The Maryn is an online […]

It seems like I’m not the only one who loves grey. Fashion designer Jason Wu named his diffusion line Jason Wu Grey and his new apartment in Chelesa is decorated with numerous shades of grey. The space designed by Studio Mellone is featured in the new issue of the WSJ.magazine and mixes the grey with numerous neutrals and textures. Grey has […]

I’ve never met real estate broker Jared Seligman in person but I feel like I know him very well thanks to Instagram. That’s where I first saw photos of his apartment designed by Patrick McGrath. The uptown rental is a temporary home while he’s in between apartments so he took the opportunity to pare down and […]

It seems perfect to follow up a post about all the new grey pieces I’ve added to my wardrobe, with a room of similar tones. Interior designer Patrick McGrath conceived of the space as a Men’s Dressing Room for the 2016 Holiday House chaired by his realtor client Jared Seligman. The soothing neutral space is […]

Everyone keeps asking me when I’m going back to Paris. Unless something comes up sooner, it probably won’t be until the Spring. In the meantime, I’m putting together my list of new places to visit and Divellec is topping the list. Le Divellec was a venerable seafood restaurant located in the Invalides area of Paris […]

I read the November issue of Vogue magazine from cover to cover on my flights down to Birmingham this weekend. It was a great issue but my favorite story was the feature on Plum Sykes English country house in the Cotswolds. It’s so cozy and quintessentially British that it’s hard to believe the house is […]

I’m still in Birmingham but I can’t wait to get home so I can read David Netto’s new book on the famed French interior designer Francois Catroux that is being released today. In my post The Chic Catroux in 2011, I lamented the fact that we don’t see more of Catroux’s design work and now […]