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Month: December 2014

Quintessential Guide to Champagne 2014
Food and drink, Holiday

Quintessential Guide to Champagne 2014

While I am a proponent of drinking champagne throughout the year, there is certainly no more traditional time to celebrate with a… Read More

More Additions for Your Design Library
Books, Interior design

More Additions for Your Design Library

Since there is never enough time to catch up on all the new fall design titles, I thought this week,… Read More

Holiday Movies
Holiday

Holiday Movies

For those who celebrated, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was filled with family frenzy and fun…. Read More

Christmas Eve Tidings
Holiday

Christmas Eve Tidings

Every year Christmas Eve somehow sneaks up on me, reminding me somehow of Carl Sandburg’s fog. And this year, it has… Read More

Interior Design Books for Holiday Giving
Books, Holiday, Interior design

Interior Design Books for Holiday Giving

Interior design books are always high on the holiday gifting list in these parts and while we’re in the home… Read More

Walton Park a Dollhouse Dream
Gifts, Holiday, Interior design

Walton Park a Dollhouse Dream

While Nina Campbell‘s granddaughter may be the distinguished designer’s youngest client, her dollhouse, featured in our recent video, may have set her grandmother on a new… Read More

Nina Campbell Shops Christmas in Connecticut
Holiday, Interior design

Nina Campbell Shops Christmas in Connecticut

With an international following and commissions around the world, Nina Campbell is one of the industry’s most well known and… Read More

Verdura Accessories for Affordable Gift Glamour
Design, Gifts, Holiday, Interior design, Style

Verdura Accessories for Affordable Gift Glamour

Less than 10 days remain to see the wonderful Verdura at 75 exhibit. I encourage any of you within the… Read More

The Intricate World of Saint-Louis Paperweights
Art & Antiques, Design

The Intricate World of Saint-Louis Paperweights

While you may know crystal maker Saint-Louis  primarily for their elegant glassware and lighting, throughout their distinguished history they have also produced… Read More

Austria in the Air and Other Online Gallavanting
Fashion, Gifts, Style, Travel

Austria in the Air and Other Online Gallavanting

You may remember last year at this time I suggested a visit to the Neue Galerie Gift Shop as all things… Read More

Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry at the Met
Art & Antiques, Design, Interior design

Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry at the Met

If last year’s blockbuster exhibit, Interwoven Globe, proved the power of textiles as a force in the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchange… Read More

Charlotte Barnes Collection
Interior design

Charlotte Barnes Collection

On a quiet side street in Greenwich, Connecticut, away from the more commercial traffic on the Avenue, sits the charming building… Read More

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It’s sunny out and the snow is melting so thoughts It’s sunny out and the snow is melting so thoughts are on celebrating warmer days with our exclusive tablecloth handwoven in Tangier. Such a happy versatile color that effortlessly grounds all the dinnerware in our collection - a few examples here. In stock and ready to ship. Shop through link in profile.
Join us at the Connecticut home of @salomondee , a Join us at the Connecticut home of @salomondee , a house imagined to feel both entirely new and as though it has always belonged to its riverside setting. Designed in collaboration with architect @halardhalarddesign , it balances tradition and restraint—rooted in local vernacular yet quietly unconventional. WATCH AT LINK IN PROFILE
A few of my favorites from the bevy of temptation A few of my favorites from the bevy of temptation at this year’s @thewintershownyc . Dealers tagged in each image.
As we start the new year, taking a deep fresh brea As we start the new year, taking a deep fresh breath with inspiration from Spanish designer @ludovicoporta . See how he creates a sense of calm elegance using curated collections and negative space in his magnificent renovated 18th century palacio. Watch the entire house tour on the Quintessence YouTube channel.
Monday blues with an international cadre of artisa Monday blues with an international cadre of artisanal tableware from our @shopqworthy collection. Shop it all through link in profile.
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