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Final Favorites from the AD Home Design Show

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   3 Comments
One of the best aspects of the AD Home Design Show is that it covers the full gamut of design. As the leading US luxury design fair, it features an international array of offerings from art to appliances. In this final segment on this year’s show are picks from a variety of categories.  …
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Floral Finds at the AD Home Design Show

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   6 Comments
It’s not new news that florals have been making a comeback everywhere from runway to interiors. At the AD Home Design Show they were seen in a variety of iterations.  It could be perennially spring in your rooms with Thomas Long‘s beautiful hand blown glass sculpture.…
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AD Home Design Show 2015 Part II

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   6 Comments
Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing more from the AD Home Design Show 2015 in several shorter installments. As a reminder, the easiest way to receive updates is, of course, to subscribe directly (by entering your email in the box above the blue subscribe button on the right) or through bloglovin – the blue heart icon under follow the Q.…
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Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2015

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Last week Pier 94 was home to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2015. As DIFFA Dining by Design moved next door, the 14th annual edition of this luxury show for the design market expanded to fill the entire space. From large international brands to small artisanal craftsmen, the show offers a wealth of sources.…
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A Week’s Worth of Inspiration

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   8 Comments
With a whirlwind of activities, I haven’t had a chance to edit photos and share this week’s worth of inspiration. Between a special evening at New York Botanical Garden’s Orchid Show, the Architectural Digest Home Design Show and the DIFFA Dining by Design tables, my camera is full and my feet exhausted.…
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Dodie Thayer for Tory Burch

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   7 Comments
In the Slim Aarons era of Palm Beach life, potter Dodie Thayer was a name known to all fashionable hostesses. Self taught and using a second-hand kiln in her garage, she hand-made ceramics molded from lettuce and cabbage leaves, many pieces taking up to two weeks to complete.…
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Geoffrey Bennison Master Decorator

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   7 Comments
Designer Mark Hampton perhaps described legendary decorator Geoffrey Bennison best. “Like some Proustian arbiter of taste and manners, he knew exactly how to get it right, while at the same time he left a tingling impression of mystery. How did he do it?…
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Penny Morrison Then and Now

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   9 Comments
Several years ago I wrote a piece about Guy and Penny Morrison’s charming house in Wales, below. Penny MorrisonSince then, I have come to know Penny’s beautiful line of fabrics, and her chic collaboration with Carolina Irving, Irving & Morrison, below. Irving & MorrisonSo I was delighted to see the marvelous cover feature on her home in the April ELLE DECOR beautifully captured by Miguel Flores-Vianna. …
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Weekend Update

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   9 Comments
Sometimes, I’ve put something on the back burner for whatever reason and a nudge from my wanderings online and elsewhere will serve as a reminder to circle back around. As we approach the weekend, it seemed a good time to catch up on several people, places and product I’ve been meaning to mention. …
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Weekend Wandering at the Met

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   10 Comments
One of my Christmas presents to my sister was a dual membership with me to the Metropolitan Museum. Since her birthday is Monday, we decided to celebrate by seeing a couple of exhibits at the Met and having lunch in the lovely Members Dining Room, which is almost worth the cost of membership alone.…
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