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At Home in the Garden with Carolyne Roehm Video

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   16 Comments
Carolyne Roehm at home in the garden
Carolyne Roehm is as at home in the couturier’s atelier as she is in the kitchen, in the studio or behind the lens, but nowhere is she more passionate than in the garden. In her 12th book, At Home in the Garden, Carolyne shares her lifelong love of nature as expressed in her glorious gardens at Weatherstone, her magnificent Connecticut home.…
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Patrick Dragonette at Maison de Luxe 2015

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   10 Comments
Patrick Dragonette at Maison de Luxe
When Patrick Dragonette was assigned his “Room without a View” for Maison de Luxe, he thought about what kind of room he would like to have. Knowing that it was originally a guest suite, he thought it could be interesting to create a space where you could have a bit of fun in such a formal house.…
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Timothy Corrigan at Maison de Luxe 2015

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   8 Comments
Fromental in Timothy Corrigan's Maison de Luxe entry
With a breathtaking setting overlooking Beverly Hills, Greystone Mansion is the spectacular location for the 2015 Luxe Magazine Maison de Luxe Designer Showhouse. A magnificent example of gilded age architecture, the estate has weathered the years with distinction thanks to the efforts of the city of Beverly Hills and Friends of Greystone.…
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Luxe Magazine Greystone Mansion Showhouse Sneak Peek

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Greystone Mansion gardens
This week designers have been putting the finishing touches on their rooms in the Luxe Magazine Greystone Mansion Showhouse. The magnificent 46,000 square foot Tudor Revival estate, built overlooking Beverly Hills in 1928 for oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny, took over three years to complete at a cost of over three million dollars (a vast fortune at the time).…
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Design Leadership Summit in Los Angeles

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Design Leadership Summit at Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall
Last week the Design Leadership Summit marked its tenth anniversary with an impressive line up of events in Los Angeles. Now over 300 strong, the Design Leadership Network‘s growing group of top design professionals traveled from across the country to learn, (re)think, connect and share.…
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2015 International Show Sneak Peek with Michael Boodro

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   2 Comments
Jean Louis Deniot in ELLE DECOR photo by Simon Upton
This Thursday marks the 27th Annual Opening Night of the 2015 International Show (formerly known as The Preview Party for the International Fine Art and Antiques Show). Hosted annually by The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering since the inception of the show, the glamorous event routinely raises over $500,000 to benefit The Society’s patient care, research, and education programs at MSKCC.…
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A Flagship for Bunny Williams Home

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   11 Comments
Bunny Williams Home
Bunny Williams has long had tempting outposts to purchase her chic products and finds. Whether shopping for Bunny Williams Home collections through the trade or directly online or seeking unique vintage selections at her former Treillage stores, you were always assured of finding something special for your home.…
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Palm Beach Chic

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   9 Comments
Palm Beach Chic cover
Just in time for the weekend, we can all take a vicarious visit to that tropical bastion of sunny style in Jennifer Ash Rudick’s lush new book Palm Beach Chic! Within its pages of four hundred beautiful color photos by Jessica Klewicki Glynn, we gain entrée to the architecture, interiors and gardens of not only classic grand dames estates but also stylish apartments, glamorous post modern houses and bohemian cottages.…
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At Home with Susanna Salk and Michael Bruno in Tuxedo Park

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   12 Comments
Michael Bruno at Tuxedo Park
Not only is Michael Bruno, founder of 1stdibs and now Housepad App (more on that in a bit) a man of innovative creative ideas but also of great taste. Changing the way people around the world could buy one-of-a-kind antiques, furniture, jewelry and more, meant traveling the globe to find dealers for 1stdibs.…
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Nantucket House Tour | Stylish in Sconset

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Stacey Bewkes   •   19 Comments
Nantucket house tour
Most Nantucket regulars would agree that September is the most beautiful month on island. The throngs of tourists have left, you can actually get a restaurant reservation, the water is still warm and that early autumn light softens the colors to glinting golden hues.…
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