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Spring 2018 Tabletop Market
While the Lenox Hill gala has provided inspiration for warmer weather entertaining, the Spring 2018 Tabletop Market offers a glimpse of what will be available in the coming months as we start to think about entertaining later in the year. Market always starts for me at Lalique, where they are celebrating the 130th anniversary of the Maison.…
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On the Move with a Busy Week in Design
With a busy week in design, I am just catching up with a few highlights I thought you might enjoy. Stay tuned for lots of great videos coming your way. This week, Susanna Salk and I visited Charlotte Moss at her beautiful townhouse to shoot an upcoming Setting the Table episode to coincide with the publication of her new book.…
Posted in garden, gifts, invitations, Stationery
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NY Now Spring 2018
If you can’t get to John Derian‘s charming east village emporiums, seeing his booth at the NY Now Spring 2018 show was certainly the next best thing.
From his myriad of decoupage collections, to charming furniture, above, bedecked in Nathalie Farman-Farma’s beautiful Decors Barbares fabrics.…
From his myriad of decoupage collections, to charming furniture, above, bedecked in Nathalie Farman-Farma’s beautiful Decors Barbares fabrics.…
Posted in art, design, furniture, gifts, interior design
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Holiday Shopping in New Preston
As seems to happens ever year, the Christmas weekend has arrived sooner than somehow anticipated. I did, however, manage to meet up recently with video partner Susanna Salk for a morning of shopping in New Preston, Connecticut, a favorite destination where Susanna is lucky enough to live.…
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The Authentics
In a world driven by speed, sameness and recycled imagery and content, where the word authentic is batted around as a generic adjective for the mundane and undeserving, it is a true pleasure to read photographer Melanie Acevedo‘s and Schumacher Creative Director Dara Caponigro’s new book, The Authentics.…
Posted in art, books, design, gifts, interior design
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If It’s Tuesday…
This week felt a bit like the 60s comedy, If It’s Tuesday It Must be Belgium. With a plethora of events in both New York and Connecticut, it was impossible to catch them all, but I did attend several brimming with inspiration and holiday shopping opportunities.…
Posted in architecture, art, design, gifts, interior design
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Special Shopping for the Chic and Unique
Last week was an insanely busy week of design and although I was under the weather and missed many fun events, I managed to sneak in a couple special shopping opportunities! Highlights included friend Eric Goujou’s La Tuile a Loup NYC debut at KRB – two favorites together that I am thrilled was a smashing success.…
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Petal It Forward
Flowers really do make you happy. Not only do nature’s bountiful blooms enhance any setting but bring beauty and lift spirits on any occasion. In fact, many studies find that flowers have an immediate impact on happiness and a long-term positive effect on moods for both givers and recipients.…
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