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Parisian Delights in CT Cottages and Gardens
Design, Interior design, Travel

Parisian Delights in CT Cottages and Gardens

While I have often contributed to the online edition of CT Cottages and Gardens, I am delighted to report that… Read More

Lisa Mende and Traci Zeller show house
Art & Antiques, Design, Interior design, Travel

Junior League Show House at Adamsleigh Continued

Today we move upstairs at the Junior League Show House in Greensboro that I visited when at High Point. It… Read More

Bradshaw Orrell Sun room
Architecture, Art & Antiques, Design, Interior design, Travel

Junior League Show House at Adamsleigh

Having a show house during High Point was a wonderful way to both highlight local and national talent and provide… Read More

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Food and drink, Travel

Daniel Boulud & Richard David Story | Conversations on Luxury

Please allow me to set the stage. For gastronomes in the know, Daniel Boulud certainly needs no introduction. With fourteen… Read More

Designers Abroad book party
Books, Interior design, Travel

Designers Abroad | Inside the Vacation Homes of Top Decorators

Who doesn’t love fantasizing about a vacation home in an exotic locale. And even better if designed by a world… Read More

Anna Trzebinski fur and belt
Fashion, Travel

Anna Trzebinski | The Luxury of African Chic

You know when you see a certain woman on the street who just has that special something? That unmistakable style… Read More

hotel labels from northern Europe
Art & Antiques, Books, Design, Travel

World Tour

World Tour is a tribute to travel. Not the travel of today with long lines and frequent frustrations but the… Read More

Andrea Salvetti Prato Colorato mirror
Art & Antiques, Design, Interior design, Travel

Rachel Laxer Paris Design Finds | Avant-Scène

All of Rachel Laxer’s interiors are marked by a sophisticated and often unexpected edge, due in great part to her… Read More

serierare verdigris mirror
Interior design, Travel

Rachel Laxer | Favorite Paris Design Finds

With offices in the States and London, Rachel Laxer is a design star on the rise. After a successful career… Read More

Astier de Villatte teapot
Design, Gifts, Interior design, Travel

Astier de Villatte at Maison et Objet

Since 1996 Ivan Pericoli and Benoit Astier de Villatte have been producing their furniture and distinctive white ceramics that are… Read More

Créations Métaphores at Paris Deco Off
Interior design, Travel

Créations Métaphores at Paris Deco Off

The triumverate that is Créations Métaphores represents the brilliant blending of three distinct brands that are as different as they… Read More

Nautic lighting at Maison
Interior design, Travel

Vintage Meets Modern at Nautic Lighting

While wandering the overwhelming halls at Maison et Objet, I was stopped by the stunning lighting at Nautic. Part of… Read More

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