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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… Read More

Flowers really do make you happy. Not only do nature’s bountiful blooms enhance any setting but bring beauty and lift… Read More

Monday marks Chinese New Year with the Year of the Monkey, the ninth animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle. For… Read More

In the Slim Aarons era of Palm Beach life, potter Dodie Thayer was a name known to all fashionable hostesses. Self taught… Read More

With the wild winter weather this week, it was encouraging to get a glimpse of spring at this edition of… Read More

While we’ll return to Nantucket next week, today we amble back to Connecticut for a peek at Best Monogram in the tiny… Read More

I’ve been feeling it for a while – something gemütlich is in the air and it’s not just Sacher torte… Read More

It’s always a good day when I have a reason to visit Verdura. In their elegant boutique overlooking Fifth Avenue… Read More

A recurring theme throughout the design world is the mix of old and new. From rejuvenating heritage brands to repurposing… Read More

I spent the entire weekend at the New York Gift Fair. Saturday I perused Pier 94 which is large but… Read More

Tom Delavan, the talented designer and Creative Director of Gilt Home, opened up his beautiful Greenwich Village townhouse recently to… Read More

On a popular street in NYC’s hip Nolita neighborhood, in the most beautiful building on the block, the chicest new… Read More