Daybeds 101 - Personally, I enjoy a 20 to 45 minute "rest" in the afternoon, it recharges my batteries just enough to keep me going through an evening out, working late or entertaining at home. I hate the idea of getting into - or lying on - my bed for my afternoon power-nap...
The simplest color combo - blue and white - has been attracting us since the beginning of time! Every palace, whether Occidental or Oriental has a blue and white room; every schmancy-pants socialite or dowager-designer has a blue and white collection. Personally...
Gone are the days of red, white and blue used only in Yankee style country homes, beach houses or boats. It's a perpetually classic combo. In one tricolor grouping you have clean, crisp and regal...
In this post I will try to show you what's right and what's not right about various house colors. I'll also try to demonstrate to you that the architectural style of your home is as important as its surroundings, region and purpose when choosing the perfect color...
I thought I’d show you some of my favorite kitchens and explain why they are my favorites. They are not in order of preference as they each have something important to my taste, which is: They’re all “honest” and uncomplicated; no gee-gaws or ridiculous super-sized mouldings, no demonstrations of the homeowners wealth...
As time goes by I'm less and less into curtains. I do indeed think they're necessary in many ways for many applications. But the overuse of them is nauseating and some of the crap that people hang at the windows is just so exhausting to see... all in the name of "Luxe" or showing off, which is so tired in itself...
Originally, I was going to write a Master Class about blue interiors... Then, whilst drudging through hundreds of snaps of blue rooms, I suddenly realized so many of my favorite images were of this one particular house Victoria Hagen did in Nantucket, which is absolutely perfect in every detail!All of its rooms are done in blue or off white, throughout.
If you don't have some good quality recessed light in your spaces I think you're totally doing your interiors a disservice. I am going to show you how by giving you the tools to do it yourself, properly...
By the mid 20th century coat trees then took on a rather "Grapes-of-Wrath" look, no one wanted to use them as they looked like poor peoples furniture (gasp!) and clothes were to be hidden in the new "built-in" closets. Now, our unabated collecting leaves us with so much "stuff" that our bulging closets need relief...
These amazingly useful small seats can range from Rococo to modern. My all time favorite one was from Pace, the uber-expensive, well-designed modern furniture manufacturer which went out of business in 2001. Their taboret was one solid piece of glass which was an inverted "U" with a slight swail in the seat was...
Everyone has family stuff thrust upon them when they get their first apartment or get married. Often its not great looking stuff...usually crap. But, there's many pieces that are cool except they have a bad association to the way mom, or Aunt Bessie used them... I'm going to show you how these can become some of your most cherished pieces! I'm also going to show you how to "thrift" for cool things in this missive too!
