Monthly Archives: January 2015

Henri Samuel for Susan and John Gutfreund, Paris

Posted January 29, 2015. Filed in French Style, Henri Samuel, Hubert de Givenchy, Susan Gutfreund, Uncategorized

The salon featured above is quite possibly one of the most beautiful rooms I have ever seen, for many reasons. Unquestionably French by design, it succeeds in balancing fine 18th-century boiserie, antiques and objets d’arts with comfortable, if not humble, statements including loose linen slip covered furniture, a tone-on-tone checkerboard patterned carpet, the contemporary curve […]

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COLLECTED COOL

Posted January 26, 2015. Filed in Collected Cool, Florence Lopez, Frédéric Méchiche, James Huniford, Lorenzo Castillo, Mark Cunningham, Paul Fortune, Thomas O'Brien, Urban Alchemy, Vicente Wolf

Somewhere between 19th-century-style eclecticism and pared-down Modernism lies a highly personal style that I am very much drawn to, what I call Collected Cool. For those of us who want to embrace Modernism but feel left out in the cold where it comes to spare and stream-lined spaces this look summons the tradition of 19th-century […]

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A Winter’s Respite

Posted January 20, 2015. Filed in Amanda Lindroth, Andrew Raquet, Angelo Donghia, British Colonial Style, Bunny Mellon, Bunny Williams, Caribbean Style, Christian Liagre, Colefax & Fowler, Genevieve Faure, Grant White, India Hicks, John Stefanidis, Miles Redd, Nancy Lancaster, Nicholas Haslam, Oliver Mesel, Palladian-Style, Plantation Style, Tom Scheerer, Tropical Style

Following the embracing warmth and good cheer of the holiday season January can sometimes seem anticlimactic – a tad boring, if not completely gray, cold and depressing. Fresh from a winter’s week-long respite in Jamaica I feel rejuvenated, energized and positively upbeat. There is nothing like the tonic of the Caribbean’s blue skies and crystal […]

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Valentino’s Homes & Interiors in Vogue

Posted January 8, 2015. Filed in Mediterranean Style, Orientalism, Romantic Classical Style, Uncategorized, Valentino

  In anticipation of the publication of Valentino: An Emperor’s Table this past November Vogue dipped into their archives to curate and on-line review of the style-setter’s sumptuous homes and interiors over the years, reaching back to Valentino’s rise to fame in the 1970’s. Design hounds, like myself, are likely familiar with every home and […]

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Past Meets Present

Posted January 5, 2015. Filed in Belgian-Dutch Style, Elemental Design, Organic Modern, Vincent Van Duysen

There is something about the holiday season that fills me up. And every year I look forward to it … to the merriment and good will; to the holiday treats and yuletide libations; to the mantels and banisters dressed with boughs of greenery; to the twinkling lights; to the spirit of Christmas and all it […]

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