READER ADVICE: PHOTO WALL
Last year, this dining space in Royce Pinkwater's home, featured in House Beautiful, captured my imagination. The oversized photos (sadly, unattributed in the article), are fresh and completely...
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THIS.Mary McDonaldI'm on the hunt for some great obelisks! With the Washington Monument just down the street, this seems like a fun DC send-up, without going "tourist" on the decor. So far, I've had...
View ArticleSMALL ROOMS IN "WIDE OPEN SPACES"
Thanks to The Denver Post online for running a story by Jura Koncius on my apartment! It's been so much fun hearing from small-space dwellers from across the country (or folks just looking to cheer up...
View ArticleSUPER SIMPLE THANKSGIVING TABLE DECOR
Pumpkin-mania swept the land this Fall; it's the new peanut of agrarian consumerism (goes with sweet, goes with salty - but does NOT cause asphyxia). Being of the pumpkin persuasion myself, I saw...
View ArticleGIFT GUIDE: A DECOR BOOK CHRISTMAS
All I want for Christmas is......so many decor books that I have to put shelves over the windows, a la Kelly Wearstler.I adore books, and my collection, while out of hand, shows no signs of stopping....
View ArticleSEA BITS
That's what I call all the little bits of oceanic detritus I'm always dragging home. For instance, this past week I went shopping for Christmas decorations at Michael's, but came home with these:I was...
View ArticleCLEAR JEWEL TONES
Isn't this seating area by Tony Duquette and Hutton Wilkinson simply lovely? This is the sort of color palette I tend to think of as "nature-true" - Wilkinson calls it "clear jewel tones." You would...
View ArticleA PASSION FOR PAPERWHITES
Early every December, I bring home a lovely fresh evergreen fir, and a bag of something resembling onions. The tree is put up immediately, and garnished with lights and lovely things. The ugly little...
View ArticleSTUDIO BY KOWLES
How fabulous is this studio apartment? It's the home of Matthew Kowles, the General Manager for Charlotte Moss' firm - plainly, the design apple doesn't fall far from the tree. You can see more in...
View ArticleSMALL SPACE CHRISTMAS
Christmas is the time of BIG! Big trees, big gifts, big hearts. But for small-space dwellers, the holidays can also offer a unique challenge: where to fit all that Christmas cheer? Here are a few of...
View ArticleAN AUSSIE CHRISTMAS
For Americans from the deep South, Southwest, and much of the Pacific Coast, a white Christmas is a delightful movie, not an actual experience. Still, the temperature does drop in December, the coats -...
View ArticleTANGERINE CHRISTMAS
Just because.Southern Living Mary McDonald, in VerandaHermes/Images/ Southern Living/ The Buzz/ Purse Blog/
View ArticleOH CHRISTMAS TREE
Last week, Jennifer at The Pink Pagoda kindly highlighted my Christmas tree. Here are a few shapshots, and be sure to click over and see the full post, and as well as an abundance of other TPP holiday...
View ArticleMATTHEW BEES' EMERALD APARTMENT
Somehow over the holidays I missed House Beautiful's feature on Matthew Bees, and his charming studio apartment in emerald green. I wanted to share some shots of his jewel-box home, not least because I...
View ArticleTARGET'S "MODERN COTTAGE" CHINOISERIE
A few days ago, I stumbled across Target's new "Modern Cottage" line, full of chinoiserie inspired patterns in coral, white, and black. To my delight, the website showed they were all in stock at my...
View ArticleBLACK AND WHITE AND PATTERNED ALL OVER
Billy Baldwin's l'Arbre de MatisseMaria Barros"Sharpie" Les Touches, Jenny KomendaIvy and Piper MagazineTony Duquette /Images/ Billy Baldwin/ Maria Barros/ Jenny Komenda/ Ivy & Piper 10.2012/ Tony...
View ArticleDIY ROLLER SHADE
I should have called this the "PIY" - "Paint It Yourself" - roller shade project. A few months ago, I ran across this image on Pinterest, and was so taken with the playful trompe l'oeil design...
View ArticleTHE QUIET OPULANCE OF MAUREEN FOOTER
In 2011, House Beautiful featured the New York City apartment of designer Maureen Footer. An opulent, french-inflected space, Footer's apartment is actually a one-room studio. At a mere 650-square...
View ArticleC. WONDER AT TYSON'S
Since I may be officially the last person in the metro D.C. area to visit the new C. Wonder at Tyson's, I half thought they might give me a certificate or something when I finally walked in the door...
View ArticleA WEEKEND AT THE GREENBRIER
The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia has all the requisite elements of legend: great age (it was founded in the late 1700s), great ghosts (Robert E. Lee has been known to take a cantor on his...
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