Although it’s been raining every other day here in New York, it’s so nice to see glimmers of spring. There’s a cherry tree starting to bloom outside my office window; my boys are spending every afternoon biking and scooting around the neighborhood; and many of our projects are moving out of the “on paper” phase Read more
I can’t remember the last time I stayed awake until midnight on New Year’s Eve. I’m guessing eight years ago; somewhere in the thick of my mid-20s, when ushering in the calendar change also meant wearing a fancy new getup and waking up to a terrible headache. Nowadays, I rack out on the couch somewhere Read more
Nothing says “autumn in New England” quite like a room clad in plaid. Before we moved to our new home, when I was still scheming and planning and imagining, I envisioned a proper playroom for our two boys anchored by a massive sectional bedecked in Blackwatch and slung with vintage wool picnic blankets and soft Read more
This past Saturday we spent half the day with one of our favorite clients, installing the living room in her new home. A few weeks ago, in our “Kid-Friendly Chinoiserie” post, we had shared the room’s styleboard. Well, now it’s live and in living color! We were so happy with how the space turned out. Read more
We spend hours each day sourcing finds for clients, our noses buried in stacks of line sheets and lookbooks or perusing the latest launches in person. Some of our clients simply have us help select a pair of new nightstands or fabric for drapes, while others enlist us to design their entire homes. So needless Read more
I love that Chinoiserie is having such a moment. I am a huge fan of faux bamboo, ginger jars, foo dogs and Gracie wallpaper. I’d practically live in a Pagoda if I only I could find one in Westchester. My love of Far Eastern fixtures was honed when I spent one glorious year living in Read more
When it comes to statement-making patterns, the bigger the better. I’ve clad an entire dining room and upstairs sitting room in Gaston y Daniela’s Paraiso – a vibrant, tropical fiesta touting a 54″ x 57″ repeat. That means the entire width of the bolt boasts a different motif…there is essentially no repeat. Josef Frank fabrics Read more
I grew up going to beaches spanning the Long Island Sound. When I was in preschool, it was the Larchmont Shore Club, where my brother, mother and I would spend the days eating greasy grilled cheeses with the lifeguards at the snackbar and burying each other in the rocky sand. As I got older, I Read more
At the beginning of every consult, we walk new clients through a style questionnaire – it’s a quick way to help us gauge likes and dislikes while getting a sense of taste-level and interest in participating in the design process. Some clients whip out fabric swatches they’ve already been collecting, others look more than a Read more
It’s so fun to see a project come to life and this past weekend, Remy & I had the pleasure of installing a light and lovely living room for a client’s suburban home. The house is a traditional clapboard colonial on a sprawling parcel in Westchester County and the room we were tasked with refreshing Read more
