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A Tradition of Collecting: Property from Cornelia Guest, Formerly the...
There is a lot of buzz about Stair Galleries' upcoming auction, A Tradition of Collecting: Property from Cornelia Guest, Formerly the Collection of Winston & C.Z. Guest, Templeton, which will take...
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Nina Campbell at Greystone Mansion
Maison de Luxe, the Luxe Magazine-sponsored showhouse at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, is underway, and, as in years past, the list of participating designers is impressive. One of those...
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New Vintage Fabrics from Mary Jane McCarty
Some of you longtime readers might remember my post in which I featured the antique-textile pillows that were hand-crafted by Mary Jane McCarty. Those who are in the know- or who shop at Bergdorf...
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Vive La France
Early last Friday, I wrote a blog post about a Parisian house, and I had intended to feature it on my website today. But hours after writing that article, I was horrified to learn of the brutal and...
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Surrealism at Schiaparelli
Last week, while sifting through my over-flowing box of article clippings, I found a 2013 AD France article, which I meant to feature on my blog two years ago. The article, which shows the then-newly...
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The Isabel O'Neil Studio Workshop Silver Anniversary Holiday Sale
The Isabel O'Neil Studio Workshop will host its annual Holiday Sale next Tuesday, December 1, from 5-8 p.m. at 3 West Club. The silver anniversary of this much-loved event, the Holiday Sale features...
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A Few Book Recommendations, for Your Holiday Enjoyment or Gift-Giving
At Home in the Garden by Carolyne Roehm (Potter Style. Images © Carolyne Roehm) I feel fairly certain that by now, you're quite familiar with Roehm's latest book, which has received accolades the...
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A Traditional Christmas
Today is December 1, which means that the holiday season has begun. (It also means that I get to open the first gift in my beauty advent calendar, but I digress.) I spent my Thanksgiving holiday...
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In the Bedroom of Carolina Herrera
Today, there are few women as elegant as Carolina Herrera. Her uniform of crisp, white button-down shirts worn with black pants or skirt is so simple, and yet, it makes such a confident, not to mention...
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On the Newsstands This Month...
When you're looking through the Dec/Jan issue of House Beautiful and the Winter issue of Atlanta Magazine's Home, I'll hope you'll take the time to read two articles that I recently penned.For House...
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An Elegant Christmas Dinner
After publishing my December 1 blog post, which featured a London house that was decorated for Christmas, I received a number of emails from readers requesting that I publish more photos of traditional...
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William Hodgins, Town and Country
A reader recently suggested that I write about Boston designer William Hodgins, whose work has been woefully absent on my blog until today. Hodgins is, in a way, like designer Dan Carithers. Both men...
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A Christmas Tradition
If, like me, you're enchanted by the Christmas tradition of the crèche, then this blog post is for you. My friend, Jonathan Preece, recently sent me photos of a Neapolitan crèche that he staged in a...
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A Merry Christmas to You and Yours
The look of Christmas may have changed through the decades, but the sentiment remains the same.And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be...
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The Mill, Part One
Over the holidays, I was tickled pink when a neighbor gave me a 1954 magazine clipping about the Mill, the French country house of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (or, as the article referred to them,...
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The Mill, Part Two
For part two of my series on the Mill, I am leading off with a photo of the dining room, which is my favorite room in the house. Originally slated to be embellished with bold colors, the Duchess...
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Matouk and John Robshaw, Together at AmericasMart
AmericasMart's biannual Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market takes place this week and next, and lucky for me, I only have to travel a few miles to attend. One of this Market's big...
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A Sumptuous Get Away
After a long holiday, getting back into the swing of things has been a challenge, so much so that in the last few days, I've felt like saying, "Calgon, take me away." If a box of Calgon really could...
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Albert Hadley on Illustrations
About eight or nine years ago, I had the opportunity, thanks to a friend, to meet privately with Albert Hadley. Because our meeting was one of those "pinch-me" moments (at least, it was for me,) much...
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Why?
I'm too young to feel so out of touch with the times, but nevertheless, I do. So many things leave me asking, "Why?" Take, for example, the new Chelsea Handler show on Netflix. Why do I want to see...
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