Georgetown

This past weekend I went on the Georgetown housetour with my friend Loda and her husband Tikigod. I managed to FORGET my camera because I had a busy morning prior to the tour, but Loda brought hers along and she's a great photographer! I wanted to share with you some of our photos plus you can read more about it on her blog as well!The Georgetown...

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beach house

I've been working with MQ windows out of Canada (the NICEST custom windows) on a project and they sent some examples of their work. One is this BEAUTIFUL beach house with a pool. This is my idea of the perfect beach house! Clean-lined and modern yet still retaining that traditional N.E. style beach look. Love the black frames and all those...

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New Treasures!

I wanted to share with you my newest treasures I got from an ebay auction from a local auction house. These are antique watercolors of interiors ( there were 3 and I only won 2 unfortunately ). The first depicts a beautiful french room with fireplace, chandelier and french doors to a garden the second picture is a wall elevation of an english...

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Baby Mama

This weekend I saw the HIGH-LAR-IOUS movie, Baby Mama (with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler). You probably have heard the premise, but if you haven't; basically Tina plays a 'business woman' for a wholefoods like corporation that is ready to have a child but can't adopt because she is single. She decided to go with surogacy with a company owned...

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So pretty

Gwenyth Paltrow is one of my favorite current actresses. She always picks interesting roles and is just so beautiful. I love that she keeps her private life private and is very well spoken. Here she is in Rome promoting a new movie -isn't she beautiful! So fresh looking! One of my all-time favorite movies stars her, 'Great Expectations';...

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Wedgewood 'Cuckoo'

The china of the week for this week is one of my favorites (probably because growing up my parents had a set of this) - it's called 'cuckoo' and is made by wedgewood in the 80s. It's part of their colonial williamsburg series. These are really charming - I have 2 teacups and saucers and a little biscuit plate of this that I use for my everyday...

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The perfect house?

How does one define one's style? What makes us like one thing over another? We chalk it up to personal taste but it can be hard to break down into pieces. For every home we love, there are many things we may like about it and numerous things we may dislike. Is there such a thing as a perfect house?Take for example this house from Peter MarinoI...

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The mount continues

Curators are still desperately trying to save 'the mount' from foreclosure. I've made my contribution, have you? It's tax deductible AND they only will take your money after your pledge if they raise enough to save it.I loved this image of a hidden door from the husband's study into the wife's study.Read the entire article about the house...

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what do you think?

I have one stand out piece that I can't bring myself to get rid of from IKEA ( i was slowly ridding myself of the ikea junk). I really like the lines of this bjursta sideboard that I use as my media center -but the knobs are really boring. I went to anthropology and as a tester bought 3 of these square glass pulls - do you like them? do they...

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suprise party!!

This is hilarious! She's quick on her way to replacing Tina Fey on S...

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Beautiful House

In the May/June 2008 issue of Southern Accents is a diamond in the rough in the first few pages. Just a small article -but big on ideas, intelligence and STYLE. Coincidentally, this is oddly similar to my 'dream house' which I designed fully a few years ago and have been meaning to blog about at some point (or better yet build when my ship...

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Commute

And you thought your commute was bad? Check out the daily rush hour in Tokyo's subway! This is RE...

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Sets

Sunday I watched a few movies from a boxed set of Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers musicals that I got for christmas and had totally forgotten. I love these old movies and never understand when people don't appreciate them! The writing is witty, the sets are fantastic and the stories are so much fun. What more can you ask for? While watching...

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Lilacs

Not to make this a regular thing, but I wanted to share with you some beautiful flowers I got on my way home last night. Lilacs will always be my favorite flower. To me they conjur up memories of my childhood and vivid springtime. When I think of spring, I always think first of the smell of lilac blossoms and also the fresh smell of their...

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Architectural Sketches

Spanish Fountain (1912)John Singer Sargent is mainly known for his portraiture, but he also produced some beautiful architectural sketches and drawings as well. I suppose he had an eye for beauty wherever he could find it, similar to many of his contemporaries! University in Genoa (1908)Venice La Dogana (1906-1911)Escutcheon of Charles V...

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Brooke Astor's Apartment

The late Brooke Astor's famous (notorious as of late ) NYC apartment has been put on the market with a huge asking price of $46 million. Decorated by Sister Parrish with later updates by her partner Albert Hadley ( such as the famous library), this showcased the lived-in english country look Sister was known for. Here are a few pictures...

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