A real tableau for this Mother’s Day - on the eve of what I hope is my last move in many, many years, I am sorting and organizing the artifacts of my life so that they fit neatly into precisely-shaped bins that will puzzle piece into the meager
The garden of my (former - sob) West Village pied-a-terre was the one “room” that was ripe for transformation. After a 40th birthday trip to Paris, I returned home full of ideas, but gave the most general of briefs to the brilliant minds
The full story of my West Village meets Provence oasis is now live on @houseandgardenuk! As @hardylon so eloquently recounts in the write up, this flat was a transformative chapter in my personal story: it gave me the rare midlife gift - amid the dem
The bedroom at Horatio, which had a certain monastic comfort to it even before I hung a gothic midcentury tapestry that belonged to my parents above the bed, forgoing a headboard. The pairing of this tapestry and the lilac @dporthaultparis linens was
2024 was a transformative year, in ways it turned out I needed, but did not necessarily want. Last year this time I was just beginning to catch my breath after getting my family settled back in New York City; I felt a strong urge to pause and take ti
Thrilled and honored does not begin to describe how I feel about seeing my beloved Horatio on the cover of @houseandgardenuk - much less the 10th anniversary issue celebrating @hattabyng at the helm! I have much to say about this little pied-a-terre
For understandable reasons, the (potentially) historic nature of this election has not been placed front and center, but as I voted today, at the school on my childhood block where my mother voted in every election of her adult life, I did so in her
Things are heating up at the Apthorp! Design elements that coalesced after a formative research trip to Milan last November are suddenly coming to life thanks to @superstratausa @pepartnyc @sdonadicinc @nycdecorativearts, and of course @studiotreproj
I am endlessly fascinated by the way the spaces we grow up in seep into - and often shape - our identities, aesthetic and otherwise. My grandparents’ Libertyville, IL, living room is one of those rooms that I return to (in my imagination - it s
Sneak peek of my future kitchen, coming early 2025! When we made the decision to put the kitchen in what was the wood-paneled dining room, very much connected to the living room, it was clear that this had to feel like a rich and layered living space
This beautiful sofa, brought to life by @jandp_upholstery, was designed in homage to the one in the second photo, discovered while developing the design direction for a project in the Flat Iron district. Until @angiehranowsky fortuitously posted it r
Physically, I am still in my bed in my living room with my ankle propped, but in my mind I’ve gone to Carolina - specifically, this living room. As soon as I’m on my feet, this is where they will be taking me! 💛 📷 @chandleranne for @urb