Top Ten Luxury Gift Ideas (for under $50…shhh)

Have you been wrestling with this holiday brain teaser: “What should I get my client? My Boss? My host? My ______”? Then my darlings, you’ve come to the right place! We all have those hard-to-shop-for people in our lives that we hope to impress, but sometimes the budget makes it difficult. Never fear! Luxury shall [...]

Purrrrr-fectly Fabulous: Jungle Cat Prints

Jungle cat prints have been chic forever (clearly, I’ve researched this timeline). I imagine Cleopatra draped herself in snow leopard fur and deemed it the height of fashion. Not much has changed. Even now, designers – both fashion and interior sorts – love to play with the kitties, knowing a strong jungle cat print delivers [...]

ABCs

Popped into ABC Carpet and Home yesterday and found this gorgeous little corner. I love how creative and fearless it is! A marble area “rug”? Sure! A huge, ornate mirror on the floor? Why not? Highly textured, weathered walls, off-center artwork, and a little pink Midcentury chair partying in the corner? It’s all so wrong, [...]

Marvelous Mecox

On any given Saturday you can find me strolling around the Upper East Side, coffee in hand, heading toward Mecox Gardens to find a treasure. The home decor store is an institution among designers and has opened 8 locations around the nation, including New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. When I walk through their door, [...]

Trade Secrets: What is Tea Paper?

Pasting the walls (and sometimes the ceilings!) with gorgeous wallpaper is nothing new. I imagine hundreds of years ago, our ancestors eyed wallpaper samples much like we do now, enamored with the intricate designs and endless decorative possibilities. But trends come and go, dictating the “in” colors and textures, and one particular style has sashayed [...]