Building this sport center is a response to the strong political will for a new urban ambition for this neighborhood. The context is mixed with linear ...
Lucknow city in India has a rich heritage with numerous buildings dating back to the 18th century. The site for this house lies along a busy arterial ...
You can now command Alexa and your AI-powered 4K television to conjure custom background art using voice prompts. ...
Looking to up your sourdough game" Enter Goldie by Sourhouse? ? a smartly designed countertop device for warming (or chilling) your sourdough sta ...
My, it\'s been a while since I last blogged. Holidays, family commitments, and, most of all, a book tour have kept me away. I\'m going to try ...
Ever since I first saw glimpses of photographer Victor Skrebneski\'s house in those Seventies and Eighties-era Estée Lauder ads (Skrebneski often use ...
If you happen to be in High Point this Sunday, I hope you\'ll join Paloma Contreras, Richard Keith Langham, Jeffrey Dungan, and me as we participate i ...
"The top". "An institution". The "Secretary of Grooming". These were just some of the titles and accolades given to Kenneth, the legendary hairdresser ...
I hope you\'ll join the Kravet team and me this week at What\'s New What\'s Next, where I will be interviewing three of my favorite designers, Alexa H ...
A friend recently gave me the most interesting book about Marie Antoinette: To The Scaffold, by Carolly Erickson. To borrow my friend\'s description o ...
Goodness. It feels strange writing a blog post after a year-long hiatus. I was worried that I may have forgotten how to blog, but it seems that ...
And while we\'re on the subject of High Point, another favorite introduction of mine are the ...
There were many highlights of last month\'s High Point Furniture Market, but one in particular made quite an impression on me: the gratifying appearan ...
One of my biggest complaints about social media is the sometimes deleterious effect it seems to have on creativity. On the one hand, it could b ...
In between visits to the Southeastern Designer Showhouse, High Point, and Design ADAC, I have managed to carve out some time to enjoy Spring\'s bumper ...
The Decorators Club is one of the design industry\'s most storied organizations. Established in 1914, the group, which is made up of female designers ...
Since I started my blog ten years ago, Tiffany & Co. discontinued most of its china as well as its much-loved Bamboo sterling flatware, Steuben went o ...
The are a number of major launches scheduled for High Point Spring Market, including the already much buzzed-about debut of the Bunny Williams Collect ...
I hope you\'ll join designer Alex Papachristidis and me at Design ADAC, where, on Tuesday, April 25th, we will be discussing "The Eye of the Col ...
To me, some of the most memorable homes featured on the pages of Architectural Digest are those Seventies and Eighties-era nighttime apartments. I ca ...
The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg debuted a new exhibit last week, one that should appeal to anyone with an interest ...
Spring is here, the flowers and trees are in bloom (and have been for quite some time here in the South), and that annual layer of yellow pol ...
I recently spent a pleasant morning at the Jim Thompson showroom at ADAC, perusing the new collections from both Jim Thompson and No. 9 Thompson. Bot ...
Isn\'t odd how certain things that have never before been on your radar suddenly push their way into your consciousness thanks to their repetitive app ...
A highlight of Christie\'s upcoming Asian Art Week is Christie\'s website.QI BAISHI (1864-1957) Sunrise over Water Hanging scroll, ink and color on pa ...
Party planner or event designer" Frankly, neither title seems elegant enough for the late Jacques Frank, a Paris-based designer who conceived and dec ...
Everyone has been buzzing about Christie\'s upcoming Diego Giacometti sale, which will take place in Paris on March 6. Titled Christie\'s website, wh ...
"Everywhere we find that modern life is killing the goose that laid the golden egg. The golden egg was the stark beauty of individuality, and the goo ...
The Georges Geffroy book, about which I wrote last week, has prompted me to revisit my paltry collection of fifties-era issues of the French arts and ...
I\'ve spent the last few days engrossed in a book that has become a new favorite: Georges Geffroy: 1905-1971, Légende du Grande Décor Français. Ge ...
The antiques-show season is upon us, and one show that many of us particularly look forward to is the Cathedral Antiques Show, organized and sponsored ...
The 2017 trend forecasts have been announced, and if what the prognosticators are saying comes true, we have French food and a return to elegant enter ...
Private elevator lobbies and vestibules- it\'s been quite some time since I\'ve seen one appear in print. Granted, these bijou spaces are not v ...
If you follow the international real estate pages of the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, you are likely familiar with Château de Castille. ...
Winter weather got you down"Â Then how about a Palm Beach pick-me-up, courtesy of the February issue of House Beautiful"Â Chock full of design g ...
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah. May your holiday be filled with all the joys of the season.See you in 2017!(Image: A fe ...
Before we break for the holidays, I want to bring you tidings of a new fabric, trimmings, and wallcovering collection that is full of good cheer ...
Copyright Lee Higham, Assistant, 1979Photograph by James McMillan, collection of Stiles Tuttle ColwillPhotograph by James McMillan, collection of Andr ...
No doubt the name "Zuber" conjures up images of rooms graciously- and often plentifully- papered in exquisite scenic wallcoverings. One of the wor ...