Whenever I think of a beach house, I automatically think of the traditional blue and white decor but then I came across the photos of the house on Long Island owned by designer Kevin Carrigan and architect Tim Furzer in the June 2007 issue of Elle Decor. The home has a great mix of mid […]
Habitually Chic is pooped! I spent all weekend shopping for the Bachelor Pad and all of tonight at the apartment checking projects off my list. Things are progressing slowly but surely. I am about to order most of the lamps so hopefully the other pieces of furniture will arrive soon so I have something to […]
I always say that my test of good interior design is if I would want to move in right away but now I can apply that same test to my new favorite store, Flair! It is beyond chic! If I wasn’t on a budget for the Bachelor, I would have bought up everything in the […]
What better way to start of the weekend but with photos of the weekend lake house of Susanna Salk and her family. The author of A Privilaged Life: Celebrating Wasp Style, is currently working on two new books for Rizzoli, Weekend Retreats, which celebrates country weekend homes and the people who retreat to them, and […]
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I almost ordered the ridiculously expensive Ralph Lauren dresser today for the Bachelor Pad but I decided that perhaps I should double check again that it will fit through the vestibule and into to the bedroom and more importantly into the freight elevator. Otherwise, we’re going to have a very expensive living room console instead. […]
We’re starting to make some progress on the Bachelor Pad. The painting was finished last week and now we’re onto buying furniture. While waiting for some of it to be delivered, I’ve been keeping busy with little projects including fixing up the bathroom. I bought new towels and accessories, took down a mis-placed towel bar, […]
As my friends know, I never met a dress I didn’t love and now I have new dresses to love designed by socialite Minnie Mortimer. They have a great shape and a great price point. And the shorts are cute too! Too bad they don’t come with those legs! Georgia Dress $200 Tommy Shorts $165 […]
I want to wish a Happy Father’s Day to my dad who first took me to Fallingwater as a child and again as an adult. Who took me to museums and instilled in me a love of great art and design. Without him, I wouldn’t be who I am or where I am today! Thanks […]
Everyone keeps asking me about the yellow Thomas Paul pillow in my living room and while that exact pattern is no longer available, Burke Decor carries the widest selection I have yet to see. They also sell wonderful furniture, home accessories and even photography, in addition to amazing wallpapers many of which are priced at […]
Do you ever have the feeling that maybe you were born in the wrong era? My friends have long suggested that I would have made a perfect 1950’s housewife and I can see their point. I am great at taking care of other people. I love to cook and throw parties. I can sew and […]
“Hot town, summer in the cityBack of my neck gettin’ dirt and gritty Been down, isn’t it a pity? Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city All around people looking half-dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a matchhead” This much pretty much sums up how it felt in New York City today. […]
One of my biggest regrets in life is that for all the years I lived in Boston, I never visited Nantucket. Terrible. I know. I’m ashamed. But it’s not easy to get to and requires ferry reservations, so I just always went to the Cape. The photos of this home on Nantucket Harbor that I […]
Things I will be doing this weekend include admiring my new yellow Christian Louboutin Flats, shopping all the stores for sales, possibly helping Bachelor Boy buy some furniture (unless he blows me off again to go golfing – we’ve had a chat about that), sweating since it will be 90+ degrees, and getting a new […]
I posted one photo yesterday of the Sag Harbor home of Margot Brunelle Fooshee, head of marketing for J. Crew, and her husband but I loved it so much that I definitely wanted to post the rest of them. It’s hot and gross in New York right now and I’m dreaming of owning a beach […]
I was thinking about art for the Bachelor Pad make over I’m currently working on and one thing that I suggested was a vintage nautical chart from Cape Cod that shows the town where his family has a summer home. I showed it to him and he actually liked it which is good since it’s […]
When I was little, I always wanted to be a fashion designer. I used to sketch clothes and I poured over a book of designs by Yves Saint Laurent while lamenting the fact that I was too young to wear his fabulous creations or hang out at Studio 54. So I was deeply saddened to […]
I thought it was funny to open the May 2008 issue of Town & Country magazine and see a spread about a couple that I have had the pleasure to meet in New York, Blair and Alistair Clarke. Blair is a fabulous dealer of contemporary art and Alistair is the worldwide head of English and […]
I hate choosing paint colors. I think it’s the hardest part of design. I’ve had a lot of people email for paint color recommendations and I always tell them that paint looks different in every space and in different light and at different times of the day. It’s really a crap shoot and on my […]
Memorial Day always heralds the beginning of summer in the city even if the calendar still says spring. My office has already begun summer hours and the rising temperatures are necessitating a change of wardrobe and accessories so I thought it would be fun to share a few of my favorite things that help me […]