Back in ACK!

I have been dying to use this as the title for my new blog "Back in ACK!" - I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of this phrase, but I was thrilled to be back in this beautiful paradise for the guest house installation of a project that I featured last year in my blog "Memorial Day Move [...]

Quintessential Hamptons House

To me, the ultimate in good design is making it look inviting, beautiful, and effortless. Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to find design perfection with a visit to a friend's family home in Bridgehampton, NY. This home perfectly reflects the persona of the people who live there, pays homage to the locale and history (built in 1869), and has [...]

Memorial Day Move In for a Nantucket Summer House

I hope you are enjoying a relaxing Memorial Day Weekend. I can say that I am relaxing now, but during the week leading up to this holiday weekend, we were super busy installing the furnishings in a client's Nantucket summer home. You may have read my March 2018 blog post Nantucket Summer House - Work in Progress where I showed [...]

Nantucket Summer House – Work in Progress

And you call this Spring! As the Northeast recovers from it's third Nor'easter in 3 weeks, I am thrilled to have the design of this Nantucket home to keep me in a "Summer mindset". Completion is set for Memorial Day weekend - less than 2 months away! I recently completed the redesign for this family's Summit, NJ home when they [...]

Looking for the Silver Lining

Silver Lining - An element of hope or a redeeming quality in an otherwise unfortunate situation. Monday, April 20th, when I heard that the beloved and historic Blithewald mansion was engulfed in flames, I was utterly and completely heartbroken. To see so much work, talent and creativity be consumed was overwhelming. My first concern was that no one was hurt which thankfully [...]

Inspiration to Installation

An invitation to design a room in the prestigious Stately Homes by the Sea Designer Show House in Rumson, NJ is a true honor. Since 2007, an amazing group of volunteers has presented a designer show house to benefit the VNA Health Group. This year the house is an estate - Blithewald - built by architect, Edward L. Woodruff and landscape architect, [...]

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