Tuesday, August 31, 2010

COOL BREEZES

Fall cannot get here fast enough for me! I'm sure all of us here in the southeast would agree after one of the hottest summer's on recored. I adore screened porches...there is something so terribly romantic about sitting in an outdoor room with a cool breeze blowing. Here's to hoping!


House Beautiful


House Beautiful


Coastal Living


Photography by Faucher Artists


Ken Fulk - House Beautiful


Summerour & Associates and Beth Webb Interiors


Summerour & Associates and Beth Webb Interiors


Ginger Barber - House Beautiful


Ginger Barber - House Beautiful


Ken Fulk - House Beautiful


Booth & McAlpine

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS

We are so fortunate to work with such amazingly talented architects! The team is everything and our best projects stem from working with the architect from the very beginning to the very end. Thank you all for inspiring us daily.


Booth & McAlpine - Veranda


Booth & McAlpine - Veranda


James Doyle & Charles Lewis Bowman - Veranda


James Doyle & Charles Lewis Bowman - Veranda


Maisons Cote' Sude


Kelly d'Halluin - Veranda


Michel Biehn - Veranda


Pamela Pierce - Veranda


Stephen A. Mouzon - Veranda


Rose Tarlow


Rose Tarlow


Rose Tarlow


Rose Tarlow


John Saladino


John Saladino


John Saladino


Michael S. Smith & Oz Architects - Veranda


Rose Tarlow

STENDHAL SYNDROME

"Psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly beautiful or a large amount of art is in a small place."
It has happened to me often, hence the expression "take your breath away," the last time, Paris, April 2009, in the Musee D'Orsay. What are our intimate spaces without art - bereft of soul and substance? I cannot imagine my life without it.


Igor Mitoraj


Igor Mitoraj


Ivan Theimer


Ivan Theimer


Gigi Guadagnucci


Dario Bartolini


Cordelia von den Steinen & Pietro Cascella


Isanna Generali


Kurt Laurens Metzler


Carlo Battisti

Thursday, August 12, 2010

A LOW OF 64 DEGREES!

Have I mentioned how much I dislike extreme heat? We are off to the Hamptons tomorrow where the low for Saturday is supposed to be 64°! Oh my gosh, it should feel positively frigid...which made me think of one of my favorite pastimes...dining al fresco! Buon Appetito!


Maisons Cote' Sud


Maisons Cote' Sud


Carolyne Roehm - Veranda


Victoria Amory - Veranda


Danny McNair - Pamela Pierce - Veranda


Carolyne Roehm - Veranda


Judith Niedermaier - House & Garden


Mary Spalding - Veranda


John Saladino


York Street Studios


Carolyne Roehm


Carolyne Roehm


Carolyne Roehm


Carolyne Roehm