Hi friends! Many of you know I worked at Fawn Galli Interiors for a year prior to making our move to Austin. I did general designer-y and project manager-y tasks for various projects and ov...
This was an epic Thanksgiving for me. Every year, since the beginning of time (or since the 1960s, when my mom moved to NYC), she has celebrated Thanksgiving with a long-time friend (and later, her f...
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well, Im quite fond then! Fond of my readers, that is. And so sorry for the absence. I do have some fun things in store for the next few months!But first...
…if you know whats good for you, youll tell me what I want to hear when I ask whos the fairest one of all! Today is all about mirrors. I love a haute mirror, and seem to be collecting them now. We ha...
Ok, I have a lot to catch you guys up on, and who KNOWS how long itll take me to do that, so lets just start with the most recent stuff: this weekend! Sunday was Olivers birthday, so we decided to pu...
In addition to the day job, Ive continued to write for houzz.com twice a week, which has made for a very busy life! As a result (and much to my disappointment), I havent been blogging as much, but Im...
Hiya! Remember me?Me, being wacky, 2.5 years agoI suppose now is a good time to divulge what Ive been up to lately. In moving to Austin, knowing very few people, I planned to find a job working under...
Let me preface this post with the announcement that I did not exactly have "fun" making these roll-up shades. We needed them, I knew I could do it, I was determined to do it, I kind of wish w...
Before we moved to Austin, Oliver helped my mom digitize and archive wonderful old family photos. He spent entire days looking at pictures of me when I was a kid and came home every time saying that ...
Numerous people (clients, prospective clients, friends, etc) have asked me what I think is the easiest, quickest way to transform a home (or room) on a budget, especially on a renters budget. My answ...
I cannot believe more than a week has already passed since I started to write this! Saturday, April 9th, the Heritage Society of Austin hosted its nineteenth Heritage Homes Tour, cleverly named ...
Our move to Texas was 95% motivated by the opportunity for nearly year-round outside living! Ive written about outdoor showers (I will have one someday. Oliver has actually promised to built me one/h...
I love subway tiles. They are so common in New York bathrooms because theyre cheap, durable and relatively easy to apply. I grew up with them and have lived and have specified them for several projec...
Oliver and I will be attending a wedding in Mexico in a couple of months (rough life, no?) and both of our passports just expired. Rather than spend time and money having passport photos taken by a g...
Another ideabook by yours truly just went live on Houzz.com – ideas for cozying up your kitchen with furniture from other parts of the house! Hope on over to Houzz.com to read it:The Well-Concealed K...
Many of you are probably familiar with The Sartorialist, but for those who arent, former fashionisto (15 years in the fashion industry), Scott Schuman snaps arresting photos of everyday people (who h...
I first wrote about Houzz about a month an a half ago, because their contributors were showing us a lot of love by including our work in their inspirational and informative ideabooks. Shortly after t...
I know I moved to Austin and all, but that doesnt mean Ive stopped caring about happenings in New York, I just dont report on them as much – there are gobs of stellar New York-based bloggers, afteral...
Todays post is not exactly about design; its about a movie, and I never write about movies, in part because I dont feel all that qualified to give my opinion. But this is a movie about which I am exc...
We have been busy bees, bumbling around Austin, but heres whats been happening around the house:We finally put up some artwork in our bedroom! Under our bed, weve been "storing" Japanese wood...
Last week NY Times blogger David Vecsey posted a story about Lands End, the turn-of-the-century estate in Sands Point, NY (Long Island) that is slated for demolition this month. Plans for r...
Arcylic and gouache painting on paper by OVELO Fine ArtsWe interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to point out/apologize for the in-progress appearance of The Studiolo. Were working on the lay...
Oh, dear readers, Im the WORST! Ive really been neglecting you. Its with good reason, though, I promise. The fun news is that I turn a whopping 32 today! TIME FLIES. I swear, just the other day I was...
Today my Poppi (my paternal grandpa) would have been 107 year old. I didnt know Poppi, a born-and-bred Brooklynite, as well as I would have liked to. He passed away when I was fairly young and I was ...
I gave a lot of presentations in graduate school as part of my coursework; we worked on projects for two to four weeks, and were required to present them for final critique in front of peer...
I dont think Ive ever actually uttered the term "TGIF." Until now, that is (see above). Its a balmy Friday here in Austin with somewhat overcast skies, although the sun seems to be making att...
I know its Thursday, closer to this weekend than last, but Ive been busy this week (yay for work!) and I didnt have a chance to write about what I did last weekend, but let me tell you, it was t...
I recently wrote this little fact sheet for ehow.com on hand-smocked window treatments. My article was limited to 200 words (I think I wrote about 250; what can I say, Im verbose!) and it got me in t...
I dont usually post on the weekends, but I couldnt resist publishing this right away because Im so excited! I recently wrote a quickie post on houzz.com, the site that allows you to find ideas from d...
I couldnt resist taking a few photos yesterday of little buds Im seeing on the trees around our house. It appears that spring has sprung, although I understand its possible that we will have one more...
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