Usually when we think of neutral decorating colors we think of colors like white, beige, muted browns, and grey. What we often forget, and what interior designer Celerie Kemble has brought to light i...
Before I left for Hong Kong, I had brunch with one of my girlfriends who is always on the up and up when it comes to new, great beauty products. I don’t often invest in makeup because I tend to...
One of the things that often gets overlooked in decorating projects is the final layer of accessorizing that every room needs to give it that cozy, lived-in feeling. One of the easiest ways to add c...
The other day I was having cocktails with one of my good friends and she made a comment about my iPhone case. She was surprised at how run of the mill it was. Up until then I hadn’t really thou...
A friend recently turned us on to iomoi and not surprisingly, we’re addicted to this stationary/home accessories/gift line run by a talented husband and wife team. We’re always looking fo...
To kick of the weekend and get you thinking about a little spring sprucing up, here are a few of the best pieces we found on eBay this week. These vintage chrome stools from the 1970′s with gre...
We just got back from a short trip out to LA to visit one of my best friends and do a little work on the side. One of the best home stores we found was Brown’s Hardware in Venice. With cake sta...
I was recently introduced to Raleigh, North Carolina-based home store, Furbish Studio and now I’m hooked. Conceived by owner Jamie Meares of the lifestyle blog Suwannee in 2009, Furbish now has...
We are SO excited to share the first press images from our new book, “Good Bones, Great Pieces: The Seven Essential Pieces To Carry You Through a Lifetime” available for pre-order now and...
Looking for textiles that you won’t find in anyone else’s home? Eskayel, the Brooklyn based textile maker of some of the most unique and eco-friendly fabrics, wallpaper, and rugs is wort...
I fell in love with malachite the day I saw a pair of spoon back malachite chairs in a Celerie Kemble room at Kips Bay. Since then I’ve been sourcing everything from malachite inspired wallpape...
We’ve had our eye on a loop chair by iconic 1930′s designer Frances Elkins for years. But swallowing the hefty price tag on one of them isn’t so easy. Especially if you want to use ...
One of our favorite mother-daughter duo’s is Jane and Judy Aldridge from the fabulous blogs Sea of Shoes and Atlantis Home, respectively. Hailing from Trophy Club, Texas, these ladies share a p...
One of our favorite custom furniture makers comes out of Charlotte, North Carolina and is run by the interior design duo Lindsey Coral Harper and Maggie Currey. The Lamshop pieces with their Asian in...
We fell in love with a mirror at last year’s Albert Hadley auction at Sotheby’s that neither of us have been able to get out of our heads since. It was a white composite mirror in the sty...
Another week, another dose of our top furniture finds on eBay! Here’s a great Dorothy Draper style three-drawer dresser with a current bid of $305. This piece is the definition of versatile and...
Launched in October of 2011, Dering Hall is your ticket to high-end home furnishings that were–until now– available only to the trade. Online storefronts curated by top interior designers...
Traditional Beni Ouarain wool rugs have become as ubiquitous and classic as the George Smith sofa in high end homes across the globe. There’s no denying these Moroccan rugs made by the Beni Oua...
Over the weekend we drove up to Hudson, NY to pick up a Dorothy Draper dresser that we bought off of eBay last week through a great little store called Colonia. The owner, Robin, has such a great eye...
We just got back from our second day at the New York International Gift Fair and have lots of exciting things to share with you. If there was one theme of this show it was COLOR. Everyone seems to re...
One of our favorite home trends right now are horse hoof stools (made of wood, of course!). These stools have been made for decades, but they’ve become quite popular in the past few years, popp...
One of our favorite decorative-arts dealers, Liz O’Brien, has recently launched her own line of furniture and accessories inspired by all of the beautiful pieces O’Brien has seen and foun...
Take a look at this week’s guilty to get-able pieces. You can thank us later! GUILTY: Spoon back slipper chairs circa 1950 at 1st Dibs. GET-ABLE: Spoon back slipper chairs on eBay. More great s...
After chairs, lamps are our second favorite thing to collect. In fact, our basement is overflowing with all sorts of lamps we just couldn’t walk away from. On a recent trip to the New York Desi...
Accessories like a great statement necklace or a printed scarf can amp up an outfit in much the same way as a couple of colorful pillows on a sofa. But finding unique and affordable accessories isn...
It’s January, and even the most colorful rooms can start to look dull in the winter light. That’s probably why we’re drawn to rooms that use silver to glam things up all year round....
We’ve recently started trolling eBay for some of our younger clients with smaller budgets and we’ve been really impressed with what’s out there. While most of the upholstered pieces...
Who said great art has to cost an arm and a leg? We’re always on the hunt for affordable art to put on our clients’ (and our) walls, and it’s often one of the hardest parts of desig...
After seeing the write up on new consignment store, Decor NYC, in the Times last weekend, we stopped in yesterday to have a look. The 6,000 square foot store is on 25th between 7th and 6th in Manhatt...
I was tooling around on Lonny’s blog today and came upon some sneak peek images from the not-yet-released March/April issue. The picture that made the greatest impression on me was the one belo...
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