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What I'm Reading Right Now: VILLEGGIATURA Italian Summer Vacation
I hope you’ve all been enjoying a splendid summer…
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Entertaining Beautifully by Aerin Lauder
For those of us who will be entertaining at home…
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Inside Marrakesh - Enchanting Homes and Gardens, Meryanne Loum-Martin
For those of us feeling landlocked courtesy of the global pandemic…
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Beige Is Not A Color
I’ve been following the internationally renowned stylist and editor…
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Decorating a Room of One's Own
Susan Harlan, a close family friend, English Professor and humorist recently wrote…
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: My Top 20 Picks of this Season's Newest Interior Design Books!
A treasure trove of interior design coffee table books…
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading: Martha's Flowers: A Practical Guide to Growing, Gathering and Enjoying
Hope everyone's been enjoying an awesome summer…
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Four Generations - The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art
As some of you know, Philippe and I collect contemporary art from the African Diaspora...
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Cabana Magazine
Every once in a great while a one-of-a-kind magazine...
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Giving the Perfect Book
I've been working through my Christmas gift list...
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: John Derian Picture Book
We spent last weekend upstate in Woodstock, visiting for the first time...
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Beauty and Seduction - Paulette Tavormina
New York photographer Paulette Tavormina has recently released a new book, Seizing Beauty published by Monicelli Press. Every page is filled with lush, dense, yet elegant still-life compositions of fruit, vegetables, florals, botanicals, insects and butterflies...
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Inside Venice, Toto Bergamo Rossi
I've been in search of inspiration for an interior design project I've just begun. These clients have requested European-style interiors with classical decorative touches. So, I was very happy to come across a recent Quintessence blog review of the volume Inside Venice: A Private View of the City's Most Beautiful Interiors, written by Toto Bergamo Rossi...
Read MoreWhat I'm Reading: Carolyn Roehm - at Home in the Garden
Carolyne Roehm - at Home in the Garden
I have been following the forever chic Carolyne Roehm for the last three decades, when she began her career as a fashion designer with Oscar de la Renta, her mentor for 10 years. She went on to establish her namesake fashion company in 1984 and also served as president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
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