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a boy’s room in parts: the curtains
Inspired by the rug, I sought my cypresses for W’s room. Uncle Bill’s Hooked Rug for W I thought cypresses would get maximum play as curtains for the room’s windows. They’d set the stage, beckon...
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Elements of Style Blog – by Erin Gates
Indigo and Ochre Design featured on Elements of Style Blog Woke up this chilly Brooklyn morning (arrived, still sandy, from Jamaica last night) and on my morning blog-crawl what should I see but this...
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people and their stuff live in houses
Clinton Hill Brownstone Kid’s Room, with kids A few week’s back, the Thursday Style section featured KATE YOUNG, stylist to smart stars, who worked with Anna Wintour, attended Oxford and, knocking it...
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imperfect = you
santos in my window Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There’s a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen, Anthem Leonard Cohen’s zen spin on the...
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marble love
I’ve loved marble – white marble to be precise – since I was a child and surrounded by it. I remember how cool it was to the touch on hot Calcutta days and how pretty I thought the swirly marks were;...
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consider it a snow day
Adirondacks in snow Remember when you were a kid who woke in the morning to SNOW. Only to be informed that while it was CLEARLY still snowing, and there was PLENTY of snow on the ground, and ALL signs...
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please love my bedroom
Apartment Therapy’s My Bedroom Retreat, Courtney’s Soothing Blue Bedroom Again? Again. Once again, we’ve (I’ve) gone and entered a contest on Apartment Therapy. And this time it’s truly personal – I’ve...
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BEDROOM BASICS: bedding
White bedding, white marble mantel, goldfish on white As promised in my Love My Bedroom Post, a post on bedroom building blocks. Crafting a bedroom grown-up enough to satisfy the “escape + nest”...
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BEDROOM BASICS: Hooks
Hooks with View This was to be a post about bedroom organization. Per my obsessive drill-down, it became a post about hooks. Just hooks. (For the post on dressers and dressing tables, and a spirited...
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front page feature on houzz – go brass!
Everyone, everywhere is asking for unlacquered brass. Chrome? Pewter? Nickel???!? (over) It’s unlacquered brass fixtures, fittings and hardware’s moment in the design-sun. Never one to toe the trends,...
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