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Thinking About Summer

November 20, 2015

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I wish my garden looked like this photo. Perhaps with a little more attention and some plant purchases, it will.  I am going to spend the weekend clipping and pruning, planting and relaxing.  I hope you will do the same. I love the start of summer!!

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Great Idea: Repurposing Vintage Furniture for the Bath

November 19, 2015

I am not sure what this metal piece was used for before it became a really cool vanity. It's presence is enhanced with the great wallpaper. This is a charming and vibrant environment.Slideshow

A great way to express your personal style and taste is to bring decorative items into the bath. One of the more unique ways to accomplish this is to repurpose an old or vintage piece of furniture into a vanity, especially for the powder room where such details are showcased beautifully. As any antiques shopper will tell you, the objective is to find a piece that looks great but doesn’t cost a lot.

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Hostess Gifts for the Holiday Kitchen

November 19, 2015

Hand-made dish towels, new brushes and fragrant soap beautifully packaged will be a favorite of every hostess.Slideshow

Here is the proverbial question: Where does the time go? We are nearing the end of 2015, and that means one thing. It is gift-giving time.

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Very Rich & Handsome

November 18, 2015

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VERY RICH & HANDSOME is the name of an exhibition at the Hirschl & Adler Galleries in the Crown Building at 730 Fifth Avenue, New York. As part of my museum and antiques show hopping in New York in January, I especially wanted to see this extraordinary group of American Neo-Classical decorative arts. The title of the show was extracted from an 1820 document by Abby Breese Salisbury who described a group of furniture she had commissioned from the Boston cabinet making firm of Issac Vose & Son in the early days of the 19th century. While great furniture was made in Boston at that time, other cabinetmaking centers were well established New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The show has examples from all of these centers and each piece is more refined and elegant than the next.

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