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It's Holiday Time

November 4, 2013

You can never go wrong with a fabulous bouquet of peonies.Slideshow

I simply cannot believe it is time to think about the holidays: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and the New Year. Where did the year go?  With that said, it is time to stock your gift closet with a stash of holiday hostess gifts. It is so much more relaxing to have something well-chosen at hand rather than have a last-moment panic attack when you have to run out to find the “perfect” gift. So, do your thinking and shopping now.  And when the holidays are actually here, you can focus on enjoying the spirit of the season.

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Apuan Alps: White Marble

November 3, 2013

The Apuan Alps in all their majesty.Slideshow

Stone has been used as a building material since before history was recorded. It is one of the basic materials in the world and its presence in castles, temples and modest dwellings reveals its’ remarkable visual essence and durability. Greeks, Romans, Incas and Egyptians built their fortifications from enormous stone blocks, created spectacular columns for their amphitheaters and elegantly carved decorative ornaments out of stone. When you select stone for the interior of your house, or the exterior for that matter, you are making the same kinds of choices that civilizations have made from Paleolithic times to the 21st century.

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Fourth of July

November 3, 2013

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Independence Hall was completed in Philadelphia in 1753.  It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783.

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2013 Color of the Year

November 2, 2013

Nate Berkus was ahead of the curve when he papered this powder bath in a green overall malachite-like pattern. It is stunning with brass accents and a dark brown wainscott. This really makes a statement. (As seen in Architectural Digest November 2012.)Slideshow

The color of the year, according to pantone, is emerald green. Personally, I am not a great fan of green unless it has lots of gray in it making the tones drab. I have painted the bottom of my kitchen cabinets Farrow and Ball Mouse’s Back, a mysterious gray/green, and occasionally wear an olive green sweater. That is about as far as my green vocabulary goes.

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