An organized home is something I almost crave. Does that sound crazy? I don't know...when our house is organized I'm just a happier and more relaxed person. An organized home takes some time to get it there, but once you do, you'll have more time for the things you enjoy. I took some cues from the newest Remodelista book, The Organized Home and realized that organization is beautiful. Or it ...
Easy Steps to Style Your Bookshelves
Our latest installment of Project Design: Easy Steps to Styling Your Bookshelves. As soon as Mary Ann and Cindy suggested the topic, I thought, "well, that's great, but I don't even have bookshelves." You would think an old house would have plenty of built in bookcases, but no, not a single built-in bookcase in this house. So for me, that meant I had to buy bookcases before I could style them. ...
DIY Flower Wrap: Upgrade Your Market Flowers for Delivery
Whenever I take flowers to a friend I think about how I am going to take them almost as much as the flowers. Sometimes I bring them in a re-purposed jar or a can, but my new favorite way takes about 5 minutes and you can even take it with you to the flower shop. All you need is a large square piece of kraft paper and a Sharpie water-based poster paint marker. Yep, the same one I use on our ...
Modern, traditional and a little bit farmhouse kitchen + Diane Karmen
My friend Diane Karmen is a well-known designer based in Westport, Connecticut, with projects in Fairfield County, Manhattan, The Hamptons, and Beaver Creek, Colorado, just to name a few. But it is her own home and specifically her beautiful modern farmhouse kitchen that stops me in my tracks every time I see it. Her home was featured here and yesterday I had the pleasure of having coffee with ...
Roman and Williams Guild NY or the prettiest shop/cafe in all of New York
I really don't think I'm going overboard when I say that Roman and Williams Guild NY in SoHo is perhaps the prettiest home store, flower shop, and cafe in all of New York City. They opened their doors just before Christmas and I started seeing the most amazing photos of the space on my instagram feed. I kept tagging and sending direct messages to Madeline saying "let's go" so last week we did ...
Slow Roasted Tomatoes + Friday Favorites
I always love to make things once that we can use as part of our dinner all week long. I make caramelized shallots at the beginning of the week and use them on everything from salads to pizza to sandwiches and tossed with roasted vegetables like butternut squash. slow roasted tomatoes are another easy thing to make that add a lot of flavor to a salad or even on a grilled cheese ...