Happy New Year!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cGLPXLguDds/UKVuOnRbv9I/AAAAAAAADAs/SB50XG4pED8/s1600/New-Year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cGLPXLguDds/UKVuOnRbv9I/AAAAAAAADAs/SB50XG4pED8/s400/New-Year.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Happy New Year, dear readers!  I hope that you and yours have a wonderful end to 2012 and start of 2013.  I plan on snuggling up in the Big Apple with my two little apples and their super cuddly dad.  There will be champagne, reflecting on the past, and looking toward the future.  And I will tuck in early to dream of design (yes, I dream of design several nights per week) and send my best wishes out to all for an aesthetically lovely 2013!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, dear readers!  I hope that you and yours have a wonderful end to 2012 and start of 2013.  I plan on snuggling up in the Big ...

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Seasonal Spills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MORYkaX4uWw/UKVsbUA-LFI/AAAAAAAADAM/YN2p9OOA3S8/s1600/lowe-indigo-leather-side-chair-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MORYkaX4uWw/UKVsbUA-LFI/AAAAAAAADAM/YN2p9OOA3S8/s320/lowe-indigo-leather-side-chair-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OBlx3ZqQ2wo/UKVsbnWreZI/AAAAAAAADAU/oUHDpbs2M4c/s1600/lowe-indigo-leather-side-chair-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OBlx3ZqQ2wo/UKVsbnWreZI/AAAAAAAADAU/oUHDpbs2M4c/s400/lowe-indigo-leather-side-chair-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I love leather dining chairs--not just because they are comfortable to sit on, but also because you can wipe off spills.  This holiday did Grandma get cranberry sauce on your seat?  No worries if you had Crate and Barrel's Lowe Indigo Leather Side Chairs ($179, was $199).  A clean seat is no more than a wipe away.  Hooray!

Seasonal Spills

I love leather dining chairs--not just because they are comfortable to sit on, but also because you can wipe off spills.  This holiday did G...

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Shhh!!

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Shhh!!

Don’t tell:  my mom is incredibly square—very traditional.  So imagine my surprise when she asked for square dishes for Christ...

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Merry, Merry to ME!

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Merry, Merry to ME!

In this time of buying gifts for everyone else, can’t I buy something for myself?  Let me rephrase that, for my family.  We need a runn...

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Look Learned

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yJgF8tEUFDU/UKVtD1TRGhI/AAAAAAAADAc/JJBbhd150L8/s1600/morethingslikethis_book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yJgF8tEUFDU/UKVtD1TRGhI/AAAAAAAADAc/JJBbhd150L8/s400/morethingslikethis_book.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8fz5_6WPEE/UKVtEl6Z1jI/AAAAAAAADAk/78x8jlB5PAM/s1600/morethingslikethis_book2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8fz5_6WPEE/UKVtEl6Z1jI/AAAAAAAADAk/78x8jlB5PAM/s640/morethingslikethis_book2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Wanna look learned this holiday season when company comes over?  Buy a coffee table book that costs as much as just a few cups of coffee.  I recommend Bludot's Hardback, More Things Like This.  It is a little obtuse and has a low price of $15 (was $35).  Perfect!

Look Learned

Wanna look learned this holiday season when company comes over?  Buy a coffee table book that costs as much as just a few cups of coffee.  I...

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Pretty Palette

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Pretty Palette

I am always looking for an inspiration piece to set the color palette for a room I am working on.  Sometimes it is artwork, sometimes i...

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Eden Again!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N4Dhv31NKKo/UMjVGZsUhBI/AAAAAAAADD8/tVT-PdOdHWU/s1600/184412_10151148197227563_871083855_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N4Dhv31NKKo/UMjVGZsUhBI/AAAAAAAADD8/tVT-PdOdHWU/s400/184412_10151148197227563_871083855_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Bundled up and loving our maternity leave, Eden and I are spending our time reading back issues of "House Beautiful", baking brownies, and napping.  This is the life:  strolling the streets of Brooklyn, looking adorable and sporting a fabulous hat!

Eden Again!

Bundled up and loving our maternity leave, Eden and I are spending our time reading back issues of "House Beautiful", baking brown...

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The Answer!

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The Answer!

Wondering where to display photos?  Where to stash DVDs?  Where to put bins of toys?  What to do with your miniature chair colle...

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Paranoid

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Paranoid

Is anyone else constantly paranoid that the drink on their desk will spill and destroy their laptop or is it just me?  My desk is small...

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Deck the Walls

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Deck the Walls

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, we can start thinking about and prepping for Christmas (and Hanukah and Kwanza and Festivus!...

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