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Signature Work - Windsor Smith

"I LOVE TO MIX ANTIQUES AND MODERN ELEMENTS TO REFLECT ECLECTICISM THAT MIRRORS OUR NEW WAY OF LIVING."  WINDSOR SMITHThe wall of marble and sink set the tone with brushed stainless steel shelves and...

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D. Porthault Luncheon and Tory Burch Jardin Table Linens

Hamish Bowles andD. Porthault linens    Scooping up the table linens, she handed them to me with a "Here darling, they are D. Porthault, they were my mother's." I glanced at my mom for approval....

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Weekend Chic: Announcing Segreto Style, Leslie Sinclair's Two New Books!

Joyce Horn Antiques  and Segreto Finishes - Plaster FinishHave you caught your breath?  This stunning, old world room is in the home of Joyce Horn of  Joyce Horn Antiques, Houston, Texas.  The plaster...

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Design In Fashion - Tory Burch: A sneak peak at Fall 2014

Tory Burch is a fashion designer, business women, working mother and philanthropist,  who has won several fashion awards for her designs.  Can you see why?  She is also listed as the 79th most powerful...

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Weekend Chic: In The Wine Country Bluestone Main, Petaluma CA

This is Bluestone Main.  The leopard pillows, the blue and white Asian porcelain,  and those chairsare just the beginning of the beautiful items you will see.  Bluestone Main is a home furnishing and...

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Brocante: Trouvais and French Kissed - The French Summer Market

Jermaine's beautiful home and front garden in Santa Barbara.This weekend I had the great privilege of attending The French Summer Market nestled in the hillside of beautiful Santa Barbara, CA.  This...

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From Britain With Love: The New Belgrave Crescent Knightsbridge Zip Pouch

As Americans we love Britain!  Big Ben, the Royals, charming cottages and architecture, noble castles, romantic gardens, tranquil meadows, lake districts and rivers, English china, well-stocked...

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Scotland: Glenholme Country House and Gardens

Glenholme Country House and Gardens Our family has wanted to visit Scotland for sometime now and Glenholme Country House is on our list of places to stay.  Glenholme in Scottish means "looks well", and...

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Design in Architecture: Shaun Osher of CORE (HGTV) chats with French...

Shaun Osher of the boutique, full-service consulting brokerage firm CORE (Cayre Osher Real Estate) revealed a 5th Avenue penthouse in New York in 2011 by the famed French ArchitectJoseph Dirand, on...

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Charlotte Moss Garden Inspirations

Recently I started an Instagram, (truth be told all social media, I know I came late to party),  I began with pictures from the blog "Pour La Table""Weekend Chic", people seemed to like them.  I just...

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Design in Northern Italy: Villar Perosa, Home of the Last Swan Marella Agnelli.

The Chinoiserie Gallery is the centerpiece of this 18th-century Northern Italian estate, Villar Perosa.An enchanting estate in Northern Italy, Villar Persoa is the home of style icon Marella Agnelli....

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Front Row Live: TORY BURCH SPRING15 FASHION SHOW

   TO SEE THE COMPLETE TORY BURCH SPRING 2015 FASHION SHOW CLICK HEREI hope you've enjoyed these beautiful stills I captured directly from the Live Stream Tory Burch Spring 2015 Fashion Show.    All...

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We Remember

On September 11, 2001, acts of terrorism took the lives of thousands at the World Trade Center in New York City, in a grassy field in Shankesville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon.  We will forever...

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Weekend Chic: A Re-Designed Life - Amanda Brooks

This beautiful lady, ridding side saddle no less, could be right out of an Austen movie or Downton Abbey.Amanda BrooksWould you risk it all and re-design your life and that of your families in one...

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Wine Country Dinner at Home: Ferrari Carano's Chicken Cacciatore

CHICKEN CACCIATOREMain Courses | Serves 4-6Fresh herbs and mushrooms make this easy chicken dish from Rhonda's Kitchen at Ferrari Carano in Healdsburg, CA a family favorite.  Italian for hunter,...

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Bobby McAlpine Light and Old World Refinement: A South African Cape Dutch Home

Dutch paintings are my favorite style of art, so when I saw the shapely gables of this South African Cape Dutch style home rising along a tree-lined lake front, that Bobby McAlpine and interior...

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Now Serving Ralph's Coffee NY: Ralph Lauren Makes Coffee Look Chic

Instagram Ralph Lauren picture from the POLO flagship store openingLiving on the West Coast, as I do, I am always longing "to be a part of it, New York! New York!".I followed New York Fashion Week by...

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Designing Style: The Art of Living Well

"It's difficult to describe style.  It's not what you are wearing, but how you wear it.  It's a personal thing and is reflected in the way you arrange your house, your taste in books and art - the...

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New Port Cottage Style: Designer Schuyler Samperton and Rooms & Gardens in...

Living Room: Rooms & Gardens Kensington cane chairs, a heirloom table, vintage lamp with new paisley shade.HouseBeautiful featured this chic and oh-so-pretty cottage designed by Schuyler Samperton...

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Sonoma County's Café Lucia, Beautiful Dry Creek Valley, and Shopping in...

Dry Creek ValleyMaybe because I am half Azorean, my mother's family was from the Azores Islands.  Her family was mainly from Faial, "the Little Blue Island".  The sailor's wives, planted blue...

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