Welcome to TGP Tidbits where we round up the happenings and our musings of the design industry each week. This week we take a look at this spring’s Decorative Fair, Defining Elegance by Marshall Watson, and Bunny Williams Home. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
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The Decorative Fair Returns This Spring
The Decorative Fair returns this spring and it is as irresistible as ever. A favorite among designers, collectors, and anyone with a weakness for beautiful old things, the fair features over 130 dealers offering treasures from the 1700s to the 1970s. Whether you’re after a serious statement piece or a whimsical oddity, you’ll likely leave with something you didn’t know you needed.
With the Spring fair comes fresh air, renewed inspiration, and a focus on the outdoors. Garden statuary, urns, and outdoor furnishings take center stage this fair, just in time for a little patio primping.
This season, The House Directory LIVE returns to the mezzanine with a beautifully curated selection of artisans, makers, and design houses. From bespoke lighting to hand-blocked textiles and specialist finishes, it’s a treasure trove of inspiration for any decorator or design devotee. Daily talks and demonstrations offer an inside look at the craft behind the craft, perfect for those who appreciate the details that make a house a home.
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And of course, the fair itself is a masterclass in layering styles, periods, and provenance. Whether you’re sourcing for yourself, a client, or simply dreaming up your next scheme, it’s a chance to see how the past continues to shape the most stylish interiors of today.
This spring’s fair will also be graced with drawings by architect George Saumarez Smith, who generously shared selections from his Sketchbooks. A director at ADAM Architecture, George’s classical work spans grand country houses to urban design. His elegant sketches give the fair an added layer of refinement, not that it needed help in the charm department.
Located within London’s Battersea Park, tickets can be purchased here.
Defining Elegance by Marshall Watson
Marshall Watson has long been a master of quiet luxury. With his signature blend of European refinement and American warmth, his interiors exude grace.
In his much-anticipated second book, Defining Elegance, Watson unveils a fresh portfolio of work that spans coastlines and continents, from a breezy Connecticut seaside escape to a reimagined barn in Napa. What remains consistent across every project is Watson’s architectural fluency and reverence for place. His designs are never overwrought, always rooted in history yet perfectly suited for modern life.
Watson’s hallmark is a kind of gracious harmony. Proportions are poised, palettes whisper rather than shout, and materials echo gently from room to room. The result is an enduring calm, a lightness of being that feels as though it has always belonged.
In a delightful twist, the designer also opens the doors to his own homes for the first time: a layered Manhattan apartment and a luminous East Hampton retreat, complete with gardens of his own design. These chapters feel like a quiet conversation with a dear friend who just happens to be an expert in achieving beauty by way of balance.
Beautifully photographed and filled with Watson’s thoughtful reflections, this volume is a treasure for any design library.
Published by Rizzoli, Defining Elegance is available for purchase here!
Bunny Williams Home
Bunny Williams needs no introduction. She’s the reigning queen of interiors, with a career that has defined American design for over fifty years. Her signature style is as timeless as ever, and she shows no signs of slowing down.
This spring, Bunny brings her signature flair to a new collection for Bunny Williams Home, featuring fresh additions in furniture, lighting, accessories, and wall décor. Expect plenty of natural textures like cane and cerused oak, all wrapped up in a look that feels both classic and current.
The collection is on view at the Bunny Williams Home showroom in New York, located at 306 East 61st Street on the fifth floor. The full collection can also be viewed here.
Read our favorite articles of the week!
Markham Roberts Lays Out His Rules for Rehabbing Old Houses written by Markham Roberts for Veranda.
Tiffany & Co. Makes a Dazzling Entry in Milan written by Ryan Waddoups for Galerie Magazine.
Shop this week’s inspired finds!
x Natalie
