My dorm room was perched on the 26th floor of a Manhattan high rise. And that is where the glamour ended. While my view was dreamy and certainly provided me with a few pinch-me moments as an eighteen-year-old living on my own for the first time, the dorm room itself was an absurdly expensive concrete box with horrid lighting, bunk beds, and cold floors that would sweat in the summer humidity.
We had a strict policy of no upholstery and rugs, so any hope of quelling the surgical feel of the room with something plush was out the window. My black and white embroidered Restoration Hardware duvet that coordinated with my roommate’s was a point of pride. And, with limited wall space and a pack of poster tack, I tried my hardest to make my space a reflection of my style.
As the back-to-school season has come once again in full swing, my Tik-Tok feed (sorry, guilty pleasure) has been flooded with enthusiastic young ladies proudly showing off their completed dorm rooms that are nothing short of luxe. A favorite, Kaylyn Darnell of the University of Alabama, went viral last year for documenting her sorority rush experience and most notably her dorm room. With over two and a half million views, her bubbly personality and Chanel themed room struck a chord.
This year Darnell took to TikTok once again to give a grand tour of her bedroom in the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house. A culture wildly unfamiliar to me, I was blown away by the level of detail, sophistication, and pride. More so than ever before, dorm rooms have become a vibrant display of aesthetics. Follow the hashtags #DormRoom and #DormDecor, and you’ll step into a world of videos where students unveil their magical makeovers, turning once barren spaces into lively havens.
And it doesn’t stop there. According to Town & Country, some students have taken to hiring interior designers to outfit their dorm rooms. Designers such as Mississippi-based After Five Designs and Essentials with Eden have garnered a substantial following with their dorm decorating services. With zeal and flair, they handle every aspect, starting from those initial exciting conversations, all the way through the hunt for perfect pieces, culminating in the exhilarating installations that breathe life into these student sanctuaries.
From upholstered headboards that cleverly fit over the wooden bed posts to peel-and-stick wallpaper and perfectly curated decor throughout, the dorms of today seem to be a far cry from what I experienced not too long ago. I have to say, I love it! The chance to express yourself and craft a sophisticated oasis even with the tiniest of canvases – it’s a recipe for nurturing a deep love for your space and embracing the art of living beautifully. There is nothing The Glam Pad celebrates more!
Brooklyn Heights has long been one of New York’s most charming neighborhoods, with its picturesque tree-lined streets, magnificent historic townhouses, and architectural treasures around nearly every corner. It is difficult to imagine a more fitting setting for a designer showhouse!
One Monroe Place, Field Form photographed by Tori Sikkema
This year’s Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse takes place within a magnificent 1852 Greek Revival mansion at One Monroe Place. Originally built for merchant Samuel Bell, the residence has been given a rather fabulous new lease on life by 19 designers, each bringing their own personality and decorative flair to the historic home.
I had the pleasure of visiting the showhouse and was particularly excited by the number of emerging designers represented this year. What I found especially refreshing was the way each designer brought a fresh perspective to familiar decorative traditions, with a wonderful appreciation for color, pattern, and the decorative arts. There is a certain ease to many of the rooms, which feel charming, personal, and simply pretty without trying too hard to make a statement. From tented ceilings and hand-painted details to beautiful textiles and interesting antiques, there is plenty to admire.
Beyond the beautiful interiors, the showhouse supports a cause close to our hearts, with proceeds benefiting the Brooklyn Heights Association and its efforts to preserve the neighborhood’s extraordinary architectural heritage. The showhouse is open through November 1st, and I highly recommend a visit.
We have rounded up some of our favorite rooms. Let’s have a look inside!
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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 American Girl Meets J.Crew, A Peek Inside the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, and Boucheron: In Focus – A Monograph of a Visionary. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
American Girl Meets J.Crew!
This is a collaboration I certainly didn’t see coming, but one I can wholeheartedly get behind! J.Crew has teamed up with American Girl for an adorable collection of matching clothes for little girls and their dolls. Think Fair Isle sweaters, barn jackets, plaid skirts, and all the wonderfully preppy things we love about J.Crew, only in miniature!
As someone who grew up during the 2000s heyday of American Girl, I have a particular soft spot for this one. There was nothing quite like the excitement of a trip to the American Girl store, dog-earing each page of the catalogue, or dressing your doll in a new outfit. And while I always loved the stories behind the historical dolls, I was particularly fond of my look-alike doll, so I must admit these little J.Crew ensembles are right up my alley.
The collection is full of charming details, from tiny matching scarves and hats to a barn jacket complete with a sequined collar. It is a lovely little marriage of two quintessentially American brands, and I am slightly jealous of the girls who get to enjoy it. Christmas is not too far off, after all! Now, if only J.Crew would make a few of these pieces in adult sizes. The full collection can be shopped here!
A Peek Inside the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
The Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse is back, and this year brings a wonderfully fresh roster of designers to the historic neighborhood. Set within a magnificent 1852 Greek Revival mansion at One Monroe Place, the showhouse features 19 designers, many of them exciting new faces and emerging talents. We always love discovering new talent, and it is particularly refreshing to see a younger generation of designers bringing their own perspectives to such a historic home.
I had the pleasure of visiting the showhouse this past weekend, and while we will be sharing a more comprehensive look inside soon, we wanted to give you a little preview of one room that particularly caught our eye. Designed by Emily Eng, this charming bedroom takes loose inspiration from none other than Napoleon’s bedroom at Château de Malmaison. With its tented ceiling, beautiful antiques, and thoughtful mix of French and Japanese influences, the room is a wonderful example of how historical inspiration can feel entirely fresh. We particularly love how Emily has managed to give such a small room so much character.
Photography courtesy of Ethan Herrington.
There is plenty more to see throughout the house, and we look forward to sharing some of our other favorites with you soon! In the meantime, the showhouse is open through November 1st, with proceeds supporting the Brooklyn Heights Association and its important preservation work. More information and tickets can be found here.
Boucheron: In Focus – A Monograph of a Visionary
If you happen to find yourself in New York this week, there is a spectacular exhibition happening now at Christie’s. French jewelry house Boucheron is celebrating nearly 170 years of extraordinary craftsmanship with Boucheron: In Focus – A Monograph of a Visionary. Founded in Paris in 1858 by Frédéric Boucheron, the house has long been known for pushing the boundaries of traditional jewelry design, often drawing inspiration from fashion, architecture, and the decorative arts. This exhibition is giving a fascinating look at the history of Boucheron and the creativity behind its creations.
With approximately 80 pieces, the exhibition explores Boucheron’s history through the themes of nature, couture, architecture, and innovation. The showstopper of the exhibition is the famous Question Mark necklace, first introduced in 1879, which eliminated the traditional clasp and allowed women to put on their own necklaces. The exhibition also marks the American debut of Boucheron’s 2026 Carte Blanche High Jewelry collection, demonstrating how the historic maison continues to innovate.
On view at Christie’s New York through October 18th, this is one I would certainly make time to see! Timed entry is require so make sure to book your slot here.
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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 Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette at Versailles, Sharland England x Sister Parish, and Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Tiffany Studios. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette at Versailles
If ever there were a reason to book a trip to Paris, this might be it! In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, the Château de Versailles has opened a special exhibition dedicated to the making of the beloved 2006 film. Fittingly, it is being held at the Petit Trianon, Marie Antoinette’s private retreat and one of the film’s original shooting locations.
I have always adored this film, not only for Kirsten Dunst’s almost relatable portrayal Marie Antoinette, but for its extraordinary visual world. The powdered wigs, pastel silks, extravagant interiors, and endless towers of macarons. Sofia Coppola managed to make the eighteenth century feel both wonderfully decadent and surprisingly modern, complete with a soundtrack that is the icing on the cake.
The exhibition, developed in collaboration with Sofia herself, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the film came together. On display are original costumes by Milena Canonero, shoes by Manolo Blahnik, props, storyboards, sketches, and photographs from the production. Visitors can also discover how the real rooms of Versailles were transformed for the film.
It is rather remarkable how, twenty years later, her interpretation of Marie Antoinette continues to influence fashion, interiors, and our fascination with eighteenth-century France. The exhibition runs through January 24, 2027, so there is still plenty of time to plan a visit. In the meantime, I think a rewatch is in order! More information can be found here.
Sharland England x Sister Parish
I know we are still early into October, and I am certainly not one to rush through autumn, but I simply could not resist sharing a little Christmas cheer! Sister Parish has teamed up with Louise Roe’s wonderfully British homewares brand, Sharland England, for a charming holiday collection that has me thinking about Christmas decorating a bit earlier than usual.
The collaboration brings together Eliza, Sister Parish’s great-granddaughter and Creative Director, and Louise Roe, who have reimagined the beloved Sister Parish Georgina print across a hand-block-printed tablecloth, coordinating napkins, and a darling quilted Christmas stocking. It’s a perfect of American and English heritage and tradition, two things I happen to love very much.
What I particularly like about the collection is that it isn’t terribly Christmas-y. While it feels festive, the table linens could easily be used throughout the year with the right pairings. And the stocking has that lovely old-fashioned quality that makes it feel like something that could have been passed down through generations. Even better, a number of pieces come in their own limited-edition printed bags, which is a nice touch for gifting.
I have always been partial to Christmas decorations that feel collected over time rather than purchased all at once, and this collection fits rather nicely into that philosophy. Now, I promise I won’t start talking about Christmas trees just yet. We still have plenty of autumn to enjoy! Shop full the collection here.
Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Tiffany Studios
The exhibition brings together nearly 120 works exploring the creative process behind Louis Comfort Tiffany’s famous stained-glass windows, lamps, mosaics, and interiors. While most of us are familiar with the finished pieces, it is fascinating to see the drawings and designs that brought them to life. From botanical studies to elaborate decorative schemes, the exhibition gives a behind the scenes look into the remarkable craftsmanship of the Tiffany Studios.
Tiffany Studios (American, 1902–32). Design for interior, First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, New York (detail), 1906–08. Transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite on translucent paper, mounted on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
I have always had a particular affection for the decorative arts of the Gilded Age, when seemingly no surface was too insignificant to be made beautiful. What I find especially interesting about Tiffany is the extraordinary range of the studio’s work, which extended far beyond the lamps we all know today. It was an era when artists and craftsmen worked together to create entire decorative worlds, something I wish we saw a little more of today! Learn more about the exhibition here.
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Nestled along the shores of the Chesapeake sits a 12,000-square-foot Colonial Revival given new life by Corey Damen Jenkins. Built in the 1920s, the estate belongs to a couple who came to the project with a lifetime of collected treasures they longed to showcase. Years of traveling, antiquing, and attending auctions had resulted in a wonderful curation of furniture and objets that needed a proper home and an expert eye.
Photography courtesy of Andrew Frasz. Originally featured in ELLE Decor in 2025.
From a Louis XVI daybed and vintage sunburst mirror to antique wooden swans and other pieces collected over the years, Corey worked to place each throughout the house alongside new furnishings, fabrics, and finishes. The trick, of course, was making such a grand house filled with incredible antiques still feel like a summer house retreat. Children, dogs, wet bathing suits, and houseguests called for a certain amount of practicality, so performance fabrics mix with more precious ginghams, plaids, grass cloth, and plenty of pattern, giving the house a polished look without feeling overly fussy.
Despite being a summer home meant for fun and entertaining, the house has a wonderful sense of place, history, and grandeur, found in the details throughout. The entrance hall is wrapped in sunny yellow grass cloth, glazed by local artisans to give it a wonderfully aged appearance, while the downstairs study features a nearly 130-year-old French limestone mantel, last fully assembled at the Waldorf Astoria in 1931, just to name a few.
But perhaps our favorite part of the house is the veranda. The outdoor living spaces are treated with just as much consideration as the interiors, with distinct areas for dining and sitting that make the veranda feel like a proper extension of the house rather than somewhere a few pieces of outdoor furniture happened to land. Antique blue-and-white porcelain plates are mounted on custom metal grilles against the whitewashed brick walls, which may be one of our favorite details of the entire project. It is classic and wonderfully personal.
What we love most is that this home does not feel like the typical summer house. It strikes the perfect balance between formality and ease, feeling polished and collected without ever becoming too precious. There is a sense of history and permanence to the rooms, but they still feel entirely suited to long summer days. It is elegant, comfortable, and above all, feels like a true home.
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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 Artist Mary Maguire x Wallshoppe, Nina Campbell Furniture Comes Stateside, and Antiques at the Gardens. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
Artist Mary Maguire x Wallshoppe
This month, Wallshoppe is debuting a new collection with Connecticut-based artist Mary Maguire, translating her hand-painted works into wallpaper for the very first time. The patterns are colorful, playful, and just wild enough, ranging from Lovers Eye and Garden Follies to Strawberries, Cheetah, Red Egret, Purple Palms, and Sicilian Greenery. Each comes in multiple colorways, with the collection officially making its debut at High Point Market on October 17.
Mary herself has perhaps an even more colorful résumé. A Rhode Island native and RISD graduate, she began her career in publishing at Knopf before moving to Condé Nast, where she worked on projects for The New Yorker, Vogue, GQ, and Condé Nast Traveler. She later became Features Editor of Ralph Lauren’s LAUREN magazine and, in a career turn we absolutely love, Editorial Director for The Muppets, helping develop more than one hundred books a year.
Today, she works from her historic home in Hadlyme, Connecticut, which was once the town’s general store and post office. Somehow, knowing that makes these charming, slightly whimsical patterns make even more sense. Wallshoppe has managed to do more than simply translate Mary’s work to the walls. The collection captures the wit, color, and wonderfully imaginative spirit behind it. The full collection can be found here!
Nina Campbell Furniture Comes Stateside
Nina Campbell’s wonderfully English furniture collection is officially being made in America! Produced by Tomlinson, a Kravet company, Nina Campbell will now be making her upholstery and other pieces stateside. The partnership began rather serendipitously when Nina’s children, Max Konig and Alice Deen, bumped into Cary Kravet at High Point Market in 2024. What began as a conversation about the rather unglamorous realities of shipping furniture across the Atlantic has since become a full-fledged American collection.
What is most exciting to me as designer is that this will make specifying her collection much simpler and more economical. And apparently, Americans sit differently from the English. Who knew! Max explains that the team discovered subtle differences between the two markets while developing the collection, requiring little adjustments to make the pieces better suited to the way Americans live. Thankfully, the furniture retains all the Britishness we love about Nina Campbell.
The collection is also getting a proper American home at Ainsworth Noah in Atlanta’s ADAC, where Nina Campbell will open its first dedicated furniture showroom in the U.S. Atlanta has long been a stronghold for the brand, and the new space will bring its furniture, fabrics, and wallpapers together under one roof. We’ll happily take a little slice of England stateside. The full collection can be found here.
Antiques at the Gardens
Antiques at the Gardens returns to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens October 1st to 4th, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a particularly fabulous lineup of designers, collectors, editors, and, of course, antiques dealers.
Veere Grenney joins Architectural Digest’s Amy Astley; David Netto sits down with architects Richard Bories and James Shearron; and Rudy Saunders, Alexander Widener, and Max Sinsteden discuss The Making of a Collection with Frederic Magazine’s Hudson Moore. Rudy will also host a morning of needlepoint, muffins, and mimosas on Sunday, which sounds like an extremely civilized way to begin the day.
Bunny Williams and Elizabeth Lawrence will talk Enduring Decoration, while Charlotte Moss and FLOWER’s Margot Shaw close out the weekend with In Pursuit of Beauty. Add 28 antiques dealers, Gracie wallpaper, gardens, and a little Southern hospitality, and we are officially jealous of everyone headed to Birmingham. If you’re in the area, make sure to pay a visit today or tomorrow. More information can be found here.
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Elizabeth Burch, founder of Elizabeth Burch Interiors, is the kind of designer who shows up with a mood board in one hand and a large latte in the other. Whether starting from scratch, or for those who just need help pulling things together, her firm offers a one-stop shop. Elizabeth’s goal is not to make a home look like a showroom, but to make it feel tailored and reflect each client’s personal story with plenty of color, pattern, and thoughtful detail. When she’s not designing, you’ll find her chasing her twins, fluffing a pillow mid-sentence, or talking someone out of demoing their perfectly good kitchen. Because sometimes, all it takes is the right lighting and a killer paint job.
We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth to The Glam Pad today for a Style Profile Q&A and a look at her beautiful portfolio. Welcome, Elizabeth!
Elizabeth Burch
Q: When did you fall in love with interior design and decide to pursue it as a career?
A: I’ve always been the person rearranging furniture, moving lamps around and mentally redecorating other people’s houses. However, I didn’t start out thinking I would become an interior designer. I was a teacher for eight years, and EBI really started with me sharing little vignettes and projects on Instagram. Friends started asking for help, then friends of friends, and it snowballed from there. Five years later, we’re working on 12–15 projects at any given time, which is much bigger than I ever imagined when I started.
Q: How do you describe your style, and how has it evolved over the years?
A: I always have a hard time putting my style into one category, but I’d probably call it collected, colorful and rooted in traditional design without taking itself too seriously. I love mixing periods whether it’s a traditional sofa with a midcentury chair, an antique chest next to something contemporary. Over the years I’ve become much less interested in making everything coordinate and much more interested in whether a room has personality. I think the best rooms are a little unexpected.
Q: Where do you find inspiration, and do you have any favorite coffee table books?
A: Old houses are probably my biggest source of inspiration. I love traveling somewhere new and looking at the architecture, hotels, restaurants and antique stores as much as anything else. I also save images constantly: rooms, fabrics, paint combinations, furniture, even color combinations I see completely outside of interiors. For coffee table books, I love Memories of Home by Heidi Callier.
Q: What is the first thing you do when you begin working with a new client, and how do you go about working with what they already have?
A: I listen first. I want to understand how they actually live, what bothers them about the house and what they already love before I start trying to solve anything. I definitely don’t think everything needs to be replaced just because you’re hiring a designer. If you have a great antique from your grandmother or a sofa you genuinely love, I’d much rather figure out how to make it work. Those are usually the things that keep a house from looking as if it were ordered all at once.
Q: What is the secret to designing a home that feels cozy and “like home”?
A: Lighting! I walk into a room and immediately want to start turning on lamps. Overhead lighting alone can make even a beautiful room feel cold. Beyond that, I think coziness comes from layers like lamps, books, art, textiles, things you’ve collected and pieces that have some age to them. A home should tell you something about the people who live there.
Q: Do you have any favorite or “signature” paints, wallpapers, linens, antiques, etc. you enjoy incorporating into your designs?
A: I don’t know that I have one signature product, but there are definitely things that show up again and again in our work. I love a stripe, a floral, grasscloth, warm woods, brass and really good vintage or antique pieces. I’m also a big believer in using paint beyond just the walls. We love painting a contrasting trim, or ceiling to add something exciting.
Q: Can you share any tips for creating a home that is beautiful yet durable and kid friendly?
A: I have two kids, so I’m never designing a house where anyone has to be afraid to sit down. Performance fabrics have gotten so good that there’s really no reason to sacrifice beauty for durability anymore. Vintage rugs are also incredibly forgiving, and I love materials that actually look better with a little wear. More than anything, buy things at the right scale and make sure the room functions for your real life. A beautiful room nobody wants to use isn’t very appealing.
Q: Anything else you would like to add?
A: Give your house time. I think there’s so much pressure now to finish every room immediately, but the homes I love most feel like they’ve evolved over years. Buy the piece you really love, leave a wall empty until you find the right thing, or bring something home from a trip. Collecting slowly is usually what gives a home its personality!
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 A Very Draper Teddy Bear, Daylesford Comes to Dallas, and Little Greene’s 27 New Paint Colors. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
A Very Draper Teddy Bear
At TGP we occasionally have a real weakness for things that are entirely unnecessary but completely delightful, and I think a Dorothy Draper teddy bear falls squarely into that category.
Dorothy Draper Home has made a series of handmade teddy bears covered in Draper fabrics, including the wonderfully old-fashioned Princess Grace Rose in pink and blue. There is something about seeing one of Draper’s exuberant prints fitted perfectly into teddy bear that is so charming.
Of course, Dorothy Draper herself understood better than most that interiors need a bit of whimsey. Her rooms were grand, certainly, but they were never timid or serious. Enormous florals, stripes, black-and-white floors, combinations of pink and green. A teddy bear in a fabulous chintz feels perfectly at home in that world.
The bears can also be special ordered in any Dorothy Draper print and are all made in New York. This immediately sent me down the rabbit hole of deciding which fabric I would choose. Les Fleures de Toulon has always been a favorite DD print of mine and I think it would look wonderful on a teddy bear. Get your bear here!
Daylesford Comes to Dallas
This October, Daylesford and Bamford are packing up a little piece of the Cotswolds and bringing it to Dallas for a two-day trunk show hosted by Cornelia Guest, Judith Guest, Kimberly Whitman, and Alice Manners. The illustrated invitation alone, complete with sheep in cowboy hats piling into a pink pickup truck has us excited!
For those unfamiliar, Daylesford began as an organic farm in the Cotswolds and has since evolved into brand synonymous with British food, gardens, homewares, entertaining, and country life. Bamford, its sister lifestyle brand, adds clothing, homewares, skincare, and all manner of beautifully packaged things under the same umbrella. Founder Carole Bamford, has built a truly English company built on the idea of living well.
The pairing of Texas meets England feels oddly perfect. So bringing a bit of Daylesford country life to Texas feels less like a trunk show and more like a meeting of two very different schools in the best way. The trunk show will take place October 27th and 28th. Be certain to sign-up here to be the first to get all the details.
Little Greene’s 27 New Paint Colors
I have always had something of an endless fascination with paint colors. It doesn’t necessarily lie in the colors themselves, but in the history they carry: a bit of peeling paint in an old house, or the many layers of color uncovered during a restoration. Somewhere beneath centuries of redecorating is the exact shade someone chose for a room hundreds of years ago.
Images courtesy of Little Greene.
England’s Little Greene has long been particularly good at digging into that history, and its latest collection gives us 27 new colors, several with rather wonderful stories behind them. Perpetual Blue was taken from a surviving paint palette belonging to Winston Churchill at Chartwell, while Flight Pink was found on the upper walls of the great staircase at Wimpole Hall. At Stowe, the decoration of the Chinese House provided Elysian Yellow, and at Mount Stewart, a deep blue-green covering the walls and ceiling of a guest bedroom called “Rome” became, simply, Rome.
It is these little connections that make paint colors so interesting to me. A blue is no longer simply a blue when you know it once sat on Churchill’s palette, nor is a pink quite the same once you have seen where it lived on the staircase of an English country house. That sense of history, of taking a color from one place and time and allowing it to live again somewhere entirely new, is perhaps what I love most about these new additions to Little Greene.
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Beauty has been on my mind lately. As an interior designer myself, I spend much of my life not only designing beautiful spaces but considering why it matters, why we seek it out, and why certain things stay with us long after we first notice them. A room, a garden, a beautiful object, even a particular scent can lodge itself somewhere in the back of the mind for years without us even realizing it. The desire for beauty, in one form or another, is intrinsic to the human experience.
Few people understand this more than Charlotte Moss. Over her forty-year career, Charlotte has built a world that extends well beyond decorating. Her work encompasses gardens, antiquities, entertaining, travel, and a general curiosity about how we live.
In her latest book, Charlotte Moss: At Home in Virginia, Charlotte takes us inside the Charlottesville home and garden she created with architect Stan Dixon, landscape designer John Howard, and a remarkable group of craftspeople. The result is a true testament to the importance of beauty. But this is not simply another book about interiors. It is the story of how a lifetime of collecting, looking, and refining one’s eye eventually becomes a home.
Charlotte begins with a wonderfully simple declaration: “Every house tells a story.” For her, this house is also a homecoming, a return to Virginia, family, familiar landscapes, and the memories of growing up there. After forty-seven years in New York, Charlotte has returned to her roots and wanted a home that fostered the spontaneity of family dinners, Saturday morning coffee, shooting pool, a trip to the cinema, or simply being close. “A home is about family,” she writes.
There is something particularly interesting about seeing a designer of Charlotte’s experience design a home for herself. After decades spent interpreting the lives of clients, what does she choose to surround herself with?
“Designing a house is an act of optimism,” Charlotte writes. She describes the places we have seen and, importantly, felt, the people with whom we experienced them, and the books we have accumulated as forming a personal “storehouse of information,” waiting for its moment to be called upon.
I love this idea because, as designers, so much of what we do is simply look and collect thousands of visual snippets. We travel to see houses, wander through museums, photograph a cornice, save a scrap of fabric, try to encapsulate a particular color we saw in a film, or become completely fixated on some tiny detail no one else seems to notice. Most of the time there is no immediate purpose to any of it. Something has caught our eye, so we tuck it away for future use.
Ideas gathered over a lifetime find their way into the house in unexpected ways. The faux sandstone Charlotte once admired at Hillsborough Castle inspired the entrance hall, while the color of the living room came from the antique ivory bracelets she wears on her wrist. For years, she had also kept a folder of images for the house she might one day build, rather wonderfully titled “Butterflies in the Living Room.” When that house finally came to be, those collected references helped shape not only its rooms, but the feeling Charlotte wanted them to possess: “informality, ease, and joy.”
And I must say how much I love these interiors. They are simply stunning, beautifully thought through without ever feeling overworked. More than anything, you can tell that Charlotte has poured her soul into this house. It feels deeply personal, filled with the things she loves and the ideas she has carried with her over a lifetime.
Perhaps that is part of the answer to the question I began with. Beauty matters because we carry it with us. We rarely know, when we first encounter something, why it has affected us or where it might eventually lead. Charlotte’s At Home in Virginia is a rather wonderful reminder of that.
For on going inspiration, be certain to follow @charmossny on Instagram and be certain to take a peek at Charlotte’s work here. And of course, make sure to purchase your copy of the book here.
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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 Peter Dunham’s “The Guest Bedroom”, Modern Matter x Schumacher, and The San Francisco Fall Show. Written by Natalie Aldridge.
The San Francisco Fall Show
The San Francisco Fall Show is just around the corner, and it may be the perfect excuse to make a trip to San Francisco. Since 1982, the annual show has brought together an incredible group of international dealers specializing in everything from fine and decorative arts to furniture, jewelry, textiles, and objects.
This year’s theme, Métallique Chic, celebrates metal in its many, many forms. Think Georgian silver, gilded surfaces, beautifully patinated bronze, Art Deco chrome, copper, and more sculptural modern pieces. Rather than limiting the show to a particular period or style, the theme offers a wonderful opportunity to consider how the same materials have been manipulated by artists and craftsmen across centuries.
The dealer list includes more than 40 exhibitors, including Charles Plante Fine Arts, Yew Tree House, Maison Felice, Philip Stites, Doris Leslie Blau, Kentshire, and BDDW. There is plenty for the serious collector, but also the joy of simply wandering the booths and discovering something new and exciting.
And, naturally, we have already studied the lecture schedule. Zac Posen, Ken Fulk, Stellene Volandes, Cathy Kincaid, Elizabeth Lawrence, Madeline Stuart, Young Huh, Nathan Turner, and Meg Braff are among the many familiar names appearing throughout the week.
The show opens with its gala on October 14, followed by show days from October 15 through 18 at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion. Between the antiques, the lectures, and San Francisco in October, this one feels particularly worthy of the calendar. More information can be found here!
Color, pattern, antiques, fringe, wicker, and a vintage Japanese obi are among the elements that make Peter Dunham’s guest bedroom at this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House so memorable. Exuberant but never overpowering, thoughtfully layered, and wonderfully comfortable, it has all the makings of a room we want to spend time in. Show house rooms can sometimes veer toward the experimental at the expense of livability, yet Peter’s room feels perfectly lived in and entirely representative of his work.
Peter Dunham photographed by Trevor Parker Studio
Peter enveloped the fifth-floor space in his new multicolored Jacob’s Stripe, carrying the linen across both the upholstered walls and window treatments. The effect is immediately cheerful, but there is method behind all that pattern. In the north-facing room, Dunham wanted something that would “absorb sound and feel cozy without being cloying” while providing a strong backdrop for art.
Photography by Trevor Parker StudioPhotography by Trevor Parker Studio
From there, things get delightfully eclectic. A vintage iron four-poster bed is paired with an antique English textile headboard, while ceramic lamps by Natan Moss wear custom shades fashioned from a vintage Japanese obi. Across the room, a wall-spanning green velvet sofa trimmed in Samuel & Sons fringe sits beneath flower paintings by Konstantin Kakanias.
Photography by Trevor Parker StudioPhotography by Trevor Parker Studio
It is the mix that makes the room: mid-century furniture, a gutsy Louis XVI armchair, a modern French black marble cocktail table, an early Khotan carpet, wicker, velvet, stripes, antiques, and contemporary art all happily coexist. Nothing feels too precious or overly coordinated. Instead, the room has the looseness and personality of an interior assembled over time.
Photography by Trevor Parker StudioPhotography by Trevor Parker Studio
Perhaps best of all, it actually feels like a guest room you would be thrilled to be given. It is colorful without being chaotic and sophisticated without being solemn. With every piece carrying a story and every layer thought through, the room ultimately feels deeply personal, which may be its greatest charm. Make sure to check out more of Peter Dunham’s work here!
Modern Matter x Schumacher
I have always believed that hardware is the jewelry of a room. A beautiful knob, pull, or curtain finial may be a relatively small detail, but it is precisely the sort of detail that can make a room feel truly considered. Hardware is also the perfect opportunity to introduce something unexpected, funky, and beautiful, yet it is so often forgotten. So I was rather delighted to learn that Schumacher is officially getting into the hardware business.
For its first-ever hardware collection, the American design house has partnered with Modern Matter on an assortment of cabinet and drapery hardware, from knobs and wonderfully substantial pulls to curtain rods and finials. Crafted primarily from solid brass, the pieces come in burnished, polished, and unlacquered brass, along with antique nickel.
The real point of interest, however, is the inspiration behind the collection: William Spratling, the American silversmith and jeweler known for his bold, sculptural work. That influence gives the collection depth and spirit. The forms are strong and architectural, yet restrained enough to feel equally at home in a deeply traditional room or something more contemporary.
It feels like a rather natural evolution for Schumacher. After more than a century spent dressing our walls, windows, and furniture, why shouldn’t they have a say in the knobs too? The Modern Matter x Schumacher collection launches September 30!
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Small businesses have a special place in our heart here at The Glam Pad, and today we are delighted to welcome Brooke Kennan, Founder of Kinderbrook Home, for a Q&A and a peek inside the exquisite homes that inspired her boutique.
Kinderbrook Home is a labor of love born from Brooke’s passion for timeless style and quality craftsmanship. After decorating her family’s Duchess County retreat, Kinderbrook Farm, Brooke was inspired to create a line of heirloom-quality porcelain that captures the essence of traditional country living. The name “Kinderbrook” holds special meaning for Brooke. A portmanteau of “children” in German and the small stream flowing through her property, it reflects her upbringing in Millbrook, New York, where she and her husband spent weekends immersed in nature. While Brooke and her family reside in a beautiful Brittany Bromley-decorated New York City apartment during the week, the couple purchased Kinderbrook Farm while expecting their second child so their little ones could have access to the same pastoral lifestyle they enjoyed in childhood.
We simply adore her timeless upstate countryside aesthetic… Welcome, Brooke!
Q: What inspired you to start Kinderbrook Home, and how do you describe your personal aesthetic?
A: I started Kinderbrook Home out of a love for pieces that feel timeless, personal, and collected over time. I’ve always been drawn to the things you find in your mother’s or grandmother’s home and closet, beautiful objects and clothing that never really go out of style. I wanted to create a brand that captured that feeling, with pieces for both the home and wardrobe that you could live with, wear, and eventually pass down.
I would describe my personal aesthetic as traditional with a sense of playfulness. I love old-world details and beautiful craftsmanship, but I also like incorporating elements that keep things feeling fresh and a little unexpected. I’m much more inspired by the past than by trends.
Q: Tell us about your beautiful home, Kinderbrook Farm, and do you have a background in interior design?
A: Kinderbrook Farm is our family home in Dutchess County, New York. We live in New York City during the week and spend many weekends and holidays at the Farm. I love having the balance between the two.
I don’t have a formal background in interior design, but I’ve always loved interiors, antiques, and collecting. Both our apartment in the city and the farm have evolved over time, and I think that’s what makes them feel personal. We love picking up pieces on our travels and letting the layers build organically rather than decorating everything at once. Both homes are very much ongoing projects, and I’m always moving things around, adding something new, or finding a place for the latest treasure we’ve brought home.
Q: What did the process of decorating Kinderbook Farm entail? What was your vision for the project?
A: My vision for Kinderbrook Farm was always to create a place where people genuinely want to spend time. I wanted friends to come for the weekend and immediately feel at home, a house filled with dinner parties and long evenings around the table, and somewhere our whole family could gather for holidays. Most importantly, we wanted to create a home where our children love spending time.
Hosting and entertaining are such a big part of what brings our family joy, so we really kept that in mind throughout the decorating process. I wanted the house to feel beautiful and layered, but never too precious. Our New York City apartment is more formal, while the farm has a more relaxed sensibility.
Q: How does your passion for beautiful interiors influence the products you select for Kinderbrook Farm?
A: I think my love of interiors influences everything we create for Kinderbrook. Many of our products are inspired by things I wanted for my own home but couldn’t quite find, whether it’s a beautiful basket for the garden or market, a special piece for the table, or something you can wear from breakfast through dinner. I want everything we create to be both beautiful and useful, pieces that become part of your everyday life and only get better with time.
Q: Who are some of your favorite interior designers (past and/or present) and what books do you currently have on your coffee table?
A: I’m constantly inspired by both contemporary designers and the greats. Brittany Bromley, who I worked with on our New York City apartment, is a favorite. She has an incredible ability to create rooms that are polished but still feel warm. She helped us when we first moved into the apartment and has continued to come back over the years as our family has grown, our needs have changed, and my own style has evolved. I especially love the way she mixes color, pattern, antiques, and more formal elements without anything ever feeling overly decorated. The apartment feels very New York to me, formal, but still comfortable enough for our everyday life with three boys.
Henry & Co. has also helped with several rooms at the farm and has an incredible talent for creating layers and making a room feel collected over time.
I also love following the work of dear friends: Scott Francis, Alexander Wilson, Annabelle Moehlmann, Darren Henault, Kate Ives Design, Ariel Okin, and Macaulay Sullivan. There’s something really special about knowing someone personally and then seeing their personality and point of view come through in the spaces they create.
From afar, I’ve long admired Tom Scheerer, Casa Gusto, Robert Kime, and so many others. I’m always drawn to designers who create rooms that feel personal and collected rather than overly decorated.
Q: What are some of your favorite tips for entertaining, and do you have a favorite hostess gift recommendation?
A: My biggest entertaining rule is that the host sets the tone. No matter what might be happening behind closed doors, or what inevitably goes wrong at the last minute, stay calm and enjoy yourself. If you’re relaxed and having fun, your guests will be too.
And never overlook the lighting…candles, candles, and more candles! The right lighting can completely transform a room and instantly set the mood.
For a hostess gift, I love bringing something thoughtful that doesn’t create extra work for the host. Of course, a Kinderbrook basket filled with flowers, or a few favorite things is always a fun and personal gift.
Q: Do you have a favorite recipe you could share with us?
A: I have to admit, I don’t cook! We joke that I’m front of house and my husband is back of house, and it’s a division of labor that works very well for us. I love setting the atmosphere and making sure everything looks beautiful… and perhaps most importantly, making sure everyone has a drink in hand, and feels at home.
Q: What are your goals for Kinderbrook Home over the next five years?
A: I launched Kinderbrook less than two years ago, initially as a home company, and it has already evolved so naturally into a lifestyle brand, which has been incredibly exciting. Over the next five years, I hope to continue growing both the home and wardrobe collections thoughtfully, while staying true to the timeless, collected feeling that inspired Kinderbrook from the beginning.
One of my favorite and most unexpected parts of building the brand has been the community around it. I love meeting customers at trunk shows and events and hearing how they make the pieces their own… how they wear their caftans, where they take their baskets, or how they use their bone inlay boxes in their homes. Seeing Kinderbrook become part of people’s lives is incredibly rewarding and has also helped shape how I think about what we create next.
I’m excited to explore new categories, collaborate with brands and artisans I admire, and continue bringing the Kinderbrook world to life in new ways. As we grow, I want to maintain that personal connection and make sure everything we create feels special, useful, and like something you’ll want to live with for years.
A: Free time might be a generous term with three young boys! Growing up I used to love riding horses, but now most of my time is spent with my family, which is actually part of why I started Kinderbrook as a passion project. It gave me an outlet to exercise my creative side and have something that was entirely my own, while still keeping family at the center of my life.
I also really value the time I spend supporting organizations that are meaningful to me, particularly the Alzheimer’s Association, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and the Dutchess Land Conservancy.
When I do find some free time, I love having friends over, long lunches and dinners, working on the house, traveling, antiquing, and discovering new places. I’m constantly collecting ideas and inspiration along the way, so even my ‘free time’ has a way of finding its way back into Kinderbrook.
A cherished portrait of Brooke’s husband as an infant with his mother.
Q: Anything else you would like to add?
A: I feel incredibly lucky to be building Kinderbrook and to have met so many wonderful people along the way. One of the greatest joys has been seeing the pieces take on lives of their own in other people’s homes and wardrobes. I’m excited to keep creating, and let the brand continue to evolve organically. It still feels like we’re just getting started, which is perhaps the most exciting part.
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What is most exciting to me as designer is that this will make specifying her collection much simpler and more economical. And apparently, Americans sit differently from the English. Who knew! Max explains that the team discovered subtle differences between the two markets while developing the collection, requiring little adjustments to make the pieces better suited to the way Americans live. Thankfully, the furniture retains all the Britishness we love about Nina Campbell.
The collection is also getting a proper American home at Ainsworth Noah in Atlanta’s ADAC, where Nina Campbell will open its first dedicated furniture showroom in the U.S. Atlanta has long been a stronghold for the brand, and the new space will bring its furniture, fabrics, and wallpapers together under one roof. We’ll happily take a little slice of England stateside. The full collection can be found 
Dorothy Draper Home has made a series of handmade teddy bears covered in Draper fabrics, including the wonderfully old-fashioned Princess Grace Rose in pink and blue. There is something about seeing one of Draper’s exuberant prints fitted perfectly into teddy bear that is so charming.
