Ten years after purchasing their second home in Durango, Colorado, a Texas couple stumbled upon a historic home nearby surrounded by seven creekside acres. The gardens were overgrown and some of the fruit trees withering, but the bones remained beautiful. The couple vowed to restore the grounds and elevate the existing structures including a stone cottage, a 1930s log cabin, and several ... continue reading...
A Country Getaway on Long Island’s North Shore
Set on three and a half acres of rolling grounds amid the winding lanes and grand estates of Long Island’s North Shore, Nancy Hoguet (a descendent of the storied Rothschild family) knew this six-bedroom house would be a wonderful place to raise a family. She and her husband purchased the home in 1990, but after the children left home and Nancy's marriage ended, she decided it was time for a new ... continue reading...
CeCe Barfield Thompson’s New Home Collection
CeCe Barfield Thompson is known in the design world for her ability to integrate old, new, inherited, and found pieces, creating a fresh and layered style. CeCe created her newly released Home Collection for Christie's August 2019 Interiors Sale, which she curated alongside fashion designer Alexandra O’Neill of Markarian. “Christie’s wanted us to show how a new generation can interpret antiques ... continue reading...
Cathy Kincaid and The Well Adorned Home
When I learned that Dallas-based interior designer Cathy Kincaid was releasing her first book this fall - The Well Adorned Home: Making Luxury Livable - I could not have been more excited! Kincaid is hands down one of my favorite designers... her work is classic and oh so pretty, exhibiting keen use of color and intricate attention to detail. Her worldly taste in collecting art and furnishings, ... continue reading...
At Home with Designer Lilse McKenna
After highlighting the work of the “Grandmillennials” named by House Beautiful on Monday, I wanted to take a further look at at these talented young interior designers' portfolios... So today, we will visit the former apartment of New York-based Lilse McKenna, as featured recently by One Kings Lane. Prior to establishing her eponymous firm, Lilse worked for esteemed interior designers Lindsey ... continue reading...
Design Crush: Heather Chadduck Interiors
Interior decorator, textile designer, and photo stylist Heather Chadduck Hillegas is one busy bee! She recently completed the interiors of the 2019 Southern Living Design House which was featured in the August 2019 issue of Southern Living, and her 100-year-old Birmingham, Alabama home is featured in the current issue of Flower magazine.... it is exquisite! The clapboard colonial (named ... continue reading...
The Rise of “Grandmillennial” Style
Last week Instagram was buzzing with the latest design trend identified by House Beautiful... Actually, it isn't a trend at all, but a wave of "Grandmillennials," identified as the mid-20s to late-30s generation, who “have an affinity for design trends considered by mainstream culture to be 'stuffy’ or ‘outdated’ — Laura Ashley prints, ruffles, embroidered linens...” says the publication... and of ... continue reading...
A Dallas Home with Tropical Parisian Flair
Today's home tour has me positively giddy... It happens to have been built by my very favorite architect, Wilson Fuqua, whose work I have featured numerous times on the blog. The interior designer is Carla Fonts Hrncir, founder of Dunbar Road Design in Dallas. A fellow SMU alumna, Carla's firm is named after a street in Palm Beach where her parents lived after being exiled from Cuba in ... continue reading...
Design Crush: Louise Jones Interiors
Last week I featured a beautiful English seaside cottage designed by Louise Jones. Charmed by her work, I decided to further pursue her vast portfolio. Based in London, Louise brings a fresh approach to classicism with her use of furniture and furnishings spanning the centuries. She shirks fashion trends and fads, yet embraces the idea of comfort as the indispensable bedrock of personal ... continue reading...
At Home with Designer Blaire Murfree
Blaire Murfree knew from an early age that design was in her blood. “My parents and grandparents used the same interior designer... I think he had a love-hate relationship with me," she told Luxe Daily. I was extremely opinionated about my bedroom. I vividly remember turning away fabrics he presented because they weren’t ‘true periwinkle’ and read too lavender or too blue. I was 11.” When Blaire ... continue reading...
