Today The Glam Pad is delighted to welcome back a favorite guest, Bettie Bearden Pardee, founder of Private Newport and author of Living Newport: Houses, People, Style and Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden. Bettie has created one of the prettiest private gardens in the United States at her home in Newport, Rhode Island, which in turn inspired her to create the iconic Parterre Bench, a ... continue reading...
Inviting Interiors by Melanie Turner
Inspired by fashion and borrowing a palette from nature, Melanie Turner's interiors possess a timeless quality that celebrates architectural details and classic design. In her first book, Inviting Interiors: A Fresh Take on Beautiful Rooms, released this spring and published by Rizzoli, she shares her secrets for creating sophisticated, glamorous, and functional rooms. Balance, scale, light, and ... continue reading...
La Fête du Muguet
On May 1 it is tradition in France to give Lily of the Valley bouquets to friends and loved ones to wish them happiness and good luck in celebration of the arrival of spring. The story goes back to 1560 when a knight named Louis Girard gave King Charles IX a bouquet of Lily of the Valley for luck and prosperity for the coming year. From then on King Charles IX would give the ladies of his court ... continue reading...
How to Wallpaper with Botanical Prints
In a beautiful Greenwich, Connecticut home, designer Miles Redd recently created an enchanted office space featuring gridded botanical wallpaper by Iksel. The exquisite wallpaper re-creates 16th-century Renaissance herbariums on faux parchment. This look can also be created by clipping the pages from botanical books! For the 2019 Southern Living Showhouse, designer Becky Nielson wanted to ... continue reading...
A Florida Fantasy by Summer Thornton
Designed by Summer Thornton, today we are touring a Florida winter home getaway featuring a lovely color palette inspired by Naples in its 1940s heyday. With a delightful mix of British Colonial furniture, antique rugs, hand painted wallpaper, and whimsical charm, this home is a tropical delight... It is hard to believe it was a spec house! This feature originally appeared in the March/April ... continue reading...
Jane Austen Fans Will Love Henry’s Townhouse!
Henry’s Townhouse, the former home of Jane Austen’s brother, opened for guests in the Marylebone area of London late 2020, and I am just dying for a visit! Henry’s is a collaboration between the award-winning design firm Russell Sage Studio and the owners, Jane and Steven Collins. They were assisted by Feix & Merlin Architects who orchestrated a carefully curated interior and exterior ... continue reading...
Celerie Kemble’s Island Whimsy
Celerie Kemble and her mother, Mimi McMakin, founder of Kemble Interiors, are two of my favorite designers, and when Celerie's latest book, Island Whimsy: Designing a Paradise by the Sea, was released this month, I devoured every single page! Island Whimsy recounts her deeply personal and creative journey of designing Playa Grande Beach Club and bringing this labor of love to life. Today we will ... continue reading...
We Love You, and Breakfast In Bed, BUT… The Mother’s Day Gift Guide
According to a 2020 survey, only 9% of moms really want breakfast in bed for Mother's Day. At the top of the list? Some much-needed alone time. But lately, the latter is harder to come by than a freshly-dropped Nap Dress (hurry, there are still some left at time of writing!), so if you're at a loss for where to begin shopping for mom, we have curated a cache of Mother's Day cadeaux at every price ... continue reading...
Style Profile: Mark D. Sikes Breaks the Internet Again
by Lacelliese King Our next guest needs little introduction: in a relatively short 10 years since the beginning of his interior design career, Mark D. Sikes has become synonymous with timeless style and all things blue and white, wielding a design prowess that has elevated him to iconic status among the Grandmillennial set and classic interiors enthusiasts alike. His work has been featured in ... continue reading...
Charlotte Moss Flowers
Charlotte Moss has been one of my favorite interior designers for decades, and I own every single one of her books... so naturally, it was a delight to receive her latest, Charlotte Moss Flowers, published by Rizzoli and released this month. Charlotte has been documenting her floral compositions for over a decade and shares in these pages a scope of arrangement types, from an intimate and ... continue reading...
