What do a 3-Star Chef, Award-Winning Photographer and Top Interior Designers Have In Common?

When your talking Chef Christopher Kostow of The Restaurant at Meadowood, Food Photographer Deborah Jones and any interior designer lucky enough to be chosen for the pages of House Beautiful magazine the answer is that they are masters of good design! Although each uses a different medium and may have a different idea or objective in [...] Read more »

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You Sexy Beets

The Office’s Dwight Schrute is famous for farming them, President Obama has publicly snubbed them and Napoleon set a course to rule the world by insisting that French farmers grow them (to cultivate their own sugar supply that is). The Beet. The veggie that stains your hands and puts the blush in Borscht. I’ll be [...] Read more »

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Blue Chair, Blue Chair What Do I See?

Well if you are perusing the streets of  NYC- the answer might be just be “I see a blue chair looking at me!”–thanks to the color-loving, design savvy crew at House Beautiful magazine. In celebration of America’s love affair with the color Blue, the mag and some of our favorite furniture companies have teamed up [...] Read more »

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Colorstrology: Find Your Color Personality Based on Your Birthdate

I was reminded of Colorstrology when a piece by Michele Bernhardt was included in the fabulous House Beautiful September Color Issue but it has been awhile since I looked at what Colorstrology says about each person based on their birthdate.  When someone asked me about it this morning I decided to click over to the [...] Read more »

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I Prayed For Gray: Part 1

Isn’t it funny how sometimes you actually pray for a rainy, gray day?  I know, I know, its usually the other way around…but after an almost month long string of amazingly clear and sunny days here in New York that have made “doing” very possible–I honestly don’t think I’ve stopped to take a breather in [...] Read more »

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