In decorating and politics, Mike and I agree on most issues, but, for some reason, selecting a rug has been an ongoing battle. As hard as I try to get him to embrace florals and pink palettes, I can’t seem to sway him!

People who live in modern houses don’t generally go in for clutter. The look is spare, open, uninflected. “Less is more” is decidedly the clarion call of modernism. But one person’s tastefully understated is another’s cold, stark and off-putting.

Eva Zeisel fans rejoice!

In our daily wanderings through the design world, we can’t help but notice—birdcages are everywhere!

I’m a sucker for Frenchie furniture. I love feminine lines, the movement of a curved back, and most decor that could be linked back to the sensuous style of Louis XV. But in decorating, one must know her biases.

At not even a year old, Carrol Garden's Store 518, owned by Nadia Tarr (designer of the celebrated Butter by Nadia dresses), is a treasure trove of amazing doo-dads, knick knacks, furniture, and clothing.

So I assume you’ve heard there’s a recession going on. Depressing. And most people are holding tight to their increasingly hard-to-earn greenbacks. So, yes, the major renovation plans are on hold.

Every once in awhile, I am moved to do a little research on an object that has become a style icon, like the “Sputnik”-style chandeliers that used to just come with tract houses back in the day and now show up regularly in midcentury retro spaces and on the p