Posted in General on Nov 28th, 2008
There’s a lot to love about Thanksgiving. Of course, the scrumptious feast shared with family and friends is delightful; yet there is more: Because our country is such a great religious and cultural melting pot, having a designated day when everyone celebrates the same ideals, regardless of their differences, is a wondrous occasion. In what [...]
Posted in General on Nov 25th, 2008
Last Friday, I worked with a client who’d hired Use What You Have when it first opened back in 1981. After living in her previous home for decades, Marcia Duffy now needed help with decorating her sunny new apartment. One of her primary aims was to keep the place uncluttered and she’d even framed a [...]
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2008
Yesterday, I was someone’s birthday present. Although I did not wear arrive wearing a bow on my head, my decorating services, for a living room and dining room, were a gift to a mother from her daughter-in-law and son.
The birthday girl and her husband were retirees and their rooms reflected a clean-lined, modern aesthetic. Aside [...]
Posted in General on Nov 14th, 2008
Last weekend, at a party, I chatted with an acquaintance that had come with a woman he’d been dating for a few years. As he and I spoke - she was across the room with the host - the man leaned in and said, “Since you’re a decorator you might be able to suggest something. [...]
Posted in General on Nov 12th, 2008
One of the most common misconceptions about interior redecorating is that ample use of color can cure any room of its ills. Many people think that all it takes is a great new wall color to make an unattractive room look fabulous. I beg to differ. To me, that idea is comparable to believing that [...]
Posted in General on Nov 11th, 2008
As the sun came up the other morning I found myself standing in line to see the Chanel Mobile Art exhibit in Central Park, along with my daughter, Tracy, and her boyfriend, Matt. We had invited Joe, my husband, to come along but he opted to sleep in.
Why on earth would I stand out there [...]
Posted in General on Nov 6th, 2008
Now that the weather is getting cooler and the days shorter, more than ever I really appreciate the time I get to spend in bed. My husband and I must have been bears in our last life because the minute the clocks are set back; the two of us are ready to start hibernating. [...]
Posted in General on Nov 4th, 2008
At 6:15 this morning the sound of a helicopter, whirring over my Manhattan apartment building, woke me up. I smiled as I realized that the news chopper was hovering in order to report on the already long lines snaking around the local polling place, two blocks away. Election Day was off to a great start.
Like [...]