by vicki | Jun 27, 2016 | Design, Pattern Play, textiles
What happens when a Londoner falls in love with an American-born seasoned traveler with a well-honed design aesthetic? They launch a luxury home furnishings, Thurston Reed, inspired by British architecture & interiors. Moldings, wallpapers & motifs with exotic...
by vicki | Jun 25, 2016 | Design, Travel
What happens when you purchase a 400-year-old building in one of the most desirable locations in Paris? Well, it begins a painstaking process of restoration, the tackling of countless rules & regulations and more than a few hurdles. The end result? An astounding...
by vicki | Jun 22, 2016 | Design, Entertaining
It was a picturesque, breezy summer afternoon when I hosted the first in a series of summer luncheons. A table was set amidst a composition of pretty flowers and a luxuriant canopy of shade trees. Sounds of songbirds mingled with animated conversation and laughter....
by vicki | Jun 16, 2016 | Design, Moldings & Millwork
Recently, I began searching for the perfect weekend retreat. A quiet place where we can escape the scorching heat of Atlanta summers and our LA size traffic. My list of “must haves” is short, it has to be near a body of water, in the mountains and...
by vicki | Jun 10, 2016 | Pattern Play, textiles
I have a confession. I carry a secret longing to live in the rarefied world depicted by vintage issues of Town & Country Magazine. A picture perfect life splayed across glossy pages with “old-money” patina complete with ancestral portraits, African...
