I’m excited to report that New England Home magazine has launched a Connecticut edition and I’m so pleased to have been asked to contribute a piece for the premiere issue. The magazine, which offers a sophisticated look at area designers, architects, products and artists, is now expanding its focus to the exceptional design world to be found [...]
Archive for the ‘Architecture’ Category
New England Home’s Connecticut is on the stands!
Posted in Architecture, Art, Connecticut, Home, Interior design, LifeStyle, tagged Architecture, Art, Buzz worthy, Connecticut, Decor, furnishings, Home and Garden, Interior design, LifeStyle on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
5th Avenue Elegance – Simply Stated
Posted in Architecture, Interior design, Photography, Style and Design, tagged Architectural Digest, Architecture, Design, Home and Garden, Interior design, Michael Moran Photography, Shelton Mindel & Associates on February 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last month Architectural Digest had a story about a NYC duplex renovated by fave design firm Shelton Mindel & Associates. Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton worked with their senior interior designer Grace Sierra on this beautifully restrained project. They only had three months to turn this time-worn limestone duplex across from Central Park into a chic and [...]
Interior Design magazine celebrates best of 2009
Posted in Architecture, Interior design, LifeStyle, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Design, Home and Garden, Interior design on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last night the 2009 Interior Design Best of Year awards were held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC. One of my favorite firms among the merit award winners was Interior Design Hall of Famers, Shelton, Mindel & Associates. Their materials-driven approach combines luscious wood tones, metals and stone surfaces with crisp, clean and modern design to create [...]
Ephemera
Posted in Architecture, Home, Interior design, LifeStyle, style, Style and Design, tagged Design, furnishings, Home, Home and Garden, Home Ideas, Interior design, LifeStyle, style on November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The shelter magazine industry continues its grisly decline… Today, industry insider Stacy Kunstel, reports in her excellent tweets at StacyStyle that Metropolitan Home is going belly up by the end of the year. I don’t know about you, but it makes me feel a bit queasy.
The Crisp, Cozy Crackle of Autumn
Posted in Architecture, Home, Style and Design, tagged Decor, Design, Fire Pits, Home, Home and Garden, Home Ideas, Outdoor Fireplaces, Patio Decor, Sculpture on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
September again. How the hell did that happen? Still, there are some redeeming things about early autumn; cushy new sweaters, the purest deep blue afternoon skies and comfortable sleeping nights. I came across these fire features from Colombo Construction Corp a couple of months ago when I couldn’t even think about hovering over a crackling [...]
New Feature Story: Rossiter Revisited
Posted in Architecture, Connecticut, Interior design, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Connecticut, Decor, Design, Home, Home and Garden, Interior design on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Sumacs is one of several significant “cottages” designed by renowned architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter. Not withstanding some misguided attempts at modernization, this one hundred year-old structure was in good shape and retained most of its character-defining features.
Bauhaus at Ninety
Posted in Architecture, Art, Interior design, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Art Galleries, Bedroom Design, Buzz worthy, Decor, Design, Interior design on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
two exhibitions which celebrate the 90th anniversary of a profoundly influential (and one of my favorite) design movements; the German Bauhaus school.
Sun, Sand and Iconic Architecture
Posted in Architecture, Interior design, LifeStyle, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Design, Interior design, style, Travel on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
a story about La Concha, a once-abandoned 1958 Puerto Rican landmark which just barely escaped demolition. Thankfully, a groundswell of nostalgia in the community lead Renaissance Hotels to give the crumbling hotel a second chance.
Breathing Room
Posted in Architecture, Home, Interior design, LifeStyle, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Decor, Design, Home and Garden, Home Ideas, Interior design on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
rooms by Southport, Connecticut Architects, Austin Patterson Disston, just breathe with sunlight and fresh air… Any of these spaces would make for a perfect place to hang out with of few of my closest friends, eat too much guacamole and drink something-tinis…
Cool Tide
Posted in Architecture, Home, Interior design, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Design, Home and Garden, Interior design on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The coolest thing in this ever so cool uber-cabana is the large circle recessed into the living room ceiling that has four translucent Plexiglass wedges that serve as a giant light fixture and provides ambient light.
Achieving sleek coziness
Posted in Architecture, Connecticut, Home, Interior design, Style and Design, tagged Architecture, Design, Home and Garden, Interior design on July 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
the lake-side home of two local (formerly NYC) architects, Elizabeth Demetriades and Patrick Walker. I love their use of materials and the spare approach to achieving sleek coziness.
