After 5 years I have had a great time
writing this blog and
my life has been enriched
by fellow bloggers and readers.
Recently my time has been spent designing
one-of-a-kind
pillows that I love making.
Pillows are my passion and thankfully
my business is growing
not only working with designers, but also
the boutiques around the
country who carry my collections.
I will be attending to my eBay
and ETSY shops along with
the Empress of The Eye
Facebook page.
I am also lucky to have some
great interior design projects
that are pretty fabulous.
Again, thanks for all of
your comments and kindness.
There was plenty to choose from this year,
but these three made it to my coffee table and
stayed there for months.
All of Brian McCarthy's projects are
VERY grand and out of my scope,
but what I did
keep going back to were
the individual pieces.
In his table top book
Luminous Interiors
each room was filled with items that I had never
seen before and totally lusted after.
This unexpected suzani style
bedspread is beautiful and adds
such a dash of the unexpected.
And this amazing alligator bench.
Not everyone could place this
in an interior.
With a foreword from
Bunny Williams,
who he apprenticed with at Parish-Hadley,
it all comes together.
The details, the search,
the travels, the knowledge and
the history.
Brian McCarthy
got where he is today with
hard work and a trained eye.
the history.
got where he is today with
hard work and a trained eye.
I guarantee you will find yourself looking
through this book for inspiration years from now.
Nancy Braithwaite's long awaited first book
The Art of Simplicity
is a knockout.
Clean.
Uncluttered.
Complex.
(I love this photo of her on the job.)
Mrs. Braithwaite is a designer who
has made her name
has made her name
following her own path.
Every element and object seems
hand picked and place with reverence.
How brilliant are the large metal digits
around the door frames?
You could look through this book
while listening to
calm.com
and feel wonderful.
Her designs are studied
and so
well thought out.
Linda O'Keeffe
has been in the design business forever.
Metropolitan Home creative director,
stylist and writer.
Her latest book,
is filled with bold name designers
showing off their own residences.
Look at this lineup...
It's seems a bit voyeuristic
to be so up close and personal
when you see where these major design folks
hang their hats...and
that is what I loved about this book.
and so
well thought out.
Linda O'Keeffe
has been in the design business forever.
Metropolitan Home creative director,
stylist and writer.
Her latest book,
is filled with bold name designers
showing off their own residences.
Look at this lineup...
It's seems a bit voyeuristic
to be so up close and personal
when you see where these major design folks
hang their hats...and
that is what I loved about this book.
Jenna Lyons, J. Crew
Interiors
And finally...
One of my dearest friends, Joe Eula, has
been totally captured in this wonderful coffee
table book written by Cathy Horyn last fall.
Fashion, society, art and a
character that is well described
in this beautiful publication.
Joe was a real pip!
Jenna Lyons, J. Crew
Interiors
And finally...
One of my dearest friends, Joe Eula, has
been totally captured in this wonderful coffee
table book written by Cathy Horyn last fall.
Fashion, society, art and a
character that is well described
in this beautiful publication.
Joe was a real pip!
