You know those amazing European grain sacks and homespuns that have been appearing in magazines this year, reinvented as pillow covers and re-upholstered wing chairs?  Well I finally got my hands on some!  And these fabrics are every bit as pleasing and tactile as I thought they would be.
Our good friend Mary moved to [...]

Where are the true roots of modern design?  My formal art education is somewhere between lacking and non-existent, but sometimes that is a good thing.  It frees me to stumble upon my own little revelations of culture and form with joy, instead of having them covered (as I’m sure they would have been) in some [...]

Okay, I admit, I am not qualified to make that statement.  I don’t know how Hans feels about Twitter (or felt, as he passed away in 2007.)  What I really mean is, we love Hans Wegner and we love Twitter.  Let me tell you a story.
Steven found a wonderful Hans Wegner J-16 rocking chair for [...]

That’s right, the lion!  Steven and I and the boys are traveling to NYC tomorrow for a short visit.  We are looking forward to walking Greenwich Village in the pleasant fall weather, eating good pizza, and spending a couple of nights in a nice hotel (which the boys love).  But the highlight, the absolute pinnacle [...]