Modernizing a kitchen in a Victorian house in England is no small accomplishment, even for a designer as celebrated as Robert Couturier. When a longtime client moved from New York to London, Couturier chose the classic black-and-white color scheme using white Smallbone cabinetry with black counters. He also worked in pale-blue walls (popular in Britain) [...]

Mademoiselle Fifi, also known as Fifi Flowers Design, painter of all things French and fabulous had a painting giveaway on her blog this past week and I won!   She surprised me with a painting of my virtual evening in Paris with handsome French actor Olivier Martinez.  My heart is still aflutter.
As a token of my [...]

Recently Jane F. teamed up with our pal Anne of Virtual Room Previews to tackle her kitchen redo.  We’ve always been amazed with Anne’s virtual techno-wizardry.  So much, that we’ve asked her to be a regular here on Atticmag.
This week I had the pleasure of working with Anne on altering 3 bedrooms to show the [...]

If you are planning a trip to  New Orleans, take time to browse the quaint shop of Hazelnut New Orleans, located in the Magazine District. While exploring the eclectic blend of elegant home accessories, you may find yourself chatting with co-owners and Mad Men actor Bryan Batt or his partner, Tom Cianfichi.  Their boutique features [...]

Swanky–adjective: showy, smart, snappy, splashy, stylish, sumptuous.  Swank Lighting’s gorgeous hand-blown vintage Murano lamps from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s are all that and more.  It’s MCM lamp glam at its finest. The pictures here are merely a teaser for what is in store for you on their site.  Top-notch photography and multiple image close-ups [...]

Feeling a little neutral lately?  Are the sandy beach colored sisal rugs and summer decor leaving you lusting for a jolt of primary shades?  Here’s some color drenched inspiration guaranteed to boost your mood.  (Photo above via Portland Mitchell).

These birch clocks are handmade and hand painted.  See the entire line including furniture at Boston based [...]

Spotted these decorated fire extinguishers the other day and wondered how our readers would feel about jazzing up a necessary piece of safety equipment.  My initial reaction was positive–decorate it and maybe people would be more inclined to keep one in the home.  Then I read a comment cautioning disguising something that has a universal [...]

Books and magazines are now available on audio and online, but in my opinion, nothing compares to holding printed versions.  The latest decorating magazine casualty, Southern Accents, was one of my favorites. I was told my scream could be heard for miles.  In hopes of keeping the presses of others rolling, I scoured the internet [...]

When House Beautiful featured a room makeover by New York designer Jonathan Rosen [above], my eye went straight to the rug.  It appeared to be a dhurrie.   There is a clue in the image as to why I think that, which I’ll get to further down.
Dhurrie rugs are woven from cotton or wool and sometimes [...]

When Margie B set out to renovate the ‘70s kitchen in her New England home she hoped to keep the original footprint of the room but wanted a peninsula instead of an island. “We were a bit apprehensive about this as the trend is to do the reverse,” she says. “But this setup works really [...]

When classic film star Katharine Hepburn died in 2003 at age 96, her 8000-square foot beach house on the Connecticut coast came onto the real estate market for $12 million and sat there for a year. Hepburn’s father, a Hartford urologist, had rebuilt and expanded the home in 1939, following a famous hurricane in New [...]

Decorating inspiration can come from a variety of sources; a favorite painting, a souvenir purchased on vacation or a well-worn quilt….but I never expected to find inspiration for this week’s design post in a bag of M&Ms.  The complementary candy colors of saturated orange and lime green are a sure way to raise energy levels [...]