Autumn is such a beautiful season.  You can create an inviting fall ambiance inside your home by bringing in touches of nature, but it doesn’t have to include gourds, leaves or other harvested items.  Add warmth by introducing simple accents, such as pillows, throws and table linens in harvest hues.  The 100% pure Norwegian wool [...]

Selecting an area rug for a room with a sofa or sectional is not as straightforward as finding the right size rug for under a dining room table or bed.  There are more variables involved in deciding on the carpet size that works best for your seating area.  Some very basic guidelines apply, but even [...]

One of my early jobs after grad school landed me in the Old Master Painting department of an auction house. I had just left a marquee contemporary New York art gallery with live artists and a vibrant scene and suddenly was thrust into the world of paintings by long-dead Europeans based on historical, allegorical, classical [...]

America’s decorator-in-chief Michael S. Smith surely must be recession-proofing his White House purchases. But across the pond, a couple of longtime clients from L.A. — naturally, we smell movie money — gave America’s top designer a mere six months to decorate their London flat as “a home of connoisseurship in which the likes of Noel [...]

Hanging Robe
Take your love of interior decorating to the walls with Artist Victoria Molinelli’s “The Exotic Series” watercolor renderings of vintage home interiors.  I’m most captivated by the details in the image above, especially the way light from the window shines upon the roll top desk and the reflection of a painting in the mirror,   [...]

When I first went to study cooking in Italy my goal was to learn to roll fresh egg noodles and to get some great sauces. That first trip got me scores of good recipes and a basic overview.
But until I learned enough basic kitchen Italian to travel on my own and ask questions of chefs [...]