Tour the second NYC apartment that celebrated extraordinary women A large amount of space has been devoted to the Inspired Designs Showhouse here in New York City. It features two apartments full of rooms — nearly 10,000 square feet — created by 15 top designers as a benefit for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, founded [...]
Archive | October, 2009
Inspired Design Showhouse
Tour a NYC luxury apartment dedicated to some extraordinary women Move over Kip’s Bay. A group of 15 premier New York interior designers combined talents in a unique showhouse event to launch a new condominium building on West End Avenue, a street that hasn’t changed so much in 30 years or perhaps longer. As it [...]
Winchester Mystery House
Tour the historic California landmark of Sarah Winchester The Winchester House may be more odd than mysterious. Ghosts, spirits and haunted mansions are what mysteries are made of, and the Winchester house is all that and more — much more. If legend is accurate, the house is a testament to one woman’s heart-wrenching grief and [...]
Bookcase Hallway Rugs
A hallway needn’t be a boring connector between rooms Shelving and bookcases — whether built-in or added — make a hall pathway both functional and inviting. Embellishing the space with a properly scaled rug may only seem like a decorative feature but, in truth, it also helps balance the weight of the cabinetry. The long [...]
My Old New Kitchen
Our twelve-week apartment face lift is finished. The contractors have left and 110 packing boxes plus assorted furniture came back to freshly plastered and painted walls, well-lit rooms, and a budget-remodel of our kitchen. After twenty three years of Pepto-pink peeling paint, groaning appliances and cracking tiles on the kitchen counters and back splash, everything [...]
