Atticmag is an online magazine of home design and décor and a team blog with contributors who share a passion for home design, kitchens, bathrooms, interior decorating, antique furniture and rugs, collectibles, auctions, and shopping for high-quality home products.
Atticmag was founded by Editor and Publisher Jane Freiman, a New York based newspaper and magazine editor and cookbook author.
The initial concept for Atticmag took shape during the renovation of Jane’s house renovation when she took to the internet to find sources for basics such as flooring, fixtures, paint and hardware. Within a few months, she launched Kitchens We Love, her first online editorial venture – a look-book of kitchen inspiration photos which received more than 1.3 million views and remains the core of Atticmag.
Once house construction ended, Jane looked for ways to easily and inexpensively decorate her home. Having worked at Sotheby’s and in art galleries early in her career, she was familiar with the antiques market. The internet let her easily search out older pieces to mix with the new. As the house progressed, her list of favorite interior design and collecting sources multiplied.
Along the way, Jane met two Atticmag team members who share her interests, Deputy Editor Jane Tulanian, in Northern California, and Shopping Editor Allison Arnett, based in Alabama. Together they provide new ideas, practical experience, design information, opinions, sources and inspiration photographs.
A graduate of UCLA with an AB in Art History, Jane F. has worked in art, food and in journalism during various phases of her career. Her early interests led her to the art business in New York and Paris. In France, she fell in love with food, eventually becoming an award-winning cookbook author and restaurant critic who holds a certificate in Culinary Arts from Luberon College in Avignon, France and was a longtime student of James Beard. No surprise that Atticmag focuses seriously on kitchen design.
She also earned her certification as an interior designer at Parsons School of Design, in New York City since her Mother and Grandmother had been interior designers and her parents ran a family-owned a drapery and upholstery factory in Los Angeles.
Jane has written about food and restaurants for New York magazine, New York Newsday, the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and Harper’s Bazaar. She went on to become a Managing Editor at the New York Daily News, overseeing all the features and celebrity news in the nation’s largest daily tabloid. Now she has come full circle at Atticmag. Email: janef.atticmag(at)gmail.com
Meet the rest of the Atticmag Team
Deputy Editor Jane Tulanian is a third generation rug restorer who runs Tulanian Rugs, a family business in Northern California. Jane T’s knowledge of Oriental rugs, as well as her interest in home design and collecting, made her an ideal contributor to the blog. Jane T’s natural curiosity and artistic abilities fuels her work as a writer and editor. Email:tulanian(at)atticmag(dot)com
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Shopping Editor Allison Arnett’s fondness for furniture and accessories began as a child in her family’s furniture store. Allison loves to frequent antique shops and locally owned home stores in Alabama, where she and her husband own and manage a commercial real estate business. Her love of homes, design and pets — and her great eye for design — make Allison essential to the voice of Atticmag.
Email: allison(at)atticmag(dot)com
