There’s a lot more to Atticmag than red kitchens, houses, rugs, furniture, bathrooms, appliances, antiques, collectibles and color charts.  But since Sunday is Valentine’s Day, it seemed only right to show off some of our most popular posts that featured the color of red [above].
If red isn’t your thing, how about some chocolate color in [...]

Every year, I’m struck by rituals of marking the calendar’s turn. During the 18th century, the French Kings would sit down on December 31 at the Château de Versailles (one of our Great Historic Homes) and watch the year change on their exquisite clocks – much the same way we enjoy seeing the ball drop [...]

As much of the world settles in to celebrate the holidays, the three of us here are going to take some time off, too. While we’ll be on hiatus until January 4,  we will continue to post things we find so please check in when you have time. For the next few days, we wish [...]

This has been such a hectic season it wouldn’t surprise me if many of us were a bit tardy in getting to our seasonal decorating tasks. While most people have their traditions – which often dictate where the tree and the gifts are put each year – I thought these alternative spots and strategies might [...]

Let me begin with an admission: I’m not a huge cookie baker. I’m going to blame my Mom who always bought cookies so we could spend our time wrapping presents! Over the years, though, I have collected a few cookie recipes I’d call quality basics — 2 of them can be found below. The photo [...]

Each year Royal Copenhagen puts on a dazzling display of theme-decorated tables adorned with their legendary china.  This year’s inspiration comes from the magical fairytale ballet classic, The Nutcracker.
Six actors and dancers from the Royal Danish Theatre have embellished a room and table based upon one of the many dances from this beloved Christmastime musical.
Chinese [...]