Happy New Year, 2015!

I started this blog as part of a New Years resolution in 2007 with THIS post. In the past 8 years I've had so much fun sharing my desig...

Inside the Place Vendome, Paris

My favorite square in Paris is without a doubt the Place Vendome.  I even have a painting of it in my bedroom by Moura Chabor! The storied s...

Christmas shopping in Paris

The best part of visiting Paris in the winter, particularly at Christmastime, is the shopping! The city is decked out with Christmas trees a...

La Madeleine, Paris

One of the items I can cross off my bucket list is to see a concert in one of the great spaces of Europe. While traveling one often sees pos...

Parisian stair railing

While I sort through the 500 photos I took over my recent trip to Paris I thought I would share with you a great staircase I saw in an art g...

Couch vs. sofa - a dialogue

I was thrilled to have lunch recently with one of my favorite bloggers, The Blue Remembered Hills , while he was traveling through DC. As so...

La Lanterne, Versailles

Happy 2014! One of my favorite gifts I received over Christmas was an antique copy of the book "The smaller houses and gardens of Versa...