See Timothy Corrigan at Hillwood!

I've recently been enjoying my copy of designer Timothy Corrigan 's " An Invitation to Chateau du Grand-Luce " and was thr...

Markham Roberts, Decorating the way I see it.

The fine folks at Vendome Press recently sent me a copy of Markham Roberts new book, Decorating the way I see it , and I spent a happy eve...

Manhattan Classic, New York's Finest Prewar Apartments

I was very excited to recently receive a copy of Princeton Architectural Press 's new book " Manhattan Classic " by Geoffrey L...

The Architecture of Diplomacy: The British Ambassador's Residence in Washington

While I prepare a series of lengthier posts I wanted to share with you an astonishing new book that has recently been released, The Architec...

Classical Invention on the Hudson River by John Murray

Architect John Murray is no stranger to most style-minded classicists after his monograph,'  Classical Invention ', flew off shelve...

Design is all in the details

As Mies van der Rohe was fond of saying, ' God is in the detail '; a quote often attributed to him but in fact  much older. Details ...

Chapin Residence floorplan

One of my favorite books that I've mentioned before is the monograph of H.T. Lindeberg's residential work. Many of his smaller proj...

Classic style doesn't date

 As you well know I'm a firm believer that classic style doesn't date.  An example of this is a room by talented designers Tom Fox a...

Nina Campbell at Waterworks, DC

A few evenings ago I had the privilege to attend a book signing of Nina Campbell's new book at the beautiful Waterworks  Georgetown sho...