Japanese Garden

I've had my jade plant for 11 years and it needs some new friends. I am going to go to Chinatown for a bonsai but would like to add some others...I'm thinking about a few succulents. Hoping for a zen garden effect when its all said and done!

Porcupine Quills..

have a beautiful effect when arranged in a little spray. My boss, the designer Scott Guthrie, keeps a silver cup filled with them. Here is a picture of the quills in our office.

Cherry Blossom Branches

One of the great things about nyc is the abundance of bodegas, selling all sorts of fun flowers and plants. the prevalence of bodegas keeps me young and feeling alive. for example, today i decided, i could not live another second without a smattering of cherry blossom branches- to the bodega i fled with yoda in tow....it was a trash day so the usual 2 min walk took more like 6 as yoda needed to sniff everything in sight. he also has developed a funny habit of sitting down in front of strangers on the street who don't immediately pet him. some poor person was dealing w their trash and yoda just sat down and waited for her to drop everything and pet him. i apologized....

anyway, i made it to the bodega, purchased my cherry blossom branches for $20 and moved on. they also had pussy willows and some sort of odd swirly wooden branch. it is difficult to walk w a baby french bulldog and a "smattering of cherry branches" but i made it back to the apt safe and sound w bulldog and blossoms. they should last about six weeks and add so much life to the apt. Amazing. Thank you bodega

everyone should own

a zebra coaster. or 12. they are available at Sesame Letterpress, a company based out of Brooklyn.

Amy's Fireplace

Amy's fireplace could quite possibly be my very favorite object. It was her husband's mothers and he recently reassembled it piece by piece during their renovation. She got the beautiful hand carved mirror displayed above at an antique auction in Western Mass. So classic, so beautiful....and wood burning....le sigh.

Christopher Spitzmiller, Inc.

love....

especially in raspberry

Alan Campbell

this fabric by alan campbell for quadrille also comes as a wallpaper and is available in many colors...the pattern is called zig zag- they also make a petite zig zag which has slightly thinner yet denser lines. i am thinking about using the wallpaper in the bathroom but can't decide which color- suggestions? if not, i may make curtains for the study area...can't decide

bonjour!

here is my little blog where i will share the things i see and do and love.