Design on a Dime 2012

It's me again, Margaret. So this week I've been running around like a crazy person, pulling together my vignette for this year's Housing Works: Design on a Dime event. It's one of my favorite organizations (and my weekly -- okay daily -- thrift store shopping haunt) and I'll admit I'm loving the results:

It stays at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan through Sunday and despite the opening night frenzy (Marisa practically whupped out the brass knuckles) there are still lots of goodies remaining! MAJOR thanks to the following folks/vendors whose generous donations made it all possible:
Circa Lighting
Metropolitan Carpet Gallery
De Gournay
Christopher Spitzmiller, Inc.
CQ Home Decor
Fine Arts Furniture
Luther Quintana Upholstery
Samuel & Sons Passementerie
Organic Modernism
David Haag
And my pals Sally King Benedict, Keehnan Konyha, Melissa Mittag and Rebecca Gabin.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my fave vignette of the night which of course belonged to the whirling decorating dervish known as Mugatu (Miles Redd to his family and the uninitiated). Ever the contrarian, Mr. Bold Color served total black and white realness with a side of Yves Klein blue torso:

I wanted the curvy black John Rosselli chair but have to admit that Restoration Hardware floor lamp and Venetian mirror look pretty dang good outside of their usual butch n' Belgian context. Bravo, Muugs, and Vive le Housing Works!

TRADHome: Top 10 New Trads

OH HI THERE WOOPS I HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN 2+ MONTHS WOOPS SORRY.

So I've been a little busy with a few projects (see next post) but I'm super pumped to share my feature in the latest issue of TRADHome (blurbed in the print version of May's Traditional Home).  My fabulous ladypals (and 2011 New Trads) Anne and Suysel of Tilton Fenwick passed the torch to moi and I couldn't be happier with the results! This particular project is one of my faves and a real mix of high-low -- maybe you've heard that expression a few million times in the past five years?! Huge thanks to photographer John Bessler, editor Jenny Bradley, editor-in-chief Ann Maine and publisher Beth Brenner for this honor and congrats to my nine New Trad compadres!!