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Help! Southampton Master Bedroom

January 18, 2012 · 12 comments

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It’s time to pull this room together, and I’d like your help.  At the moment, it just feels like a room full of stuff –nothing’s working together.  The reason it’s in this sorry state is that nearly everything is left over from somewhere else and wound up here without any plan. The cool gray wool [...]

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The Dining Chairs are Finished!

January 9, 2012 · 14 comments

New Chairs Main

Finally.  After months of indecision (and some production time too), we finally have our new chairs.  Custom upholstery is always a little suspenseful, but I’m happy to say we like them as well as we’d hoped:  the chairs feel both light and comfortable, and the upholstery adds warmth and color to the space without disrupting [...]

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New Loft: the “Library”

December 6, 2011 · 9 comments

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One of the most problematic spaces in our new loft has become one of our favorites.  I recently showed an out-of-town friend some construction photos.  I was struck by the transformation, so I thought I’d indulge in a little before-and-after here. (Btw, we’re not really sure what to call this space. The realtor’s floor plan [...]

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Preparing for the Big Birthday Party

November 10, 2011 · 10 comments

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I think it was a great success.  Last weekend David’s mother Jeri turned 70, and we threw a party for her at our loft in Manhattan.  Twenty of Jeri’s girlfriends from her home in New Orleans flew in for the occasion (no husbands, except hers), and around 50 guests from New York joined them for [...]

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Our Little Witch

November 1, 2011 · 10 comments

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I had suggested a butterfly, and for a while she was into swimming like a dolphin (on the hall carpet), but by mid-October she had made up her mind:  she would be a witch for Halloween.  Last week I got a clarification:  she still wanted to be a witch, but a good witch, preferably one [...]

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