This is my first of three posts about my Vieux Carre Pied a' Terre in New Orleans, French Quarter.20+ years ago my husband and I decided it would be fun to spend a weekend as tourist in our own home town. Some big convention was that weekend and there wasn’t a hotel room to be had in the French Quarter. I complained and my husband said, “The only way you’re Continue Reading
Tweed n’ Texture & Tweaking Color to Smooth Tunes
Because fall is finally here and we're starting to wrap up, bundle up because it's getting colder outside, we thought we'd weather with a tweed and texture post. We tend to also wrap up our homes for winter. We put away our brightly colored spring and summer clothes and wrap ourselves and our interiors in warmth. We put out blankets and deep, dark colors emerge as the Continue Reading
Batting 100 with Bryan Batt!
Byran Batt is Batting 100!A successful acting career on Broadway. A character in the award-winning show Mad Men. A Big Easy home furnishing boutique named Hazelnut. A touching memoir, She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother, and now, a second book, Big, Easy Style: Creating Rooms You Love To Live In; the title playing off of the nick name for New Orleans. Seems Continue Reading
Getting on the Map
Have you seen our new design? It's getting on the map!Here's the introduction -- a world map that you can customize, remove and reuse and for your ceiling!! We are getting on the map, both literally and figuratively. We were included in Nate Berkus Show's profile on John Loecke's and Jason Oliver Nixon's interior design with their Indian Print printed as a custom Continue Reading
Where there’s a will, there’s a weave.
Where there's a will, there's a weave. That's what Tara Chapas of Chapas Textiles believes. Her New York firm produces handwoven fabrics for decorators. Tara has been in business for more than a decade. Interviewed by Elle Decor, she said she learned her craft at her Greek great-grandmother's knee. "We had an unspoken bond over making fabric," Chapas says. Designs Continue Reading
