You can now shop room vignettes created by 60 top interior designers stocked with items 50 - 70% off retail, all to benefit a worthy cause. We are so honored to be a part of Design on a Dime's 10th Anniversary benefit for Housing Works, supporting the homeless living with HIV and AIDS.You can find Casart Butterflies in designer, Arlene Angard's room used as part Continue Reading
A Cabinet of Curiosities
It's the day after Mardi Gras and... these photos of a modern day Cabinet of Curiosities published not too long ago in the Washington Post, struck our attention. Elizabeth Mayhew, who has written the article mentions, "One Parisian trend that has slowly been creeping into our own national aesthetic is an obsession with the natural world...They add visual Continue Reading
Transformation
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I suppose that's good if you aren't otherwise aware of it every month. There was a transformation moment when I received a beautiful White House/Black Market catalog which is in recognition of the observance. The cover had a lovely shade of pink for the background and featured a single Blue Morpho, Casart Coverings's Continue Reading
Read My Pins!
Madeleine Albright may not be a recognizable name unless you are of "a certain age" but you should read her pins.She is a former Secretary of State (the first woman to hold that office) and she served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She was in New Orleans to open the New Orleans Museum of Art's exhibit of more than 200 pins from her collection, Continue Reading
Butterflies and Good Luck
Bring the butterflies and good luck.In case you haven't figured it out I'm a big fan of Las Vegas and visit often. While there last week I couldn't help notice the repetition of "butterfly" motifs. We often stay at either Wynn or Encore and butterflies are everywhere, bringing butterflies and good luck.When most people think of casinos the word "tacky" Continue Reading
