Entries from May 2009

May 30, 2009

Shopping: 1st Dibs Saturday Sale

While the boys are out on Boston Common throwing baseballs, I thought I’d see what kind of “bargains” I could find on 1st Dibs’ Saturday Sale. Here’s what I turned up: 1st Dibs Saturday Sale Italian Rostrato’ Chandelier from the 1940′s in the style of Barovier, $3,000, reduced from $8,250; Ed Hardy, San Francisco. Pair [...]

May 29, 2009

Montage: Twin Beds

As we head into summer, I’ve been making plans with friends to visit me on the Cape. I’ll be out there full time starting mid-June , and I’ll no doubt be craving company. (On the bright side, I’ll have plenty of time to blog.) In any case, summer means summer houses, which means visitors, which [...]

May 27, 2009

Design Diary: Eric Roth’s Barn

Last summer I stopped by photographer Eric Roth‘s barn/studio on the North Shore for the profile “A Room Of His Own” in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. Photo: Eric Roth It’s a real barn, 200-years-old, with a loft (where Russ and Mary, his assistants, work), and lots of junk (his word, not mine!) amidst the [...]

May 25, 2009

Montage: Pure White Tubs

I finally had a bit of time to relax this weekend. No writing, no blogging (sorry, an electrical storm fried my modem – again!) and no cleaning. (I did plant cucumbers and peppers though.) For me, relaxing on Cape Cod means taking a bath, made extra wonderful with a book and Origins grapefruit bubbles. While [...]

May 20, 2009

Montage: Bunk Beds

I have no good reason for blogging about bunk beds today. I had them growing up. My 7-year-old has them in his room in Boston. My 8-year-old has them in his room on the Cape. Probably just about every other kid in America (and Europe? I don’t know, are bunk beds distinctly American?) has ‘em [...]

May 19, 2009

Get the Look: Wallpaper in Ocean Hues

Ok, all of you sea and sky lovers, get yourself a wall of wonderful blues and greens in the most amazing patterns . . . Anderson Jazz Colelction Ogee Damask; Walnut Woodstock; Timorous Beasties; Tres Tintas Barcelona Amapola; Graham and Brown Monsoon Amelie; Graham and Brown Julien Macdonald Dazzle; Graham and Brown Basso and Brooke [...]

May 18, 2009

ARTmonday: Grace Hopkins-Lisle

Grace Hopkins-Lisle is an artist who grew up in NYC and is now based in Portland, Maine, with her husband, artist Andrew Lisle and her sweet little girl Gigi. Grace shows her work in galleries all over the Northeast. I discovered her work in Cape Cod. Her father, artist Budd Hopkins, is a longtime friend [...]

May 15, 2009

Montage: Colors of Sea and Sky

This weekend we’re heading out to Truro on the Cape. It’s finally warmed up, probably even out there. Might this weekend bring the first beach day of the season for us? To get me in the mood, I’ve compiled this collection of rooms inspired by ocean hues and summer skies. And they just happen to [...]

May 14, 2009

Shopping Trip: Brimfield Antique Show

Yesterday I went to Brimfield for the first time! Luckily, I met up with Jill Goldberg with the impeccable taste from Hudson, who pointed me in the right direction. It runs to the end of the week if you have a chance to visit. (And it’s back again in July.) It was a quick 90-minute [...]

May 13, 2009

Get the Look: Your Backyard, A Resort

As summer approaches I am busily searching for a cute, friendly sitter to hang out with my boys at the beach all day while I lounge around indoors writing my blog. (Interested? They’re a bit of a handful . . . ) Last summer I spent my days ensconced in my pure white room, looking [...]