by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Apr 9, 2023 | Show House
Kips Bay Palm Beach provides a glimpse into the South Florida lifestyle with its colorful interiors, palm-patterned walls, and water views. The purple vanda orchids identify this Kips Bay as being in Palm Beach and not New York or Dallas. Danielle Rollins turned the...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Mar 20, 2023 | Inspiring design
A simple outline can create dramatic effects by either containing a group of patterns or used by itself giving distinction to a space. Outline is seen time and time again throughout Rajasthan. Having recently returned from an incredible trip to India, the ornate...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Feb 13, 2023 | Tile
Exterior tile adds personality, importance, and color to a building’s architecture. Colorful exterior tile can make quite the impression. The eye-catching pattern seen on these Mexican domes are jaw-dropping. The 18th c Baroque mansion, Casa de los Azulejos, in...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Jan 30, 2023 | Interior details
White beamed ceilings allow furnishings to shine, but colorful ones can steal the show, so which to choose? The debate: leave a wood-beamed ceiling white, assuming it has already been painted over, or add color? White is an easy choice with reliable results. The lack...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Jan 23, 2023 | Creative pursuits
This new year will not begin with grand resolutions but instead small improvements to make life more pleasurable. Reading others’ new year’s resolutions can be inspiring, however; they are often redundant. Lose weight, eat better, be present, avoid...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Dec 8, 2022 | Gifts
Olivia Joffrey lives a golden life in sunny Santa Barbara creating limited-edition dresses, art, and stationery that propose slow sensuality. Olivia is an Instagram friend. Her 1970’s California references lured me in having strong memories of that time myself....
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Dec 7, 2022 | Gifts
Caregiver and lover of all things beautiful, Alison Silvestry is a generous gift giver considering her recipients’ every desire. Alison Silvestry is an amazing caregiver. While she is a former nurse, she now directs that care towards her family and friends....
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Dec 6, 2022 | Gifts
Dayle Wood, magazine editor, puts her keen eye to work every day so finding unique gifts took a New York minute. Dayle has seen it all. As Decoration Director of Veranda she is always on the go visiting designers, showrooms, anything or anyone involved in the making...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Dec 5, 2022 | Gifts
Charlotte Goldfarb, style queen in Arizona, Atlanta, and now Austin, gives her new city a fashionable edge. Charlotte is a new friend introduced to me by Elizabeth. My first thought upon seeing Charlotte was that I wanted to know her. She had such great style, chic...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Dec 2, 2022 | Gifts
Aesthete Benjamin Reynaert is an excellent source for gift giving as shopping around is actually a job requirement. Ben knows a thing or two about beauty. He has been a creative director, brand stylist, magazine editor, and style director. Just recently he launched...
