Author Archives: louryne
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Vintage Glass Bottles
I’ve seen a lot of these lately. We can thank Martha Stewart for one because she did a piece about them in her latest issue of Martha Stewart Living. The article “Collecting Bottles & Jars” was really informative about the different … Continue reading
Filed under Inspiration
Patrician or Poseur: How about neither?
I read an interesting article last week in my company’s newsletter. Forbes.com published a Business Wire press release about how consumers are looking at luxury and designer brands in a different light these days. The concept that Sporting “Loud” Designer Logos … Continue reading
A Tiny Retreat
I absolutely love this little cottage in the woods!!! The New York Times featured it on Thursday in the Home and Garden section. [here] I would love to even have a place as little as this for an escape from … Continue reading
Mad Men
AMC’s Mad Men is back this Sunday (July 25th), and like many other people I’m excited! It’s a cult phenomenon that has effected the country’s design aesthetic by inspiring us in the way we dress (please see Banana Republic [here] … Continue reading
Happy Bastille Day!
Oh the Irony. Hope you all had a great Bastille Day!
“I’m one to look back in order to move forward”- Thomas O’Brien
photograph by: Lauren Gries Last week I wanted to write a witty post about how as we celebrated our independence, we should also be remember how much of England we owe our lives to American in interior design, music, fashion … Continue reading
Paris, I miss you.
Just a few more miscellaneous photographs from my most recent trip to Paris. Top to bottom-left to right: Notre Dame, just after the storm – Young girl playing with a sail boat in the Luxembourg gardesn – A traditional Parisian … Continue reading
Cheesecake and Beer: A celebration of marriage and a family affair
Last year my brother got hitched! While he and his wife only invited the parents to the ceremony, which happened up in the mountains of New Hampshire (only mode of transportation to site was on foot). Their wedding reflected their … Continue reading
