While walking through the Robert Lehman Collection, a large circular gallery tucked away in the back of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I stumbled upon a painting that caught my eye. The painting, a depiction of a goldsmith in his shop, dates back to 1449 and was attributed to the Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus. The…
I’ll confess, I’ve been listening to Christmas music since July (“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” sung by Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting, is on now), and I’m about to watch Love Actually to officially kick off the Christmas month. I’m not sure I actually like Christmas, but I like the music, sappy movies and, of course, the…
I was reacquainted with my love for pecans when I tested this recipe for a Maple Pecan Whiskey Cake by ceramicist Molly Hatch. Normally you’d make fruit cake for the holidays, but because this cake freezes well and makes four loaves at once, it is also perfect to keep around or take a loaf the…
Our trip down south this month was a whirlwind of fun events, from our Lavish panels to lunch meetings with visiting friends and a fun team dinner with eight D*S editors at Hugh Acheson’s delicious new restaurant, Empire State South. After Lavish was over (literally right after), Amy and I ran to the airport, hopped…
Today I’m so thrilled to feature a series of guest posts from one of my favorite designers (and people), David Stark! Welcome, David! xo, grace My team and I just had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We decorated the storied Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the State Department in Washington D.C. to celebrate the holidays and the rooms’…
Hello D*S readers! We bbbcraft sisters are so excited to start sharing our entertaining ideas! The three of us grew up between the Pacific Northwest and northern Michigan and found ourselves constantly foraging for beautiful things out-of-doors, bringing them inside to decorate and adorn our craft projects and parties. Although we live in cities now,…
Food blogger Mowie K wrote earlier this year about unearthing his grandmother’s notebook of recipes. Since he comes from a long line of bakers, I could only imagine Mowie’s excitement at discovering such a treasure. I also thought it might be a great opportunity to find something fantastic for In the Kitchen With readers. Instead…
Happy holidays, D*S readers! We are taking a little break from going around the world and bringing you our own homespun take on holiday festivities. This past year when designing our events, we fell head over heels in love with wooden flowers, vintage medicine bottles, eucalyptus leaves, cotton ribbons and twine, felt crafts, paper garlands,…
This must be the season of change because we have been getting a lot of inquiries lately for advice on starting a flower business. We love that people look to us for inspiration and as we thought about suggestions to offer, we realized most of our daily goings-on had nothing to do with arranging pretty…
This week we put on our warm sweaters and headed out to the Skyline Ranch Tree Farm to take part in a classic holiday tradition: choosing and cutting down our own Christmas tree. Although it may not seem to be the “green” thing to do, cutting your own Christmas tree actually turns out to be…
caroline swift‘s work was the first work that jumped out at me in the press office at tent london in september, and in my personal opinion for the product and the styling (and presentation), she was the best exhibitor, hands down. we usually force people to choose their favorite recipe for this column, but when…
