A Grassy Joint

This is not your parents' grass.

Cloth.

It's better now.

Throw in Restoration Hardware's Grammercy double washstand,

Keller sconces, vintage faucets, medicine cabinets and pounds and

pounds of carrera and you've got yourself an interior designer's high.

As soon as my seamstress can unbury

herself from my other projects...

...the bathroom shade will have you seeing stars, too.

Ahoy.

Verdigris bamboo, pewter grasscloth, pirate and carrera marble.

Tortoisesmell Boxes

Our new powder bath is done and I think it looks great! Carrera subway tile

on the walls, carrera hexagon on the floor, Phillip Jeffries pewter grasscloth

on the walls, Vanderhurd fabric on the window and a custom

Verdigris faux bamboo mirror.

I'm going to make one change, though. I'm moving

my tortoiseshell boxes somewhere safer...

Away from her.

Chelsea Textiles

I fell in love with Chelsea Textiles' fabrics when we moved into our current home. I saved up my money to buy 12 yards of Wisteria in Seafoam. Bad name. Good color.

I had curtains made for our bedroom using just a simple Brisby pleat at the top. I put Hartmann & Forbes grass shades behind them and was done. I have never ever tired of them...which is saying a lot for me. When you go classic and buy the best you can't go wrong.


Well, Chelsea gets around. Another client of mine just built this gorgeous entryway with walnut cupboards and honed carrera tops. We picked out this Chelsea fabric (Roya) from their Ottoman inspired collection by Alidad. It cost a small fortune. Seriously, you could feed a family of nine for a week on what this cost. Actually, it probably took a family of nine a week to embroider it.


The repeat was a bit unclear on the sample so my genius seamstress and I ended up piecing the fabric together to create something truly unique.


It was quite a pain in the butt. That was what it was all about, though, wasn't it? BUTTS.