John Dransfield and Greggory Ross (of the fabulous Dransfield and Ross home furnishings company) have settled into a wonderful retreat in the posh area of Somerset, New Jersey. Their home is featured in the June/July 2012 issue of Lonny. Originally, this started as an escape from their NYC and Hamptons home, but as the couple continued to furnish with warm accents and surroundings, they found themselves spending more and more time here. Who could blame them?
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Lonny, Deliciously Luscious
As usual, Lonny Magazine does not disappoint.
The online mag is back with its March/April 2012 issue.
Here are some of my favorite snipets:
I love the tour of Amanda Nisbet's Upper East Side Design Office. Gotta love the style and quirkiness of her designs. Most of all, I am head over heels that she is a self taught designer that has 'made it.' Just like Grace Bonney of Design Sponge.
Hopefully just like me...someday.
Did you catch David Parise's Barbie and Ken Photograph collection in the background? Classic! They're dressed in vintage 1960's clothing. How fun!
Next, check this out. Anna Burke is a designer herself. Bought a pad in NYC's West Village with her sister. It was a 'fixer upper' and that's just what she and her sister did. They were on a budget and decorated on a dime. Reminds me of my sister, Kurby, and me.
Bob Collins & Sons wallpaper. Love the pizazz this floral gives the room. With a fun Andy Warhol print.
Nice clean lines. Love the Dwell Studio striped rug.
Anna and her sis made the cornices themselves with Ikea fabric. This is such a simple trick and really spruces up a room.
I've made window treatment out of Styrofoam, fabric and a staple gun in the past. Hey, style
doesn't have to be costly.
The apartment has great Bohemian style. Love the bathroom stripes and use of putty pink with
bold red and blue. Very approachable.
Look at this nursery. The family lives on 5th avenue and likes to mix elegance with studio 54-type decor.
I absolutely love when the unexpected is used in a room. And who would expect a life size Russell Young print of Elizabeth Taylor in a baby nursery? That's why I love it. It's somewhat inappropriate (she's smoking a cig) and totally not babyish. I say, forget the baby blue and pastel pink. A nursery does not need to look like a baby's room.
Loving Lonny!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Lonny's Back!
Set if free and, if it's meant to be, it will return.
Well it seems Lonny mag is meant to be!
It will be returning March 10th for bi-monthly issues!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Domino Special Edition
The return of a long lost friend! We've missed you so!
Just announed, Domino Quick Fixes, a Domino special edition will hit newstands nationwide on April 17th.
Dreams really DO come true!
I am still in mourning over the end of this fabulous magazine in 2009---years after it's devastating departure.
I have every single issue of the magazine and still leaf through old editions--revisiting the turned down pages that have been bookmarked with good ideas. I discovered Jonathan Adler, Mary Mcdonald, Katie Ridder, Bunny Williams...this was my design education. My passion. My love.
For years, I tried to keep the dream alive. I spent every other third Thursday of every other month honoring our fallen hero. I'd buy a lucite chair, wallpaper a room in navy lacquer, mold clay into an Adler-esque pottery pot. Anything to keep the dream alive.
Lonny tried. Lonny left.
But now Domino is back! The special edition is a start! I'll take it. I've marked my calendar! And I'll be the first at the newsstand on April 17th!
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