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Andie’s Guest: Tamara Stephenson
Tamara Stephenson is a NYC interior designer, freelance writer and lifestyle expert journaling her experiences on her blog Nest. Today we are posting a blog that was featured on Tamara’s site, it’s a collection of holiday tablescapes and a story to follow. Enjoy! Visit her blog. This November I am recommending a new book each and every week, I'll bring you a glimpse of their pages and entice with the content. Check out interior designer Kathryn Crisp Greeley's new...
Guest Post: Todd Vendituoli’s Good contractors are cheap
Good contractors are cheap Yes indeed. You are reading the title right. Good builders are cheap. Good Remodeling contractors are cheap. Good Plumbers are cheap. Actually any good trades person is Cheap. You read the words exactly right. However, I mean using good people for your projects is cheap compared to hiring unqualified and un-professional trades people. Hiring good people is cheap insurance that the project will be completed as needed and as it should...
Andie’s Guest: Mally Skok
Mally Skok Drawn from her well-traveled life, Mally Skok’s designs, both interior and textile, have an exotic, global feel. She believes in “comfortable, stylish, original and livable spaces” without the least hint of pretention. Luckily, Mally agreed to answer a few of our most pressing questions…after reading the interview visit her website to see find out more about Mally and her beautiful designs @ MallySkokDesign.com. Where do your design roots stem from? I suppose...
Andie’s Guest: Aston Smith
When Andie invited me to check-in on her blog while she is at the London Design Festival I was really tickled. I asked her for a topic that she’d like me to weigh in on and her signature lighthearted tone she said “anything you want to darlin’, although we are focusing on ‘What a Woman Needs’ as a topic, feel free to write about what you need to feel good.” My first thoughts were a jumble of everything from “when’s the last time someone asked me what I...
Architectural Digest’s Margaret Russell
Margaret Russell Day 3 of Blogfest 2011 started out extraordinarily; breakfast then a presentation by Architectural Digest Editor-in-Chief, Margaret Russell at Condé Nast in Times Square. Not only did she provide an insider’s view to the new direction of the magazine, but she shared her many thoughts on community, blogging, web and print. She shared the story of how Architectural Digest was shooting Elizabeth Taylor’s home the day she passed away. Ms. Taylor’s family...
Visit with Carmen Natschke of The Decorating Diva
In between the flurry of TweetUps, Blogfest activities and making my way around ICFF, I was able to take a moment and visit with Carmen Natschke, the founder and editor of the highly popular site, The Decorating Diva.com. Carmen's website is "listed in the top one percent of all websites tracked by ALEXA and Technorati; and is regularly quoted in industry publications as the source for design trends and eco-savvy design." She has a fabulous take on the industry and shares it...
Color Me Happy
Guest Blogger Melissa shares how her home renovation has renovated her life Ever since Andie Day filled my home with intense colors, I have realized the effect different hues can have on my day to day emotions. With this realization, I have been able to use color to manipulate my emotions and bring more happiness into my life. I start out each morning in a sea of deep blue. It's my wall color, and I love it. I sink into the color as I drift in and out of sleep. As I wake...