Brand new on the floor this morning, this settee from Hickory White, a new line Toms-Price is carrying, stopped me dead in my tracks. Maybe it’s the fabrics, maybe the size or the striking black and white combination, but I fell in love with it immediately. What do you think? Check out the Hickory White [ read more… ]
No, it’s not the camera lens that’s distorting the shape of this sofa. If you look down on it from above it really is demi-lune shaped and quite elegant, all 95 inches of it. It’s new from Stickley and called the “Carmel sofa”.
Oh, the humble recliner. Like Cheese-Whiz in the fridge, it’s been a staple in the American home that somehow never finds its way into those high-style magazine photos about the latest trends in haute cuisine and home decor. Until now. Recliners, like the ones shown, have come a long, long way. Oh, the overstuffed Jabba [ read more… ]
In our homes and elsewhere, we work hard to make our surroundings warm and inviting, not stark and austere. It just takes a lot of STUFF. Shown above is the model condo at the Courthouse Square development in Wheaton, by Toms-Price designer Peggy DuMont.
This is the Chino chair from Stickley. Very relaxing. Sometimes looking forward to fall is better than living it. After all, it also means leaf raking and putting lawn furniture into storage. Before the mums can go in, the annuals have to come out. Still, I hope I never lose the little thrill of looking [ read more… ]
Go west and the farmhouses of the Ohio Valley turned into whole communities of Sears craftsman houses, where the Mission and Arts and Crafts styles are right at home. The style continues but gets ever more rustic as you head into the mountains. By the time you hit L.A., few vestiges of east coast tradition [ read more… ]
