Happy Nate Day!

Thanks to the gals at The Mogg Blog for creating this event for such a great designer. Being a guy who designs I have had the up most respect and admiration for Nate's work for a long time. I am so excited about his show and the platform he will have for design as a whole.

I'm new to what the gals at the Mogg Blog are doing but from what I can gather it is a grassroots movement to have an audience of bloggers for one of Nate's first episodes....how awesome would that be!! I found out via Small and Chic in Cville...a great blog...check it out!

So here's to Nate and all he has accomplished and best of luck with the show!

*photos from decor8

~I absolutely love looking at old letters especially the handwriting...do people even write like that anymore? It's beautiful and I wish I wrote so perfectly...you know the right slant and all of the loops and swirls.....I digress.

Just wanted to leave you with these shots...I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. I will be leaving tomorrow heading to Virginia for the holiday weekend with camera in hand and will share pictures next week....what are your plans?

Here's to the long weekend!~

~Here is a shot of the new bedding in our showroom....B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!

~So here I am...long overdue....I know.....but here is a recap of market. We had an amazing time and saw so many beautiful things and met some amazing people along the way. Below are some shots we took and there will be more in the days to come but for now here we go....

~Dana & I with Rachel Ashwell....who is so gracious and nice~

~ Me with Candice Olsen...seriously had to fight off an army of crazed women... no lie~

~Eddie Ross - blogger extraordinaire-....randomly bumped into him and he couldn't have been more nice and welcoming....love his blog~

~Dana & Candice.....again this was taken in the midst of the crazed hysteria~

~Ok so this is Urial and she is a buyer for a department store in Michigan and I absolutely feel in love with her the minute I saw those glasses... so chic and classy...so I asked to take a picture with her and she couldn't have been nicer...classy lady~

Below are some great shots from BOBO...love everything they do....here are some highlights

~These are simply epic....enough said~

~LOVE this sofa and to sit in it makes you want it even more.....a must!

~This reclaimed wood table is a great piece...very green... reclaimed wood pieces had a huge presence at market~

~Friends we met at market...Beverly on the left and Marcia in the middle....they were a breath of fresh air...two fun gals~

~Love these lights....what statement pieces~



~Dana doing the "signature" pose....inside joke....HA!

~Below are shots of the Barclay Butera showroom....which was a knock out of the park~

~So there is a recap...like I said I have more shots to share...so stay tuned~

~Packing up and shipping out! We are leaving for Highpoint Market tomorrow and will be there until next week. So, I will be sure to document our trip and all of the great things we see....this is sure to be epic...very excited!

~Have a great weekend & see you next week~

~Sarah Jessica Parker( the epitome of style ) graces the cover of the upcoming May Vogue... here are some excerpts from the press release:

On having children with a surrogate mother: "Meeting your children rather than giving birth to them, it's as if, um, it's--suspended animation. The gestational experience is gone. It's as if everything else disappears for a moment, and the world goes silent and--I can't explain it except to say that nothing else existed. I don't remember anything but the blanket on the bed that they were lying on and my husband's face and their faces and my son's. It's literally as if sound is sucked from the room. Time stands still. It's so different, and equally extraordinary."

On the importance of keeping perspective: "We painted our patio furniture ourselves.... I make my children's food myself. We put together their high chairs ourselves; we do a lot ourselves! We do our own grocery shopping, we go to the market ourselves, you know? I do my laundry."

The upcoming Sex and the City sequel: "We four women, despite I guess what a lot of people hope, have never been better. This movie--and maybe it's because we actually lived together--it was the best! We were together all day long, at night, in the restaurants, in our hotels. It was wonderful!"

Her introduction to New York and Halston: "I came to New York originally in 1976, and then I got this part in Annie around the corner from Studio 54. I was a little girl, and for some reason they always invited the cast of Annie to Studio 54, so there I was at thirteen and fourteen, and the doorman would usher us in, literally underneath his arms. And it was 1977 in New York City, and you couldn't be alive and not know the name Halston."

Her new position with Halston: "There was every reason to say no, and there were very compelling reasons to say yes.... It's an exciting time at that company. It has had some false starts that are well documented and it is relaunching itself. It has a wonderful legacy, and I couldn't say no."

*Photo:Vogue