Bergdorf’s Holiday Wonders
Just a reminder that if you’re in NYC at any point during the holiday season, you simply must, must stop by the windows at Bergdorf Goodman at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street – as usual, David Hoey and...
View ArticleMad About Plaid
Perhaps it’s my Highlander ancestry that in my dreams rears up it’s tartan banner these chilly December days, or maybe it’s this wooly fabric’s cozy domestic warmth that symbolizes the enveloping...
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Wood Floors
A beautifully waxed floor in a St. Louis Dining Room that we designed a few years ago. When asked of his favorite interior design elements, Billy Baldwin, the renowned...
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MWI Transformations – The March Before & After
Here’s my second feature in our continuing MWI series featuring before/after shots of design projects we’ve worked on…. This charming and cheerful Nursery was designed by MWI designer Wendy Monette, in...
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Pillow Talk
If you scan the pages of interior design periodicals, the common accessory that wields the greatest impact is the ubiquitous throw pillow. Whether streamlined modern interiors or detailed traditional...
View ArticleSpruce Up Your Summer Rental
Every summer, the Watsons stuffed three boys’ incalculable amounts of clothing, comic books, coolers, golf clubs, a flatulent Labrador, an irritable Cocker Spaniel, pots of geraniums, bags of tuberous...
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It Ain’t Just Paint
All red, white and blue is not created equal… especially when it comes to the ever evolving world of house paint. And, as an interior designer who has had the good fortune to work all over the country,...
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More Thoughts on Paint
Over this long relaxed holiday weekend, I did a check of the condition of the exterior paint job on my East Hampton house while I was puttering in the garden, which reminded me of all sorts of thoughts...
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MWI Featured on cover of Architectural Digest May 2013
MWI is very proud to be featured in Architectural Digest May 2013 issue spotlighting our work in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with a 10 page spread not including the cover and the credit pages. Wait til you...
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Design à la mode
When shopping the markets and searching for something “different or unique” I am always instantly made aware of trends by the sheer volume and repetition of a certain color, motif, pattern, or finish....
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Magic-Hour Blue
Check out page 22 in this month’s issue of House Beautiful to see Marshall’s recommendation for the perfect paint color to add “instant elegance” to any room. Farrow and Ball’s “Lulworth Blue” is a...
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Bright Whites for Spring
As spring rushes upon us in shades of chartreuse, lemon, daffodil-yellow, lavender and blue, the ever presence of white stands forthright as the season’s truest harbinger. White snowdrops, white...
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