Susan Sully

2nd November 2018
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Southern Style Now at The Dewberry Hotel

The beautiful Jaimie Dewberry at Charleston’s glamorous Dewberry Hotel, host of Southern Style Now. Just heard a lecture with stylistas Wendy Goodman and Michael Hutton, moderated by Flower magazine’s Margot...

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30th October 2018
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A Design Puzzler

Is it still called Pattern on Pattern when it's the same pattern in two different colorways?     At the Kravet Showroom at ADAC during this fall's DiscoverADAC programs, showroom...

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30th October 2018
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Orange you glad you went outside?

After two days of absorbing information about color, design, luxury and how it's being redefined (think Authenticity, Integrity, Refinement, Purity, Uniqueness) at the DDB Fall Market, I went to the...

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30th October 2018
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Orange really IS the new black

So says Patti Carpenter, Maison & Objets Trend Ambassador, while speaking at the DDB (Decoration and Design Building) Fall Market program in a persimmon-colored cape. .   Check out these...

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30th October 2018
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Nipped in the bud?

Don't throw away those blossoms that fall off the stem when you're making flower arrangements. Float them in water in a silver candy dish or cut glass bowl--a great way...

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30th October 2018
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Who am EYE?

Well, I’m apparently still obsessed with Mr. P’s Punctilious Place Cards (#mrpsplacecards).     Place cards are the final touch of elegance and personal style and yet they often get...

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30th October 2018
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Boo are you?

Now your fellow dinner guests need no longer ask when temporary amnesia follows boisterous bibulation. They only need glance at the back of your place card to be reminded. Meanwhile,...

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30th October 2018
Posted by Susan Sully
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Boo appetit!

If you’re planning to celebrate Halloween with a sophisticated sit down supper, consider these macabre place cards by The Punctilious Mr. P’s Place Card Co. #mrpsplacecards     Be sure...

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1st March 2018
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Bringing the Indoors Out

There’s something a little magical about gathering near the hearth or around a dining table . . . outdoors. The boundaries between manmade order and nature’s unruly chaos are shaved...

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20th February 2018
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Writing in a Glass House

  When I was growing up, I dreamed of working in a greenhouse. I didn't want to grow plants. I wanted to write in a house made of windows. Now,...

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20th February 2018
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The Oculus Window

  An oculus window is not witnessed from the exterior of a house, nor does it frame a view, except of sky. The ancient architects' equivalent of a canned ceiling...

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1st February 2018
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The elliptical window

The elliptical window—a favorite of Federal era architects—mimics the shape of the eye. Witnessed from the exterior of a house, it lends a human demeanor to a house and gives...

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