I'm starting two new book projects, Southern Houses in the Country and Southern Houses on the Shore, and am scouting for dwellings in inland and coastal (lake, river, marsh,...
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24th May 2022
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The Charleston Library Society launch of my new book, The Allure of Charleston, was a big success, with a sell-out of audience of 150. Buxton Books offered a pop-up shop...
10th May 2022
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Please join me for the debut lecture based on my new book, The Allure of Charleston, at the Charleston Library Society, and a festive book-signing, on Wednesday, May 18th, at...
9th August 2021
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None of us want to even hear the word COVID again, but there's no denying that it has shaped our lives. Fortunately for me, the lock-down period came just as...
17th October 2019
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I just finished an hour-long web chat with Jura Koncius, Home and Design writer for The Washington Post, that will be published in excerpts next Thursday. I fielded great, thought...
15th October 2019
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I launched Southern Hospitality at Home: The Art of Gracious Living in my beloved hometown of Charleston last week with a party at Mrs. Whaley's Garden . ....
8th February 2019
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There are many places in Charleston where you can go to connect with the sights, the textures, and even the fragrances of the 18th- and 19th-centuries, but it's rarer to...
2nd November 2018
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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...
30th October 2018
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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...
30th October 2018
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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...
30th October 2018
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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...
1st March 2018
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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...
20th February 2018
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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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