Musings of a Design Aficionado

August 12, 2014

The Beloved Birkenstock

By HollyPhillips

Arizona, Birkenstock, Copper Birkenstock, Gizeh, trend, Vogue, Who What Wear, Zappos

Have I lost my bloody mind? It could be questioned

August 12, 2014

Rug Love on One Kings Lane

Rugs

By HollyPhillips

area rug, Design, hide rug, Interior Design, Moroccan Rug, One Kings Lane, overdyed rug, Rug, Rug Love, vintage rug

The many finds on One Kings Lane never ceases to amaze. The current rug sale is off the chain from hide rugs, vintage moroccan

August 11, 2014

Kate Long Stevenson Pop-Up Shop at Furbish Studio

By HollyPhillips

Abstract Art, Art, Figurative art, Furbish Studio, Furbish Studio Pop-up Shop, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Kate Long Stevenson, Nude

Furbish Studio's next pop-up shop goes live Tuesday, August 12th at 11am EST, and features the work of Kate Long Stevenson, whom I have featured

August 11, 2014

Artist Spotlight Series: Harrison Blackford

By HollyPhillips

Art, Artist, Artist Spotlight Series, Charleston, Domino Magazine, Greenville, House Beautiful, I Suwanee, Kate Spade, Maldives, Marquin Campbell, Matchbook Magazine, South Carolina, Suwanee, The Southern C Summit, Tory Burch

Harrison Blackford is the latest artist on the rise in my Artist Spotlight Series. A was lucky enough to get to know this blooming beauty

August 10, 2014

Restaurant Love: Midtown Oyster Bar

Lighting, Newport, Travel

By HollyPhillips

Design, Interior Design, Lighting, Midtown Oyster Bar, Newport, Rhode Island, Travel, Visual Comfort

I am not sure I have ever posted about a restaurant but, this one is worthy. The interior at Midtown Oyster Bar in Newport

August 10, 2014

Scenes from Newport, Rhode Island

Architecture, Newport, Travel

By HollyPhillips

41 North, Clarke Cooke House, Del's Lemonade, Doris Duke, Green Animals Topiary Garden, Marble House, Newport, Ocean Avenue, Rhode Island, Rough Point, Seaview Terrace, Skybar, The Attwater, The Breakers, The Elms, The Mooring, Travel

I just returned from a few days in Newport, Rhode Island. I was greeted with colorful artwork in the airport to start the trip

Retail Therapy and Weekend Wants

Accessories, Fashion, Shopping

By HollyPhillips

Fall Fashions, Fashion, fringe, Retail Therapy, Trends, Weekend Wants

Fall is rapidly approaching. I am so sad that summer is almost over. I am going to drowned my sorrows in a little retail therapy.

Peachy Magazine Color Wheel Feature

Accessories, Interior Design, Interior Designer, Orange, Pink, Turquoise

By HollyPhillips

Buckingham Interiors & Design, Cloth & Kind, Color Wheel, Julia Buckingham Edelman, Krista Nye Schwartz, orange, Peachy Magazine, Pink, Tami Ramsay, Turquoise

The latest issue of Peachy Magazine is out on the e-newsstand featuring Santa Barbara and much more. Do not miss the "Color Wheel" story where

Rug Love: Zahra by Surya

Rugs

By HollyPhillips

area rug, Design, Interior Design, oriental rug, overdyed rug, Rug, Surya, traditional design, transitional design, Zahra, Zahra Rug

My current Newport trip may be having an effect on me. Am I leaning traditional? Well, we can all learn from the beauty of

New Introductions: DWELLSTUDIO MODERN ARCHIVE Fabric

By HollyPhillips

Design, Dwell Studio, DwellStudio, Fabric, Interior Design, Robert Allen, Textiles

Robert Allen and New York-based design house DwellStudio celebrates design’s heyday captured within the pages of legendary shelter magazines from the 1950s, ’60s and