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We are thrilled to be have been included as a finalist in Garden Design by this distinguished group of judges: Alexa Hampton, Amy Lau, Bunny Williams, Elaine Griffin, Kerry Delrose, Liz O’Brien, and Ralph Pucci.
I am looking forward to attending the Awards Ceremony September 17 at the Harvard Club (perhaps I’ll see you there!)
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“Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room”. -Albert Hadley
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A few years ago, when I was in the beginning stages of a design for a townhouse in Greenwich Village, the sales rep from Savel Inc. NYC showed us an outrageous rock crystal and bronze chandelier, made by Charles Spada; not necessarily thinking that we would purchase one, but just to share something really special. We flipped over it and soon thereafter our clients agreed to purchase it…
I’ve just begun spending weekends at my new very old house in Litchfield County; every day there is an adventure, often full of ‘firsts’.
Recently I was told my property is connected to the Roxbury Land Trust – but really had little idea what that might mean. With one of my regular ‘partners-in-crime’ – my brother Gary -we ventured into the woods at the back of my land to see what was there….
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Dressing Table – Leleu
Maison Gerard has been a go-to resource for fine French Art Deco in Greenwich Village for forever…and as it turns out, in this case ‘forever‘ is 40 remarkable years!
Gerard Widdershoven opened Maison Gerard in 1974 at a time when there was only one other gallery in New York City that specialized in French Art Deco furniture, lighting and objects. Widdershoven played a pivotal role introducing this period of decorative arts to the New York market; featuring pieces by Andre Sornay, Emile Jacques Ruhlmann, Maxime Old, Jean Dunand, Edgar Brandt, Dominique, Andre Groualt, Maison Leleu and many others.
I went to the party celebrating this impressive milestone and discovered how the evolution of Maison Gerard continues…
I love photography.
And I love working with photographers to shoot images (can we still call them ‘pictures’ in the digital age?) of my design projects.
I have had a long and fruitful collaborative working relationship with Steve Gross and Sue Daley, known as Gross & Daley, documenting completed, and more recently ‘in-process’ projects.
A couple of weeks ago Steve, Sue, me and Senior Designer Craig Strulovitz spent two days shooting photographs of a two bedroom apartment on Gramercy Park North….
