Last day of the show ...

<a href="http://www.oldyork.org/Visit/events.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640346773523348690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVY1fgS8_R5oj-c3HhuyGlcBAWxjxdqZWx_yYlQ6a38OI74sj7wXmKyTO8Gy47ScB66rx8mbSnrfdEKQSn0Tb2xq-Z8mhkklDaLi6ETwYetHZhwcHu0bPXnoWCJmakyimpBAfpuAFu-Ac/s800/EmersonHouseAd.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Today is the last day to take in the <a href="http://www.oldyork.org/Visit/events.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old York Decorator Show House</span></a> in York, Maine and I highly recommend it! This has always been one of my favorite shows for its coastal design combined with New England charm.<br /><br /><br /><br />Two designers who participated in the Wenham Museum <span style="font-weight: bold;">North Shore Design Show</span> last May also have spaces in this show. Patricia Finn of <a href="http://www.finn-martensdesign.com/index.html">Finn-Martens Design</a> composed a graceful foyer and stairway with an Asian flair (see the <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/newenglandfinerysummer2011/37">luxurious spa retreat</a> she designed for Wenham in <span style="font-weight: bold;">New England Finery Magazine</span>). Mary O’Neill created a serene home office in the colors of the ocean for the York show (get a glimpse of her North Shore Design Show <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/newenglandfinerysummer2011/39">afternoon tea vignette</a> also in the summer issue of <span style="font-weight: bold;">New England Finery Magazine</span>).<br /><br /><br /><br />There’s lots of other great spaces with inspired design including a black-and-tan study by Boehm Graham Interiors in honor of this historical properties former life as a local tavern, a stunning library by Boston designer <a href="http://fdhodgeinteriors.com/">Frank Hodge</a> that elegantly combines antiques with modern cabinetry, and not one – but two kitchens – with some unique custom treatments. That is what I love about design shows – there are always some new ideas to take home as a souvenir : )<br /><br /><br /><br />Let me know if you get a chance to make it to the show and what your favorite space was!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Last day of the show ...

Today is the last day to take in the Old York Decorator Show House in York, Maine and I highly recommend it! This has always been one of my...

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Designfest 2011

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3PB6w-K0ANqR0P-OuF-WQbnd2-GRGeZI3LJZoDOiWlZ59DHrtHKYNh65p322nQs0GkpiRMAh3DB_1cEVTTq4hqbN6lof4skvsqpL76jdyKTwZDA8-qv3pWqbHgMDv72tMM47fUityf10/s1600/NEFL%25401stRugs.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607834898759645186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3PB6w-K0ANqR0P-OuF-WQbnd2-GRGeZI3LJZoDOiWlZ59DHrtHKYNh65p322nQs0GkpiRMAh3DB_1cEVTTq4hqbN6lof4skvsqpL76jdyKTwZDA8-qv3pWqbHgMDv72tMM47fUityf10/s800/NEFL%25401stRugs.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Seen in </span><a href="http://www.nehomemag.com/" style="font-style: italic;">New England Home Magazine</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> May/June 2011:</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">With Linda Smith and Rosanne Palazola at</span><br /><a href="http://firstrugs.com/html/about_us.html" style="font-style: italic;">First Oriental Rugs</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> Spring Floral Splash</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />photo credit: John LeJeune</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />So today I went back to the <a href="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/special_events.html">Wenham Museum</a> to meet friends who were coming to visit. Can I just tell you how nice it was to entertain knowing that my space was going to look exactly the way it did when I left it? Besides watering the topiary rose trees, I did not have to pick up or straighten out or hide the stuff of life which is typically what happens before guests arrive in my house! While I was there, I did pick up a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold;">New England Home Magazine</span> in the entry way of the museum. NE Home is the media sponsor of the North Shore Design Show, so each visitor gets a free copy with admission. I had heard rumors that the <a href="http://www.newenglandfineliving.com/retailstore.html">New England Fine Living</a> girls were somewhere in the party pictures, and I found us on page 124. Fine carpets make the best photographic backdrops, don’t you agree?<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DyxxoRwY5ch9NlHzLMG6w1o-BTQLdNu_vtpyEgUSb2ygbJASSnAbkh4bbVrZgc_T1m4gKRAknOssisszAhXxZnDzBTeF-QaL3kdq_B4Y-8hyphenhyphen6e6stMYrZDB_0TWiO9deQF8LZttOG4rQ/s1600/GalleryDellaPianaRomanFolly.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607855545709019618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DyxxoRwY5ch9NlHzLMG6w1o-BTQLdNu_vtpyEgUSb2ygbJASSnAbkh4bbVrZgc_T1m4gKRAknOssisszAhXxZnDzBTeF-QaL3kdq_B4Y-8hyphenhyphen6e6stMYrZDB_0TWiO9deQF8LZttOG4rQ/s800/GalleryDellaPianaRomanFolly.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The Roman Folly Garden designed by <a href="http://gallerydellapiana.com/">Gallery Della Piana</a></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-SpD2S538msOu04OV2yRcuk_umPzJ26_pqoWbIl9vAGvupbng4qaffmWM1nmniMHm_je6rSC68-jYMUdmUpqwo5oO8lQaTmDS7hh5onMU2K3qQY7b2BhED50AzAb7KnBD7bO1NYkegJe/s1600/friendsNSDS.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608040243825458274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-SpD2S538msOu04OV2yRcuk_umPzJ26_pqoWbIl9vAGvupbng4qaffmWM1nmniMHm_je6rSC68-jYMUdmUpqwo5oO8lQaTmDS7hh5onMU2K3qQY7b2BhED50AzAb7KnBD7bO1NYkegJe/s800/friendsNSDS.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Happy to see: Dorothy, Marianne, Christine, Shirley and Susan</span><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I had lots of great visitors today! It was so fun to walk through the show with them and share a little background on each of the participating designers. Afterward we went for a hearty lunch at the <a href="http://wenhamteahouse.com/">Wenham Tea House</a>. You would think portions at a tea house would be dainty, but bring your appetite if you go! I brought home half of my meal of chicken kabob over orzo with feta and grilled veggies. Next time, however, I will be going straight for the dessert ... the warm bread pudding was served in a big bowl and was piled high with fresh whipped cream! Yum!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.blogfest2011.com/agenda.htm"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607854647547955922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOtJ81ZICSFNiztKBnG_UB82uzpZMmPuAliSxhDaeLMB_XT6aCVN6C60RDmWddfQaDYt-NVYqSiaKoqHCC5ms89Fcg2fsPoJqF4-mR7bn6MlzImC7JLBZLq7fNeN42mlOu3Y9rR-Nzh6n/s400/blogfest.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 218px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Spending the day with my good friends took away a bit of the sting of not being able to attend <a href="http://www.blogfest2011.com/agenda.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blogfest 2011</span></a> in New York. Back in January I had signed up for this design-and-lifestyle blogger behind-the-scenes tour of the New York design world. Even though my usual travel companions weren’t able to attend the event, I still put my name on the list and was able to secure a spot just before admission to the event was closed. At the time, I had not received confirmation of participation in the design show at Wenham, so I figured I would sign up and see what happened. Then when my submission was accepted at Wenham I figured maybe I could still squeeze in a few days in New York during the middle of the show.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KnnGCwYAQ9yJIT02P9FXx9tTjPFH4zM4AFMqaaWMNFDiqwx9bwQCNMYZOCU8WgA8gQbCZMLToupwus6yWz_wJ8GHAQjjS1xzFY9BGe4ZdZxuUf4SDhsNKlbTjC2_6FJLQ09IfpBYqDbx/s1600/TimelessInteriorsNSDS11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607871626967662786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KnnGCwYAQ9yJIT02P9FXx9tTjPFH4zM4AFMqaaWMNFDiqwx9bwQCNMYZOCU8WgA8gQbCZMLToupwus6yWz_wJ8GHAQjjS1xzFY9BGe4ZdZxuUf4SDhsNKlbTjC2_6FJLQ09IfpBYqDbx/s800/TimelessInteriorsNSDS11.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A room for an aspiring drama queen by <a href="http://timelessinteriorsonline.com/Timelessinteriorsonline.com/Home.html">Timeless Interiors</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />But the truth is, I love every minute of the Wenham show and couldn’t leave it even for the incredible opportunity of meeting some of the best magazine editors in the industry (<a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>, <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>, Town & Country, <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>) and many incredible design professionals and bloggers who I follow online.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqV8m-piqI9Ydw-eUCyYCHGjt0B_1BDqXH012E9mf3zpS_4LJXG1mX15oQ1aVZP_OYDDb3h9i9cpTxqnns5M3SoN7DJpDvbuAISVwtnhEqGMUK_qA_JkQogVI0JJrHb1wGGDAdvmMEOTmB/s1600/MaryONeilNSDS.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607875684864381714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqV8m-piqI9Ydw-eUCyYCHGjt0B_1BDqXH012E9mf3zpS_4LJXG1mX15oQ1aVZP_OYDDb3h9i9cpTxqnns5M3SoN7DJpDvbuAISVwtnhEqGMUK_qA_JkQogVI0JJrHb1wGGDAdvmMEOTmB/s800/MaryONeilNSDS.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Afternoon Tea: Mary O’Neill Interior Design</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />So this year I will be enjoying Blogfest vicariously through the <a href="http://www.livestream.com/blogfest2011">posts and tweets</a> of my online friends who are there right now, while I am entertaining IRL friends back home : ) I hope whoever got my relinquished (and coveted) spot is having the best possible time being inspired (and going to some really great industry parties) in New York!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqw7tWBdLSH35RYsURbhuNk5r5BhN6hoVcdZnOJCrZRnRgpfCjzkU5SoJ8RVGVNHN9XBRqayw5C7Z4vyXYFMN9vTBoP5a7jZSEuH8H0eV_ZxbvWL6Tmor8pbYYUdZHKhDDwqrGc20G3FI/s1600/CamilleGarroCoutureNSDS.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607870252981810274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqw7tWBdLSH35RYsURbhuNk5r5BhN6hoVcdZnOJCrZRnRgpfCjzkU5SoJ8RVGVNHN9XBRqayw5C7Z4vyXYFMN9vTBoP5a7jZSEuH8H0eV_ZxbvWL6Tmor8pbYYUdZHKhDDwqrGc20G3FI/s800/CamilleGarroCoutureNSDS.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://camillegarrointeriors.com/index.html">Camille Garro Interiors & Couture</a><br />Pretty in Poppy Studio Suite</span> </div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Maybe when my Boston friends return home from this whirlwind trip, we can sit down and brainstorm some type of Boston Blogfest? There is a lot of great design happening right in our area (especially on the <a href="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/special_events.html">North Shore</a> this week only : )<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>

Designfest 2011

Seen in New England Home Magazine May/June 2011: With Linda Smith and Rosanne Palazola at First Oriental Rugs Spring Floral Splash photo c...

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