Read it and weep....
Ok, I just came across this article in House and Garden UK magazine. An apartment in NY's famed Dakota, circa 1996, owned by Graydon Carter and his second wife, Cynthia. This photo, a question, what do y'all think?
I googled "Graydon Carter's children." They are all still living.
On another note, this photo of the kitchen:
Looks like it was done last week. The article states that the designer "preserved the original glass-fronted cupboards." You want timeless? This is it.
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last yearDiana, you and I share a love for House and Garden magazine. I read it religiously. :)
Article:
https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/graydon-carter-new-york-apartment-dakota-building
That kitchen is wonderful. It reminds me of the Nancy Myers aesthetic, which is another fav of mine.
What do you think of the living room? Slipcovered chairs (and floral patterns) will always be a style I like:
I just want to curl up with a cup of tea and good book. It’s so pretty, warm, and inviting. Not a room I’d be afraid to touch anything, or so sterile you could see an eyelash on the floor.Diana Bier Interiors, LLC thanked Jilly- PROlast year
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PROlast yearlast modified: last yearFunny.........thirty years ago I might have longed to live in that living room, especially in winter.. God knows I translated the look for enough clients, but that much stuff in a room reminds me it will need to be dusted, that there's barely a clear surface. I need a lot less these days, though I will die wit my down filled needlepoint pillows! They're really my only floral's now!
Those who made fortunes from the look? Mario Buatta, Charlotte Moss, and of course Mark Hampton.
I often curl up and re read "Mark Hampton on Decorating" just because he was SO darn witty- his stories for House and Garden took you right with him, and into to a clients home. I save a sealed unopened copy :)
I DO still love so many Lee Jofa, Brunschwig - Colefax chintz and too the linen.....But ? You can't get 99% of 1000 clients to even nibble,let alone "bite" ! Ewwww It's too pretty, as if pretty was an awful concept!
Truth is? To look as " collected over time" as these images takes a lot of time and life lived, and most have no patience, no books, they have kaka from the discy, even in high end homes.
To that end? This ( link).......You'll love it
https://laurelberninteriors.com/dont-be-seduced-by-chintz-a-personal-story/- PROlast yearlast modified: last year
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