The Ralph Lauren Home Collection

Recently I was invited to discover the newest collections for Ralph Lauren Home. Three distinct styles but still within Ralph Lauren’s signature classic Americana vibes. If these vignettes inspire you for a little home makeover, check out the RalphLaurenHome Instagram for more home decor inspiration!

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Inspired by East London’s Shoreditch area, this eclectic and bohemian home collection is perfect for a layered, loft-like space with a modern industrial feel. These home pieces were created to evoke a feeling of history, warmth and being collected over time.
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At Home With…

We walked into Shiva‘s home in California’s Santa Monica and the first thing The Local Rose did was offer us a latte made with raw Amish milk and introduced us to her cat Fig as we inquired about her personal style of vintage dressing.  The air seemed to fill with warmth as she gave us a tour of her home where she lives with her two daughters, a roost of chickens, and bunnies. They actively grow their own produce, harvest eggs from their chickens, and make crafts out of what they find in nature. Shiva also posts her finds in terms of the best all-natural household products, medicines, and ways to de-stress.

I’m so inspired by her lifestyle – the true tranquility of walking through her garden and playing with the bunnies made me want to bring these elements home with me…but I don’t think my new landlord would be too keen if I set up a roost of chickens out back! Ah, someday the city mouse will scurry to the country. In the meantime, I’ll think of this…

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Pied-à-terre

On the right bank, tucked away in a building constructed in 1875 was our perfect Parisian home away from home. We wanted to rent an apartment in order to really dive into the lifestyle of living in Paris. I loved our early morning walks in this quiet neighborhood watching the locals begin their day and we fell madly in love with this place. It was a beautiful flat to call home with its claw foot bath tub, oil paintings, fireplaces and french doors.

PS- want to stay here too? Here you go.

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At Home With Kate Spade~

Tucked away on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is this colorful and joy filled home where the art ranges from Andy Warhol to pieces found in thrift stores and the people who live here seem to have found a perfect balance of love, family and life… I mean, what else would we expect from Kate & Andy Spade!?

The entire shabang in this month’s Matchbook Magazine! 

“There are two ways to run a business, you can motivate people out of fear or you can motivate people by inspiring them. Katie and I were always motivated by people that inspired and challenged us.”Andy Spade in Matchbook Magazine

An Artist and Jeweler’s apartment in Brooklyn

A fourth generation jeweler and artist’s simple and retro home filled with eclectic items from around the world. Soft light, personal items, quiet working afternoons and a lot of love-

Welcome to the Brooklyn home of the newly engaged (!!!) Alisa & Jared…

See more from my At Home With series as we go behind the doors of real people in New York City.

An Artist & Air Force Vet’s Home in Beaufort, NC

A very sentimental home tour for me — it’s filled with personal memories from my childhood summers growing up visiting our family here on the outer banks. This is the living room my parents were married in, the kitchen I ate my first southern boiled shrimp, shucked oysters and spent hours on the third floor with my brother looking through all the boxes of treasures from eras gone by while ran fell on the tin roof. Summers in a house nestled in a town so peaceful they didn’t have to lock the doors at night. If I close my eyes I can smell the mixture of antiques and french perfume and feel the damp humidity of the south on my skin.

The owners — Laura Piner was an exceptional artist as well as art teacher in the community and founded the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery. Her husband Jim Piner spent 15 years in the US Air Force including a stint in Viet Nam later becoming a highschool teacher and baseball coach. 

The creative vision of this home was not based on trend or example but by an artist’s love of color, pattern and texture as well as a passion for historic preservation.

Welcome to the 1852 coastal home of Laura & Jim Piner.

A Photographer’s Apartment in Brooklyn

Vintage film cameras, books organized by color, cherished & collected pieces brought together one at a time to make this photographer’s 1 bedroom Brooklyn apartment a truly unique space with treasures in every nook. Welcome to the very world traveled, vintage-inspired home of Mike Mabes

… and the guns aren’t real.

As seen in Working Class Magazine!

See more from my At Home With series as we go behind the doors of real people in New York City! 

The Architects’ Loft in Brooklyn

Constructed loft living space of Jim Dreitlein, Justin Smith, Serban Ionescu,  Narek Gevorgian and Eric Juron 

We’ve been here since August first, but we didn’t sleep inside the structure until it was complete, which was in December of 2009. It felt like a strange ritual to sleep outside of it, surrounding it…”

See more images & read more about the Architect’s home in this month’s issue of Working Class Magazine!