Palm Beach Decorating: Get Tropical, Patriotic with Bamboo plus Red, White and Blue

Palm Beach Decorating: Get Tropical, Patriotic with Bamboo plus Red, White and Blue

It’s July Fourth and weather permitting, the beaches today will be filled with suntanned people while Benny’s on the Beach in Lake Worth will be mixing its famous piña coladas and turning out the best-flavored...
Designer Vanderbilt Was A Legend

Designer Vanderbilt Was A Legend

I was so saddened to hear of the passing Monday at age 95 of Gloria Vanderbilt, a gentle woman comfortable in every possible style, from lovely evening gowns to the jeans she designed for Murjani. We...
Maximalists Will Never Be Minimalized

Maximalists Will Never Be Minimalized

Are you a minimalist or a maximalist? Or maybe a bit of both? In the decorating world, we’re constantly seeing new names and titles to describe design styles and those who love them. I have...
A Green Scheme To Draw Raves, Not Envy

A Green Scheme To Draw Raves, Not Envy

How Green Was My Valley', the 20th century Fox film nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1941, starred the Irish lassie Maureen O'Hara as well as Walter Pidgeon and Roddy McDowall. Directed by the late...
Gaudy Not Always A Negative Term

Gaudy Not Always A Negative Term

Let’s talk about the brave new world of decorating and consider where we’re headed — or at least where some of us are headed. A week ago, I was chatting with some young decorators —...
Neutrals, Whites Are Just Right In This Shop

Neutrals, Whites Are Just Right In This Shop

Faustina — what a great name — has been president of the Antique Row Association of merchants on South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach for seven years. She helped organize March’s Evening on Antique...
Decorator Comes East to Open West Palm Boutique

Decorator Comes East to Open West Palm Boutique

For more than five years, Paige Padon directed a decorating showroom in California named Hollywood at Home. The showroom was filled with designer fabrics, wallcoverings, pillows and furniture, and it offered lots of variety to...
Sold On Dixie Settles In To New Spot

Sold On Dixie Settles In To New Spot

Shop proprietors on West Palm Beach’s Antique Row sometimes seem to be playing a game of musical chairs, as one boutique moves to another location, making way for something new on South Dixie Highway. Such...
Fruit Designs Have That Certain Appeal

Fruit Designs Have That Certain Appeal

“Chiquita Banana” was a song I learned as a child and I also learned that one never puts a banana in the refrigerator unless you want the skin to turn brown. I noticed while strolling...