According to Amazon, customers who bought a vacuum cleaner also bought: 1. A pillow, filled with gel (??!!!!) 2. A CD: "Just a Littl...

Above Left: Ray Johnson Letter to Lucy R. Lippard, 1969, Smithsonian Archives of American Art . Above Right: Ray Johnson collage, artnet.co...

"...this is the guy who had an orange tractor at his property in New Mexico spray-painted black because he couldn't stand the colo...

Lately, I've been an avid subscriber to the "never say never" philosophy. This is probably due to the realization that I'...

Scan from World of Interiors, May 2009. Please tell me I'm not the only one who found this market story particularly humorous. Yeah...

Scan from May 2009 World of Interiors. Photo by Annie Schlechter. One look at this fantastic perspective-bending, spatially disorientin...

Well, not quite. But these ironwork monstrosities (in the VERY best way, and you know I mean that) are so sublimely beautiful I needed to ...

"Although these things, heirlooms, portraits, furniture, silver, etc., are in themselves both beautiful and interesting, they seem to...

One of the best uses of color that I've ever encountered is at the Fåborg Museum of Art in Denmark. The museum (incidentally, located ...

Sometimes, all it takes is a bouquet of fresh flowers to make you realize how deficient even the most expensive perfumes are at making a r...

I've always felt that the only thing more gratifying than discovering a beautiful objet d'art is appropriating one from an unexpecte...

One of life's simplest joys is perusing womens' mags from bygone (read: antiquated) eras. Take, for instance, this delightful Cosmo...

Feeding my growing fascination with texture, white on white and beige color palettes, and weirdly fantastical design elements, I stumbled up...

The French translation of "window shopping" is "lèche vitrine," which, incidentally, literally means "window licki...

Am I the only one addicted to that Food Network show "Challenge" where contestants furiously concoct sugary sculptures 3 foot plus...

Well, maybe not. But at the very least, your design aesthetic is informed by what you read and look at; of this, I am convinced. For tha...

When we were kids, my mom enrolled my brother and I in a mini course that taught the art of dying Pysanky— Ukranian easter eggs. Two things...

I love pre-spring dinner parties. Feeling obsessed inspired by the last dining room I posted, I whipped up my own version. These first tw...

I've been thinking a lot about outdoor dining lately. Too bad it's cold enough for me to be wearing two sweaters. While pondering...

Soft lights reflected in hazy antique mirrors radiate a seductive beauty that can only be described as sexy. So, boys, take note: Forgo th...