Stripe Tease.
Having sat poolside for the past week, I have hunkered down upon fabulous cabana-striped chaise longues and have become a bit obsessed with a good awning stripe. Green and white. Yellow and orange....
View ArticleMakeover Madness Mondays: Living Rooms Gone Wild!
We hope our loyal blogerati had a fabulous weekend and that you kicked back and sipped up some libations. We sure did! John is currently trying to figure out how to get a Magnum bottle of Champagne...
View ArticleWild Card Wednesday: Big Love, Big Chair Dilemmas!
We are putting you all to work. So we need to "crowd source" our blogerati followers. We bought a set of fabulous Venetian-styled dining chairs on eBay, and we want to recover them in fabulous...
View ArticleMakeover Monday: Madcap and Marvelous!
As you know, we have been giving our living room and dining room a facelift... And we are finished. The results are amazing, but you will have to wait until the first week of May to see the results....
View ArticleA Porch Like a G6.
Gang: I came home tonight after skulking about the city, and I walk in and John has the Far East Movement's Like a G6 blaring on the stereo and he was singing along. Quite the visual. "Poppin bottles...
View ArticleA Good Suzani is Good to Find!
Gang: As many of you know, suzanis are a type of embroidered and decorative textile that can be found in Central Asian countries--especially the "stans," i.e. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan....
View ArticleLondon Calling (Or, Hello, British House & Garden)!
Gang: And how was your weekend? Any good design projects going on? Do tell! And did you check out our new Madcap Cottage website? John and I are so lucky to have our projects written about in the...
View ArticleSofa City, Baby!
Gang: Let's talk about c-u-s-t-o-m! And I mean custom furnishings. Ever wonder if you should go the route of a custom sofa? Your space is awkward and the dimensions of your living room are anything...
View ArticleDen of Earthly Delights!
Gang: John and I wish all of you a fabulous July 4th holiday... I plan to craft Betsy Ross-inspired blueberry and strawberry daiquiris at my parents' beach house on Siesta Key, Florida and wave a few...
View ArticleGreen with Envy!
Gang: It's a cold and blustery day in New York City, so I decided to post some images of a spring-like sun room that John and I designed for a show house in Montclair, New Jersey a few years back. The...
View ArticlePlease Hold, Exciting Changes Afoot…
Gang: Demystifying Design is evolving, we are taking the blog to the next level… It's going to be bigger, bolder, and brighter. So stay tuned! We will be back this spring with a fabulous and frisky new...
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