Spring Cleaning – Lifestyle Edition

Dear Spring - I am beyond grateful for all of the motivation you bring! After a long, hard winter I am ready to clean up my act. Building a home while being a mom and managing a business has been all consuming, and running from interior design and fashion showrooms to clients to the depot of all things home has not lent itself to clean living. I have been in the drive-thru line more times in...

Avoid Suburban Wardrobe Homogeneity

One of the most common challenges that I encounter when editing a suburban mom’s wardrobe is the “I forgot I had that” syndrome. Typically past-expiration with tags attached, and often linked to "trend FOMO" and the greater “closet full of clothes, nothing to wear” conundrum, these pieces represent a reactive shopping pattern and reflect a greater wardrobe homogeneity epidemic that haunts the s...

Spring Trend Forecast

While sitting in my new office during an ice-related two-hour school delay this week, it suddenly hit me: I am no longer a New Yorker and I need to buy an ice scraper for my car. Not the most shocking realization, but I spent the first part of the winter denying the cold as if it was negotiable. I grew up in MA, went to college in Boston and have spent the better part of my adult life in NYC, b...

New Year, New Donation

The new year coincides with another fresh start for my family in 2018: Grey and the pups and I finally moved into our new home. We are excited and very much looking forward to settling in to a more relaxed life in Massachusetts. And, while I’m sure at some point I will say that building a home was the right choice, right now I’m still slightly traumatized by the experience and I have a house fu...