Bonjour, y'all! Kristy Harvey, a nationally best-selling and Southern-centric author, is coming to Huff Harrington Home for a visit on Monday, April 30th. Cue the pimento cheese sandwiches and sweet tea because we're going to spend a lovely afternoon chatting with Kristy about all things Southern and charming. Accolades for Kristy Kristy is a girl who, as they say, has … [Read more...]
French Inspirations
We were sitting at the Paris airport last week, happily scrolling through all the pictures from our most recent buying trip and congratulating ourselves on our “best container yet.” (We’ve had a few of those!) Right then I happened to pick up one of my favorite French magazines, Art & Decoration, and literally gasped at the beauty of one of the homes featured. Sitting … [Read more...]
Yum! Good eats in France
Hot on the heels of our super fun buying trip with clients (read all about it here and here), Ann and I are just back from another quickie to France to shop for the store and the gallery. We had five fairs in five days to shop so we were on a mission. That added up to about 500kilometers to drive and four hotels to hit. But one thing is sure: we had plenty of good eats while … [Read more...]
Emily Followill in Paris
You may not recognize the name, but if you are a regular reader of Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, Traditional Home, Veranda, Atlanta Magazine Home and a myriad other fabulous "shelter" magazines, you've seen her work. Emily Followill is a highly talented photographer, known for the gorgeously lit, beautifully composed and lusciously rich interiors that have graced so many … [Read more...]
Monogramming Madness
One thing we can always count on when we're shopping in France for Huff Harrington Home is plenty of gorgeous, monogrammed linens. We've got a couple favorite sources, vendors who know everything there is to know about the uses, styles and monograms of these wonderful old linens. They can tell you in a second whether the bedding set was meant as a wedding gift for a lucky, … [Read more...]
Meet Barbara Sussberg
People often ask us where we find our artists, and up until recently, the answer has always been word-of-mouth, art publications, art shows, other gallerists and various reputable referrals. Now we can add one more unexpected source to the list: a Huffington daughter! Who knew that a biomedical engineer from Georgia Tech would bond with a sorority sister who just happened to … [Read more...]
Huff Harrington on the road
Years ago, when we were thinking about going into business together, we read all kinds of alarming (but very informative) articles like "Ok, Partner, We Better Sign a Prenup" or "Before You Tie the Knot" in smart publications like the Wall Street Journal. The articles were full of warnings about communicating, leadership, determining who should make which decisions, how to … [Read more...]
Living the Artful Lifestyle
A BFF, who will be moving into a new home shortly, called me over the weekend to say she'd fallen in love with a painting at the gallery, and wondered if it would work in her new place. I responded, "If you love it, it'll work anywhere!" I thought about sending her an interview we did several years ago for an arts publication that hammers that point in fairly strongly. But … [Read more...]
Meet a Huffington: Linda Mohan, gallery manager
We'll never forget the first day we met Linda Mohan, our gallery manager. It was more than 12 years ago and we were just about to open Huff Harrington Fine Art. We were very optimistic that we'd be busy enough to justify a third person so when a dear friend recommended Linda, we agreed to set up an appointment. "Now listen," one of us said to the other. "We are NOT hiring … [Read more...]
Love is in the details
This may not be what cupid had in mind with Valentine’s Day, but to those of us in the art, furnishings and interior design fields, love is always in the details! When we were in Paris renovating the Cairanne apartment, we struggled to find that level of layering that we call “dec acc” (decorative accessory) that completes a look, just like jewelry or accessories complete an … [Read more...]
