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...]
10 Tips for a Successful Renovation
Is there a fixer-upper in your future? If so, we wish you bonne chance and a soupçon of patience, plenty of good luck - and the golden ticket: a good contractor. We love a renovation and the extreme satisfaction of taking the before to the after. There's simply nothing like it. We know renovations are serious hard work - you're dealing with years of other people's taste … [Read more...]
How to style a coffee table
We're just back from a very fun and exciting installation in Paris (stay tuned for more on that soon, with photos), where we had the pleasure of designing a lovely one-bedroom apartment with a killer view of the Eiffel Tower. We had done most of the heavy lifting in the fall - specifying the floor, hard surfaces, plumbing cabinetry and paint - so our weeklong stay was … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Bring Autumn Indoors
Hi readers, Emily here! A crispness in the air has finally hit Atlanta and fall has officially arrived. Festive displays of Mums and gourds look lovely as you drive by homes ready to usher in the autumn season. Here at Huff Harrington, we're brimming with fall-inspired accessories to bring that same seasonal spirit indoors. We've rounded up some of our favorite cozy spaces for … [Read more...]
Anne Wagoner
We all have our different morning routines but mine is lovely, simple and utterly addictive: First thing, Monday through Friday, before coffee, orange juice and Miss Coco wrestling in her crate, I read my favorite blog, La Dolce Vita, which always seems to pop up just when I want it. Whether Paloma is covering her Friday favorites, her “Fabulous Room,” her “In the Mood” or … [Read more...]
Dreamy Bedrooms
We're up to our eyeballs with all things design right now and we're feeling ever so inspired by the magnificent array of talent that's up at the Cashiers Historical Society showhouse. We got a little sneak peek at some of the spaces up at Cashiers and one thing is for sure: there are some dreamy bedrooms ! We're not allowed to brag about any of them yet (you'll see them in … [Read more...]
Heritage Art Collection
For years, when we shopped the markets in France, always on a mission to find some fabulous one-of-a-kind furniture and always at high speed, we would feel the tug for beautifully painted crusty old works of art that would haunt us out of the corner one eye, while we were laser focused on finding furniture with the other. We talked about how art has been our true love, and the … [Read more...]
Design Docs
“HELP!” cried the email, from a lovely divorced single parent rebuilding a nest in a high-rise condo, “Is there a Design Doctor in the house?” With a busy professional life, and enough resources to buy the basics – sofa, coffee table, dining table, desk and office console, and a killer view that she felt wasn't being maximized – our client was at a complete standstill in … [Read more...]
Breaking the Rules
Recently, at the kind invitation of one of our artists, we gave a presentation to a large group of artists, collectors and art enthusiasts at a prestigious club in Atlanta about breaking the rules when you’re buying art. We know there are lots of preconceived notions that people have about buying art, and we love to stir them up! Despite our initial jitters about speaking to … [Read more...]
Our best of 2016
It’s the New Year and, in addition to cleaning our closets, making new lists of resolutions, buying the latest exercise clothes, and starting new chapters, some of us have spent the last few days pouring over last year’s blog data. Although this doesn’t sound very sexy, it’s actually really interesting to us because it helps us get to know you better. We look at which of our … [Read more...]
