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...]
Bébé
One of the reasons we love to visit France is that we always come away inspired -- by the gorgeous architecture, the beautiful parks, the art in the museums, the antique stores, the shop windows, and even the patisserie displays (not to mention the steady stream of fashionable men and women). In fact, window shopping is such a popular pursuit in France that there's even a … [Read more...]
Holiday How To: Deck Your Halls
‘Tis the season and there are halls to be decked and trees to be trimmed for the holidays. Need some tips? We chatted with Sam Jones, our in-house designer, who’s been holiday fluffing for clients for years. Here are her her worldly (and sassy) words of wisdom when it comes to seasonal decorating: Less Is More Let your holiday decor enhance the beauty of your … [Read more...]
Huff Harrington Decor for the Starter Nest
Hi readers, Emily here! I am a “Huffington” in charge of marketing goings on here at Huff Harrington. I am also fairly new to married life and being a homeowner. As you can imagine, I am very fortunate to have a fabulous workplace to be able to shop from for our abode. Below, I’m sharing the 5 most impactful decor purchases from Huff Harrington that make our little maison truly … [Read more...]
Decorating Tips: the Cashiers Designers Showhouse
We head north this week to gorgeous Cashiers, North Carolina, to install the cute guest house for the upcoming Cashiers Designers Showhouse, sponsored by our friends at Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles. We've had a blast coming up with the plan, mostly because we're all crazy about our muse, the imaginary Nola Burt. In our world, Nola is a … [Read more...]
10 Tips for a Successful Renovation
Is there a fixer-upper in your future? We love 'em! And after tackling (and happily surviving) several of them in the past few years, we've come up with 10 tips for a successful (and hopefully, smooth) renovation process. We've done renovations in our back yards and across the ocean. Hands-on and via email. Inches and centimeters. Did we make mistakes? Oh yes, but we … [Read more...]
Behind the scenes of a new Container
What really happens when we receive a container of France? As we unpack our very latest treasures from France, we've enjoyed reliving the buying process, and all the fun adventures that accompany it. It is all It all starts with a trip to Paris. And with that, the very first thing we do is visit our favorite florist on the rue Cler, because nothing says "bienvenue" to … [Read more...]
