Musings of a Design Aficionado

May 7, 2012

A Marvelous Mother’s Day

Blackberry Farm, Cartier Love bracelet, Juste en clou, Laduree, Mother's Day, Orchids, Peonies, Pink Champagne, Proenza Schouler, PS1, Ralph Lauren bracelet, Veuve Cliquot, Vintage Rolex

Everyone in my house lives by this theory! This amazing bracelet would certainly make Mama happy in rose gold personalized by Ralph Lauren. A neon Proenza Schouler

May 6, 2012

Weekend Update and Chic Chapeaus

Uncategorized, Weekend

By HollyPhillips

Beanoe and Cecil, Brasserie, Diane Von Furstenberg, Kelly Wearstler, Natural Curiosities, Pasage, Phil Mickelson, Quail Hollow Country Club, Rickie Fowler, San Diego hat company, The Kitchen, The Novogratz, Wells Fargo Championship, Wilgington North Carolina, Wine, Wrightsville Beach

I had just the best weekend with my friends! Shopping Thursday afternoon. Beanie and Cecil has the best of the best. Philip Lim, Rag and

May 4, 2012

Happy Cinco De Mayo and Derby Days!

Entertaining, Travel

By HollyPhillips

Cinco de Mayo, Gucci Bracelet, Kentucky Derby, Margarita, Mint Julep, Old Gringo Boots, Paper Lanterns, Somberos, Zinnas

I love this fun weekend and all good things colliding at once. Cinco De Mayo, the Kentucky Derby and the Wells Fargo Championship (a

May 4, 2012

Beautiful Beach Break!

Weekend

By HollyPhillips

Beach, Wrightsville Beach

I am taking a wonderful beach break with my friends! So excited to relax, shop, walk on the beach and recharge. I hope

May 3, 2012

High Point Market Spring 2012 Favorites, Part 1

Chandelier, Children's Rooms, Color, Elephant, High Point Market, Interior Designer, Lantern, Lighting, Ralph Lauren Home

By HollyPhillips

African Loin cloth, Art, Canopy Designs, High Point Market, Lighting, Market Finds, Prints, Raloh Lauren Home, Rug, Soicher Marin, Visual Comfort

I loved these lights made out of vintage beaded African loin cloths

May 2, 2012

Daphne Guinness…Queen of Quirky Cool

Fashion, Interior Designer

By HollyPhillips

Architectural Digest, British Vogue, Butterflies, Damian Hirst, Daphne Guinness, Florence Broadhurst, Guinness Beer, Jansen lamp

Daphne Guinness, beer heiress, is beyond cool! Check out her divine apartment in New York. It was featured in Architectural Digest. I fell hard

May 1, 2012

Politically Correct in Fashion and at Home

Fashion, Interior Designer

By HollyPhillips

The 2012 White House Correspondent's Dinner in Washington, DC, last Saturday night, was akin to a Hollywood red carpet premier. Fashion and

April 30, 2012

Tigeriffic….

Animal Prints, Interior Designer, John Robshaw, Leopard, Ralph Lauren

By HollyPhillips

Alexander McQueen, David Webb, House Beautiful, James Andrew, John Robshaw, Marchesa, Markham Roberts, Pinterest, Ralph Lauren Home, Scalamandre, Shipton and Heneage, velvet slippers, Waylande Greygory

As you can gather I am a sucker for animals

April 29, 2012

Weekend Update…

Fabric, Kelly Wearstler, Weekend

By HollyPhillips

Anthropologie Scarf, Blumarine floral shoe, Chevron Tile, David Kroll, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Kelly Weearstler Fabric, Lee Jofa, Moravian chicken pie, Newton Running Shoes, Renaissance Bath and Tile, Sugarland, Suherga Gold, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Friday I ran around town with clients looking for various things. I found this sample alone at Renaissance Bath and Tile on the table in

April 27, 2012

Beautifully Rustic and Modern Belk Farm

Charlotte, Farm

By HollyPhillips

Belk Farm, Donkey, Garden and Gun, Ken Pursley, Renovation

Belk Farm I saw this modern farm in Chester, South Carolina, in Garden and Gun and I was captured. As I read on I

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