For many years my mom would bring a Farrow & Ball color book with us on trips to Europe. She’s an interior designer and wanted to match, as closely as possible, whatever charismatic shade of rose or pale yellow she came across. She rightly didn’t trust a photo; she needed to match the card.
Read MoreOver the next few months I’ll be writing about our new apartment and how it came together. That means painting the walls and arranging the furniture, naturally, but also smaller projects and eccentric ideas and, yes, design theories.
Read MoreI never imagined that the question I’m probably asked most often is about how to buy rugs. It was not exactly my life’s work. But here we are. One reason I’m writing this is because it’s very painful to see bad rugs when there are so many beautiful ones available. The other reason is so I don’t have to answer it any more.
Read MoreRecently, the Coggins apartment was featured on Cup of Jo, with photographs taken by the most excellent Stephen Johnson. It was great to be with a real interior photographer. Stephen is a true advocate of directional light. You might not guess it, but we covered all the windows but one with garbage bags so there was only one light source. Before the photo shoot I was not expecting to be standing on my window sills taping them up. Anything for a shot!
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