There are so many great, independent online shops based in New England. I give my top 10 gifts for design lovers on the New England Home blog today. Click here for the link!
Posted by: stacystyle | December 12, 2013
The Gift of Online Shopping
Posted by: stacystyle | November 4, 2013
Wakefield To the Trade Days This Week
Don’t forget that the Wakefield To the Trade Days is this Wednesday!
For more details on the event, please visit the New England Home blog, where I give an overview of the day.
Posted in Design, New England Home, Uncategorized | Tags: New England Home blog, to the trade days, Wakefield Design
Posted by: stacystyle | October 4, 2013
Killer Kitchens
Yesterday on the New England Home blog I shared some of my favorite kitchens I’ve styled for New England Home magazine.
The list is so long and so diverse, but of course there’s only so much time in the day to talk about these great spaces. Here are two, but head over to the full post here.
Kitchen by Molly Frey. Photo by Eric Roth.
Home of artist Daniel Thibeault
Posted in Design, Interior design, Kitchen Design, New England Home, Styled Kitchens | Tags: artist kitchen, beach house kitchen, best kitchens, blue and white kitchen, daniel thibeault, french kitchen, how to style a kitchen, kitchens in magazines, kitchens in new england home, molly frey, New England Home, New England Home blog, provencal kitchen, styled kitchens
Posted by: stacystyle | August 10, 2013
InstaweekâShooting in the Hamptons for BHG
There’s nothing like a big, multi-day photo shoot to kick off your August. I spent this Tuesday-Saturday in the Hamptons not hobnobbing with the stars, but gleefully working my tail off pulling together an entertaining and decorating ideas story for Better Homes & Gardens.
One of the great things about living in Connecticut is that you can actually just hop a ferry to the Hamptons instead of slogging along the LIE.
Of course once you get there, traffic can be intense! I’m constantly trying to figure out where are all these people going?
I can’t reveal what our story is about. You’ll actually have to wait until next summer to see it, but I can tell you it involved skills like these.
Besides being in a beautiful spot I also had the best crew, including the design director of Better Homes & Gardens, Shelley Caldwell, and homes editor Diana Dickinson, who has the unique ability to hypnotize chickens.
We were all there to shoot Maxwell Gillingham Ryan, founder of Apartment Therapy. He found a strategic location under a tree where the wifi was good, making for the perfect outdoor office.
Even though there were also some famous sitings (Alec Baldwin, Brooke Shields, Steve Kroft, Kenny G.) The real star of the show this week was Lola (check her Instagram hashtag #loladognyc). A natural model, we couldn’t stop cooing over her. There’s just no competing with a French bulldog.
After the shoot I was thrilled to see the Serena & Lily pop-up store while I was there too. It’s just as good as Instagrammed by Quintessence and so many others!
Till next week!
Posted in 5 Best Things, Better Homes & Gardens, Instagood Friday, Lifestyle, Styling Tips, Travel | Tags: alec baldwin, apartment therapy, Better Homes & Gardens photo shoot, brooke shields, design director, diana dickinson, dogs on photo shoots, ferry to hamptons, french bulldog, instagram, loladognyc, maxwell gillingham ryan, photo shoot, photo shoot hamptons, Quintessence, serena & lily pop up, serena & lily store, shelley caldwell, steve kroft, styling a photo shoot, traveling to hamptons
Posted by: stacystyle | August 9, 2013
Shooting July While It Snows
How do you make it look like the middle of July while it’s snowing outside? I share a few tips and talk about shooting on Nantucket in March for the July-August issue of New England Home on their blog here.
Photo by Michael Partenio
Posted in Beach houses, Decorating Ideas, Design, Interior design, Nantucket, New England Home | Tags: blog, houses on nantucket, michael partenio photography, Nantucket, new england, New England Home, photo, photo shoot, photo shoot in the snow, photo shoot nantucket, photo shoot secrets, styling for photo shoots
Posted by: stacystyle | August 3, 2013
InstaWeekâPhoto Shoot Crazy
This week in Instagram photos says it all (like why I don’t blog everydayâI’m working). Last Friday night it was JFK-SLC.
I was headed with my partner Michael Partenio to shoot at Mustang Monument, one of the most glorious places on earth you could ever visit. Located 2 1/2 hours outside of Salt Lake City and 25 miles south of Wells, Nevada, Mustang Monument is an eco-resort (opening next summer) and wild mustang refuge.
Real cowboys are a weakness.
So is the infinite beauty of the West.
Coffee in the morning outside the teepee is almost a religious experience. In the distance you can see wild mustangs grazing in front of mountain peaks.
Here is a luxury tent where you sleep.
And of course a game tent where a friendly round of cards after dinner is a must.
Even though it was the end of July, we threw on jackets and gathered around the campfire to hear the wonderfully talented Hunter of Hunter and Avery.
I even got to ride a little while I wasn’t working.
A redeye home meant that I could prepare for this week’s three photo shoots for New England Home. I borrowed this great painting by Kerri Rosenthal from Pimlico in New Canaan along with these vases for my first shoot.
Caught styling.
More photo shoot scenes from Instagram.
Loved this backyard.
This coming week takes me to the Hamptons for most of the week to style a party barn for Better Homes & Gardens. Check out StacyStyle on Instagram for the feed!
Posted in Design, Instagood Friday, Interior design, Lifestyle, New England Home, Style, Travel | Tags: behind the scenes at a photo shoot, cowboys, horseback riding in nevada, instagood, instagram, instaweek, kerri rosenthal, luxury eco-resort, luxury tent, michael partenio, mustang monument, new england home photo shoot, photo shoot, pimlico new canaan, saving america's wild mustangs, styling a photo shoot, wild mustang, wild mustang vacation, wild mustangs
Posted by: stacystyle | May 8, 2013
Today I’m at Wakefield Design!
Interior design friends,
If you’re anywhere near Stamford, Connecticut, today please join me and a whole cast of design-lovers at Wakefield Design Center for an afternoon of design insights and presentations by Oly Studio, Vanguard, Farrow & Ball, and Osborne & Little. At 4:30 Cindy Rinfret will be talking about design and signing copies of her new book Greenwich Style-Inspired Family Homes (I have the cover photo and styled much of the book).
Come for snacks, come for wine, or bring your portfolio for me to see!
Posted in Design, New England Home | Tags: Cindy Rinfret, Greenwich style, Wakefield Design
Posted by: stacystyle | May 6, 2013
Art the Walls
I cannot stress to you the importance of having some type of art in your decor. It is the ultimate self-expression in your interiors and if you’re looking to have your house published it is a make or break. None of the magazines I work for would publish a home unless there’s art in it.
For more on this and some examples, please see the post on Artistic Expression I did for New England Home last week.
Photo by Joe Keller
Posted by: stacystyle | May 5, 2013
#Instagood FridayâThe Stars Are Out
Whirlwind week full of people I love and admire. Here are the Instagram moments.
I had my first visit to the offices of Martha Stewart Omnimedia in NYC for Ronda Carman’s book signing of her first (of what I’m sure will be many) book Designers at Home.
Here Ronda visits with Bunny Williams who was having her copy signed.
For more photos of the evening there’s an album on my StacyStyle Facebook page.
Some things are timeless. This photo I took at a track meet in Westport, Connecticut, looks so 1970s or even late 1920s to me. Love the retro uniforms.
Our second book signing was at Rinfret Home in Greenwich to celebrate interior designer Cindy Rinfret’s second book, Greenwich StyleâInspired Family Homes. I styled most of the photos in the book and Michael Partenio photographed it. Here’s Cindy signing, followed by Michel in front of his cover.
Friday brought a talk by interior designer and Million Dollar Decorators television star Mary McDonald at the Near and Far Aid breakfast. She was an inspiration and a riot. I’ve never laughed so hard during a talk about beautiful interiors.
Saturday I did a little tour of a few of my favorite Litchfield County design stores. I got my fashion fix at B. Johnstone in Kent, picked up some jewelry at the Satya trunk show at J. Seitz in New Preston, and got to see the new Privet House store in New Preston (a full post on that later).
Menswear at B. Johnstone
In the homes section of J. Seitz
Posted in 5 Best Things, Connecticut, Design, Instagood Friday, Interior design | Tags: b. johnstone, bunny williams and ronda carman, Cindy Rinfret, cindy rinfret book signing, designers at home, fashion, Greenwich style, j seitz, kent shopping, litchfield county shopping, martha stewart offices, mary mcdonald talk, million dollar decorators, near and far aid, new preston shopping, new privet house, privet house, retro track uniforms, Rinfret Home, ronda carman, ronda carman book signing
Posted by: stacystyle | April 27, 2013
Style ArchiveâNew Urban Cool in Boston
In the dozen years I’ve been working as a stylist in New England I have to say the biggest change has been the embrace of contemporary design. This has been a huge movement among all ages of homeowners and types of architects and designers. Kristine Irving, a designer in Boston, was one of the first to pick up on this and deliver what I would call contemporary living with a warm personality. In this particular project shot by Laura Moss for New England Home and styled by me, she took a classic Beacon Hill townhouse gave it a sleek look for a young family.
Here’s the entry way.
And the mudroom. I loved having the round tires of the bike in here to offset all the straight lines
The living room.
The living and dining are open to one another.
There’s a kitchenette on the same level.
On the upper floors are the master bedroom and bath. I loved adding the flokati to the bathroom to add softness and a sense of warmth.
Even though this appeared in the magazine almost four years ago it still has a freshness that holds your interest.
Posted in Art, Bathroms, Bedrooms, Boston, Design, Dining rooms, Family/TV rooms, Interior design, Mudrooms, New England Home, Style Archive, styled bathrooms, styled bedrooms, Styled Kitchens, Styled Living Rooms, Styling Tips, Tabletop | Tags: art in modern houses, Boston interior design, contemporary bedroom, contemporary boston design, contemporary living room, contemporary mudroom, koo de kir, kristine irving, laura moss photographer, modern boston, styling for magazines, styling modern houses, styling modern spaces
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