My inspirational WOW! for 2024 is a mosaic floor at the Naples Archeology Museum in Naples Italy which David and I visited in the fall. It was discovered at the “House of the Geometric Mosaics,“ created in the 1st century B.C. in Pompeii. This dazzling floor represents an underwater wonderland of Mediterranean Sea creatures. The center […]
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Designing Our Annual Holiday Card
For almost as long as MR has been in existence, we have been designing a custom holiday card. As so much of the work we do from day to day reflects who we are as designers, it has felt natural to create something distinctive for our end-of-the-year wish to clients, vendors, consultants and friends. In […]
Manhattan Bachelor Pad
At the beginning of spring this year, a longtime client recommended us for a small decor project for a young finance professional looking to make some upgrades to his apartment. I was assigned as the project manager. Since first starting at MR five years ago, when I was hired as a junior interior designer, my […]
Studio Apartment Renovation
In the late 1990s, I embarked on a small but pivotal project along with two of my most treasured friends—James Corbett, a distinguished artist, and Jeff McKay, an advertising executive whom I have known for over 40 years. Jeff needed a new home. He was living and working out of the same space, and in […]
A Contemporary Home in Scarsdale
Last fall, a private developer approached us to design a new single-family home prototype for prospective mid/high-income buyers in and around the town of Scarsdale, New York. According to this developer there is a renewed interest in this area among families because of its excellent school system, convenient commute to Manhattan and sizable properties. The […]
A Visit to Dana Barnes Studio
It’s common knowledge that a key factor in making a great room great is the furniture that goes into it. From the earliest phases of a project, we are thinking about furniture. When including custom pieces, as we almost always do, it’s from the beginning that we think about the vendors we’ll work with. Over the course […]
INSPIRATIONAL GARDENS
When the warm months of summer finally arrive, we love spending time outside, enjoying meals al fresco, swimming in the ocean, hiking in the woods, napping in the grass. And we love gardens, whether we are lucky enough to have one of our own or spend time at one in our neighborhood or make a […]
ART IN INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS
In the late summer of 2022, we were in the final phase of work on a glamorous 29th floor pied-à-terre in Tribeca. We were installing the last pieces of furniture and furnishings, getting the apartment ready for the clients who would be arriving the next month for an autumn in New York. Inside the color-blocked […]
SEEING A PROJECT IN PRINT
Just inside the entrance to our office, there is a blackened steel bookshelf that measures 10 feet wide by a little over eight feet tall. In it is a collection of magazines—81 stacks in total—that dates back to the late nineties. Within the stacks are issues of Wallpaper and Frame, Architectural Record and The World […]
A DESIGNER’S GUIDE TO MILAN
This past February, I visited Milan for the first time. I planned the trip for a chance to go to the Lineapelle Leather Fair which is considered one of the most important international exhibitions dedicated to leather and something that has interested me for several years. Aside from the time I spent visiting the show, […]