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This is a picture from the spa at the new Park Hyatt in NYC.  It’s unreal how beautiful it is.   I especially like the chandelier and the similar metal window panels.

In the 1940’s, the hotel’s 9th floor (penthouse) was converted to several high end apartments. Below the authentic concept drawing from that remodel. It was exciting for me, to view the drawing in the actual space today.  Shocked to discover the furnishings from 70 years ago were more contemporary.

I tend to revisit snapshots from trips to Asia when beginning a landscape design project… the lovely restrain inspires me.

From slab to countertop…

Interior designer, Jouin Manku outfitted Le bar at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris, with a canopy made from 550 yards of fabric. I especially love the color contrast of brilliant blue with pale purples.  Paris has so much design brilliance, it blows me away. Photography by Eric Laignel.

It was time to take my own advice It’s easy to recall special memories associated with photos, scents and music. But with furniture? I didn’t really think that was possible. Now I know better – and I understand how home décor can suffer when you’re overly sentimental. We all tend to hold onto furniture pieces…