Southampton Dream Cottage

via Hernandez Greene Interior Design

So, yesterday, while checking in with the fabulous Tory Daily (Tory Burch Blog) I discovered this so charming and cute little grey cottage ~Tory featured it and the designers Hernandez Greene...I immediately fell in love with it!  It was love at first sight. 
In a few weeks I'll be in the Hamptons, so maybe I can find where this little charmer is and see it in person!  Do visit the Tory site to see more, or Hernandez Greene...the designers did an excellent job of making a small space feel larger, and very calm and beach-like, so suitable for the location.  Using a cool palette of soft blues and creams, with touches of straw on the floor and walls.  Just adorable.  Enjoy!  DF *****

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North See Vintage

North See Vintage

Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of meeting Kevin Calica, and his partner, Frank Cassata, when they came down to give a talk and book signing for Kevin's new book, "Strength and Simplicity - 100 Ways to Live Your Life as Art"

Check out North See Vintage on Facebook - Frank had been collecting thousands of vintage fabrics and wallpapers in his Southampton, NY studio for years, which led to North See Vintage.  We carry their pillows, place mats, art, and the book by Kevin Calica!  

North See Vintage at Andrew Martin, Estero, FL

Available at MP Interiors, Estero, FL (239) 498-9074
Miromar Design Center, Suite 101
dean@mp-interiors.net 
www.mp-interiors.net MP Interiors Enjoy!  DF *****

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Templeton, The Guest Estate

I got a kick out of seeing "Templeton" on "Selling New York" tonight. The Kleiers were showing it to their client, Prince Lorenzo Borghese...with realtor Sean Elliot. I met the late Mrs. Guest and her daughter Cornelia, during the heady 1980's, when I worked as a design assistant to the society decorator, the late George Clarkson. I remember seeing stationery of hers in the office, with about nine different telephone numbers for the tennis house, pool house, main house, stables, etc. I got to know them better when we summered in Southampton at the rented guest house of Mrs. Rodgers Denckla, on Great Plains Road. I can't think of a nicer person than Cornelia Guest, and I think she spends a lot of time in California. Here are some real estate shots from her family home, called Templeton, which sits on 15 and a half acres only 25 minutes from Manhattan. The price has been reduced several times...hopefully some buyer will appreciate it's Anglo American charm and preserve it rather than demolish it! C.Z. Guest used several decorators, including the famed Monsieur Stephane Boudin of JANSEN, my favorite extinct design firm, behind Parish-Hadley. Enjoy these glimpses into a world of high wasp high society not often seen... DF *****