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February 15, 2026
February favorites
I struggle with self care - it has always comes second. I am a high energy individual, which means I often don’t realize I am sorely lacking in something until I’m already falling apart. This energy...
February 3, 2026
2025 retroactive
If you’ll remember, last year I started 2025 with a question: am I better than I was this time last year? Today, as we start the second month of 2026, I ask the same question. As a refresher, my...
January 27, 2026
Tips for avoiding the austere
“I think elegance should be the theme of this holiday season” is something I said in real life last month. The fact is - there is no better theme than elegance this time of the year. With autumn...
December 30, 2025
How to Host like a Sullivan Girl
Hosting is a muscle that deteriorates if you don’t use it, and for good reason. When you look at it from a distance, the idea of bringing a group of people who may or may not know each other very...
December 5, 2025
Table settings for the holidays
There’s a definitive art to setting a good holiday table. Too much stuff, it feels busy. Not enough stuff, it feels sparse (scary!). The wrong stuff, the vibes are off and I’m LEAVING!! I’ve lost my...
December 1, 2025
Net a Porter sale finds & more
There are so many good things on sale right now, and though I never encourage a mindless shopping rage, now may just be the time to get a little spendy. Lucky for you, I spent a few hours scouring...
November 10, 2025
Gift guide (but it's not what you think)
Seriously, don’t give a gift just to give a gift. In my family, we are very pragmatic about gift giving: we have a list, we send it to each other to ensure we get something we want, and that is just...
November 5, 2025
Events, places, and leaning into fall
God, is fall busy. It can often feel that instead of melting into the warmth and tradition of the season, so many of us are running a thousand miles per hour. Every conversation with a friend ends...
October 21, 2025
The Autumnal Rut
We all fall into a bit of a rut sometimes: for me, I can always count on the beginning of autumn to cast me into a period of creative drought. Part of this is organic: it takes our brains a little...
October 9, 2025
Why is legacy important?
What does it matter what you leave behind? Our legacies are these mysterious time capsules that only open once we die: you don’t get to hear the eulogy at your funeral, just as you can’t quite be so...
September 10, 2025
No. 49
The benefit of buying a home is that you own a home. The disadvantage is that it is typically much more sound to buy items for said home than it is to buy fun new fashion things I do not need (but...
August 29, 2025
No. 48
What the hell is going on in fashion right now? Why isn’t anyone truly innovating? Why don’t luxury items feel luxurious anymore? How does the fashion of today feel uniquely now, and not just a...
August 5, 2025
No. 47
I’ve waxed poetic about the challenges of being a designer who also has to live in one home (and not many different homes in many different environments, climates, cultures, with many different...
July 31, 2025
No. 46
I have ALWAYS had a lot to say about trinkets. When I was 20 and in my sophomore year of college I had hand-carved boxes from Haiti and Wedgwood pottery sitting on my school-issued dresser. These...
July 22, 2025
No. 45
I have been deeply uninspired for the last few weeks and I couldn’t seem to figure out why. Is it because my creative energy is depleted with my home redesign project, and I’m just out of juice? Is...
July 15, 2025
No. 44
I’ve been very conscious lately that wearing a true matching workout set - tight leggings and a matching cropped top - is both a bit too revealing for my taste, and not terribly interesting to style....
July 8, 2025
No. 43
Since we bought our aforementioned new home, we’re doing quite a bit less traveling this summer. And when I say quite a bit, I mean “home for only 10 days May-September” to “closer to 10 days OUT of...
July 7, 2025
No. 42
We bought a place! Which means as an interior designer, my wildest dreams just came true. Anyone who has been in our old San Francisco apartment can contest that I have no qualms about painting,...
June 5, 2025
No. 41
I don’t go out much in New York anymore, but when I do, I nearly never know what to wear. My friends don sky-high, sculptural heels, innovative bodysuits, Khaite jeans, or clingy dresses. They look...
May 6, 2025
No. 40
God, it is hard not to just wear sneakers every day. I started wearing ballet flats in the 6th grade, I remember the silver sheen, the grosgrain ribbon tying a neat bow at the toe. When I lived in...