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  • Design LessonsEast Hampton

    Design Lessons From c/o The Maidstone

    By Sara Bliss on November 18, 2010
    For years, East Hampton’s c. 1740 Maidstone Arms inn, was a clubby bastion of New England WASPiness, complete with  blue blazer clad guests and chintz filled rooms. But East Hampton has changed–the mom and pop shops have been replaced by Dylan’s Candy Bar and Scoop, and blue blazers have given way to blue jeans.  So when the Maidstone went up […]
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  • Design LessonsMiami

    Swank Style at The Soho Beach House

    By Sara Bliss on November 16, 2010
    The latest stateside spinoff of Soho House, the exclusive member’s only club with outposts in London, New York, and L.A, has launched in trendy South Beach. While Soho Beach House members get to enjoy the private beach club, screening room, and two pools, you can also gain access by staying as a hotel guest in the new 50 room property. […]
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  • Betsy Hotel, TheDesign LessonsMiami

    Design Lessons From The Betsy Hotel

    By Sara Bliss on November 4, 2010
    A welcome contrast to the contemporary minimalist style that has taken over South Beach, the recently revamped Betsy Hotel is an oasis of classic colonial chic. Plantation shutters, dark wood furniture, potted palms, and a crisp and calming color palette are given a fresh spin in the landmarked Georgian property on Ocean Drive. Symmetry Rules: The furniture arrangement in The Betsy’s […]
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  • Chic IdeasGreenwich HotelNew York

    Chic Tile at The Greenwich Hotel

    By Sara Bliss on November 2, 2010
    Last week, when I wrote about New York’s Greenwich Hotel, I decided to wait and do a separate post just on the bathrooms because they are so incredibly unique. The bathrooms at The Greenwich fall into two camps, luxe versions done completely in Italian Carrara marble,  and more exotic versions done in richly saturated hand-laid Moroccan tile. Both are amazing. […]
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  • Design LessonsGreenwich Street HotelNew York

    Design Lessons from The Greenwich Hotel

    By Sara Bliss on October 26, 2010
    With the goal of creating the kind of  hotel he would want to stay at, Robert DeNiro and his partners opened the unpretentious and comfortable, Greenwich Hotel in 2008. Built on an empty lot near DeNiro’s popular Tribeca Grill restaurant, the 8-story brick structure is designed to look as if it’s been there for years, fitting in beautifully with the […]
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  • Chic IdeasMark, TheNew York

    Fabulous Floor at The Mark

    By Sara Bliss on October 21, 2010
    The original lobby of the classic Mark Hotel on the Upper East Side, was traditional and, what exactly? There was some wood paneling and…..what else? Even though I’ve seen it many many times, I can’t really remember what it looked like. French designer Jacques Granges clearly wanted to counter that impression when he came up with the dramatic, traffic-stopping, marble […]
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