A Bloomsbury Life
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Preview: Land of Dries, Diamonds and Darkness

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I spent a bit of time in Antwerp over the holidays.  It was like falling into a Hilary Mantel novel. It was cold. It was foggy. I...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Holiday Books 2013: Let's Do This Thing

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Here you go. My top ten most stylish books of 2013.  All picked  with you and the people on your holiday list in mind. And all still d...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Buckling Down

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("Young Woman Writing," Pierre Bonnard, 1908.) I haven't spoken about it much, but I'm nearing another big deadline f...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Hogarth and the Art of Messy Chic

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William Hogarth (1697-1764) understood what it meant to really inhabit a room. In his paintings, he shows ordinary people enjoying their per...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Question: When Is a House More Than a House?

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Answer:  When it's also an art project, a collaborative labor of love and a 3-D ode to enchantment. (Welcome to Acorn Manor. Coul...
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I am a domestic explorer who lives modern life through an Old World lens.
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