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To Park or Not to Park

I’ve been intrigued by the responses you posted about yesterday’s bathroom attendant entry so I thought I’d bring up another small, but important detail that sometimes causes an issue: parking. The big question is, should you, as the host, pay for your guest’s parking? I once worked with a client that not only paid for [...]

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Looking Back: Centerpieces

The most important thing, for me, about centerpieces is that they need to provide a sense of drama. I think of creating a centerpiece like creating a piece of art on a table.  Centerpieces fit into two categories: low & high. For low centerpieces, I always like using a profusion of flowers. Use flowers that [...]

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Looking Back: Frames

Looking Back: Frames

One of my first clients was Christie’s in New York City in 1983. I was fascinated to see old master paintings in these wonderful, traditional frames. Since then, this interest has evolved and become a part of my design aesthetic. The idea of frames, and using them in non-traditional or surprising ways, has become a [...]

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Looking Back: One Design, Three Different Celebrations

Through the years, I’ve had the lucky opportunity to work with certain clients not just once, but sometimes twice, three times or more. Maybe it follows the progression of their lives—wedding, christening, anniversary–or maybe it’s a special annual event. One extraordinary client has hired me to design her holiday party year after year. We covered [...]

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Looking Back: Classic Design Table

Looking Back: The Importance of Classic Design

I’ve been in this business for 30 years and I spend so much time looking forward (planning for the next project, keeping track of the newest technology in event design) that I rarely get a chance to look back and evaluate the past projects I’ve accomplished. There’s a lot one can learn from the past [...]

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Choosing Your Color Story For The Holidays

There’s more to life than red or green—especially when it comes to holiday decorating. I was thinking today of past holiday celebrations I’ve designed and while we have used some of the traditional red and green colors we’ve also used some surprising colors that are non-traditional but feel and look classic all on their own. [...]

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DIY Thanksgiving: Handmade Fruit Bowl

This versatile container is beautifully simple, made from cardboard and decorated just with ribbons. It can be used to accessorize your Thanksgiving table to showcase your fresh fruit. Materials: Stapler Ribbon (In whatever color you’d like—we used purple here.) Cardboard container (Dig around and see what you can find in your closet. We used a [...]

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A Big Thank You For Last Night

Preston Bailey Speaking at Learning Annex(Photo via) An iPhone picture from our talk Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Learning Annex last night! I had such a great time speaking to you and meeting so many people who share my passion. I really enjoyed sharing stories about successes and failures, hearing [...]

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Reminder: Learning Annex Tonight

A picture of me speaking at a past event. Just wanted to remind everyone that I’m speaking at the Learning Annex tonight at 7:00pm. We’ll be talking about how to create one of a kind events, as well as discuss how I built up my business, my design process and how to transform spaces into [...]

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Decorating for Fall

I went on the Today Show today to discuss affordable DIY options for decorating for fall. Check out the video below. If you’d like to learn how to make your own pieces, click here to visit the How-To’s page of my site. And if you have your own DIY tips, definitely let me know. I’d [...]

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DIY – You can "Do it yourself"

I love designing table setting. Whether the event is large or small it is the one place where people can gather. I enjoy designing tables that are full of visual layers – the details in the napkins, the placemats, the candles, the tableware, and, of course, the tall centerpiece. Apart from designing for my clients, [...]

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An Autumn Affair

I love entertaining in the Fall, the colors are extremely rich and luxurious. On a cold night it is great to have friends over and put on a pot of boiling water and sprinkle in a a holiday spice mix to create an amazing smell that screams coziness. I create my own spice infusion and [...]

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InStyle Weddings

I know this is shameless but have to do it! Pick up the new InStyle Weddings this month, it is beautiful like always- love love love them! Don’t forget to stop on my page while you are flipping through all the other gorgeous ones. They have also gussied up their website and you know who [...]

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Indian Summer Table

This is one of my favorite times of year! I love when the weather starts to get a little cooler, and the colors get warmer! Growing up in Panama, we had two seasons- summer and rain. I will never forget my first fall here in New York City. Those warm, inviting colors continue to inspire [...]

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