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Gracious Style – New Sale Items Added!
Join us for a Gracious Style sale! Items from some of our favorite tabletop, bath, and bedding collections have just been added to our sale section. Incredible prices on Fresco Towels, Linen Way, Garnier-Thiebaut, and Couzon! View our complete sale section at GraciousStyle.com
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Engineering for Happiness: Why Design Matters
Most designers tell you they learned to appreciate design at an early age. I did not. I learned to appreciate the value of design on the job — specifically, the job sites where Carolina and I renovated or built five different houses over a ten year period. When we’re planning a house, we’re often trying…
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Wash Day With Pure Style Home
A warm thank you to Lauren for reviewing our LeBlanc and the Laundress laundry care products. She also gives a little tour of her beautiful laundry room, of which we’re quite envious. We’re sure you will love it as well! Read all about it at the Pure Style Home blog.
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bye bye carpet, hello dash and albert runner
The carpeting on my stairs was a mess. Stained, dirty, gross. I have always wanted to get rid of the carpeting and put in a cool runner but was a bit afraid of tackling the project on my own. So I found a great contractor who came in, ripped off t…
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Books We Love: Dior Couture
We hope you’ll enjoy perusing the breathtaking photographs in this very special book as much as we do. It’s the perfect way to gear up for Fashion Week. Written by Ingrid Sischy and photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, who’s known for his work in Vogue, Elle, & Harper’s Bazaar, Dior Couture comprises a portfolio of portraits…
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Sustainable Elegance: Furniture by Selamat Designs
What do you do with leftover pieces of teak wood? This is the question that the founders of Selamat Designs asked themselves. Working in the furniture industry in Indonesia, they noticed that there were often bits of wood left over after building large furniture pieces. They decided to use these “off-cuts” to make stylish home…
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A Room in House Beautiful with Oomph
We loved this inviting sunroom featured in September’s issue of House Beautiful, especially the Fenwick coffee table by oomph. This lovely sunroom was designed by Ashley Whittaker, and the trellis was inspired by Elsie de Wolfe. The white lacquer on the table is a wonderful neutral counterpart to the bright greens and patterns used in…
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Design for the Analytically Minded
I am not a designer. But I’ve learned a lot about design, and I’ve grown to love it. I’m probably your poster child left-brainer. I went to Wharton and worked as a fund manager, managing investments for pension funds, central banks, foundations, and hedge funds. I’ve also been writing software since I was eleven, and…
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A Luxurious Shave with Proraso
We love the luxury soaps from Claus Porto, our unique toothpaste from Marvis, and the scented body washes and lotions from NEST. But the men at the Gracious Style team pointed out that something was still missing from our bath collection. We didn’t have any quality shaving products – or any shaving products at all.…