Cheryl Katz
The Little Black Dress
By Cheryl Katz Simple, elegant, and always chic, the little black dress has been a staple of women’s wardrobes since…
Surface Interest
Consider the curve, the crevice, the cavity, the cable. Ruminate on the rocky, the rough, the rustic, the ever-so-slightly ruined….
Furniture that Becomes You
By Cheryl Katz A number of factors help to determine the character of a room. There’s the architectural detail—an ornate…
Friday Favorite – The Jenny Lind Bed
In 1851 the Swedish singer Jenny Lind made her American debut in a P.T. Barnum production that included a whopping…
The Starck Truth
By Cheryl Katz This was the first piece of “real” furniture my husband Jeffrey and I bought. The year was…
Friday Favorites 8/29/2014
Cheryl Katz, Contributing Editor As a student at the Royal College of Art, Genevieve Bennett studied mixed media and printed…
Birds of a Feather
By Cheryl Katz It’s true, that come fall—and with evening temperatures hovering near 60 degrees there’s no denying it’s on…
Friday Favorites 8/1/2014
Cheryl Katz, Contributing Editor I’ve been a fan of Bec Brittain’s lighting since I first came across it at Matter…
Summertime
By Cheryl Katz Not to sound alarmist, but this is it—the last few moments in which to take full advantage…
Friday Favorites 7/4/2014
Cheryl Katz, Contributing Editor From Diego Rivera’s inspiration at Prada to Pop Art prints at Chanel, Jill Sander, and Valentino,…
Color Chaos
By Cheryl Katz Someone should have said, “Do not attempt this at home.” (At least at your own home.) But…
The Outer Limits
A day trip through the towns of the Outer Cape satisfies the needs of all manner of shopaholics and art lovers.
Friday Favorites 6/6/2014
Lynda Simonton, Online and Market Editor I remember when Vermont glassblower Simon Pearce opened one of his first shops in…
Forecast: Sunny Days Ahead
Forget that for most of January the sky stayed gray for weeks on end and that February and March brought…