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Papermag.com adored the Design on a Dime gala last night. Check out what the hostest with the mostest Bevy Smith has to say about the fabulocity filling the room — and the bargains to be had — right here.
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Design on a Dime is in full swing! For our final blog post, we have an interview with amazing Housing Works stalwart and donor, fashion designer John Bartlett, and his partner John Esty, the man behind John Esty Fine Custom Framing. They chatted with journalist David Boyer about their Design on a Dime vignette, making a killing on vintage finds, and the thrill of working with your partner. Times are tough for people who make…
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“I came to see the buildings as fossils of a time past.” So wrote Danny Lyon about his masterful and famed photography project The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. At first printing, The New York Times called it “a photographic project that began as a labor of love and developed into an impressive pictorial protest exhibition.” Lyon was 25 and living on the corner of Beekman and William Street (having just completed The Bikeriders) when he…
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Take a peek, here, at a very nice piece about Housing Works and The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details! They talk about This Old House’s Alex Bandon’s red lacquer chair. See her tonight at Design on a Dime!
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I have admired this brown-lidded bean pot from my parents’ home since I was a kid. I don’t specifically eating beans prepared in it, but I do remember savoring one of my mom’s specialties, from it, bubbling to perfection: green rice casserole, one of those ’70s dishes that involves mixing white rice with frozen broccoli, adding a can or two of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup, and then topping it off with a handful or…
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Designer, author, sought-after collaborator: Design goddess Charlotte Moss has had an extraordinary career since she opened a store in the West Village well before Carrie Bradshaw Nation colonized the neighborhood. Now more than ever we need her humor and design brilliance to guide us in these challenging times! Journalist David Boyer receives Moss’s life and design wisdom. Everyone wants to “Design on a Dime” these days. How do you accommodate your money-conscious clients? Now it’s…
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Even though I’ve shared parts of this story before, I am bringing the subject up again as Design on a Dime approaches to highlight what an amazing resource Housing Works Thrift Shops are,especially when you’re in a pinch to finish a project and have nearly no cash on hand. Such was the case when my agent, Allison Hemming of The Hired Guns, asked me to give her office a last minute re-do to greet some…
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(The following offers are for Housing Works Members only. To support Housing Works and receive exclusive benefits, JOIN TODAY!) Join us at one of our biggest fundraising events of the year – the 5th Annual Design on a Dime, May 7 – 9, 2009, at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th St., bt. 6th and 7th Aves.). Over 50 interior designers create unique room vignettes using items donated from more than 100 top designers, brands,…
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(The following offers are for Housing Works Members only. To support Housing Works and receive exclusive benefits, JOIN TODAY!) Book Freebie Housing Works Members are eligible to receive one of five free copies of Beard on Food: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking. It even has a foreword by everyone’s favorite minimalist, Mark Bittman. DVD Freebie Prefer your summer entertainment with a side of gore? We’re also offering five…
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