Design on a Dime 2009 Blog
Design on a Dime 2009
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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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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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Alex Bandon, one-half of the dream team behind the This Old House vignette at Design on a Dime (Amy Hughes is the other half), is constantly on the lookout for new pieces to compliment her renovated (and rented) Manhattan apartment, and blogs about her escapades at shelterlife.thisoldhouse.com. She talks to Housing Works about her “grandma chic” aesthetic, the joys of thrifting and why she wouldn’t want to design for Martha Stewart. How did you get…
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Design on a Design 2009 vignette designer Kimberly Hull founded Kim Hull Interiors in order to design living spaces that the whole family can enjoy. She learned her trade at Sills Huniford Design Associates, where she was design director. Hull spoke to Housing Works about her simple and down-to-earth aesthetic, why she’d be the perfect designer for the Obamas, and why you shouldn’t allow children to prevent you from having a fabulous home. Tell me…
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Our first Design on a Dime 2009 Blog victim is our pal David Cafiero, a dashing downtown design genius who counts Chloë Sevigny among his clients. (That’s her amazing East Village home above; see more at the Cafiero Select website). Cafiero dishes with journalist David Boyer about Chloë, the Obamas, his Design on Dime vignette—and why he hates purple. DOD 2009 Blog: Times are tough. Portfolios are crumbling. What are some easy ways people can…
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Design on a Dime 2009 Blog! To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Design on a Dime, Housing Works biggest fundraiser of the year, we will be posting regular interviews with our amazing participating interior designers until Design on a Dime kicks off with a big opening night benefit on May 7 at the Metropolitan Pavilion! There are still tickets left for this star-studded affair—come meet designers Jaclyn Smith, Ty Pennington,…
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