Tag: Sarah Blank Kitchen & Bath

Ask The Designers | Where Is That Brown Suit?

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Posted on June 4th, 2014
Q: Where is that brown suit? A finely designed Dressing Room is much like a well written diary. After organizing their kitchens, many clients ask for help organizing other rooms in their home. A well designed Master Bedroom/ Dressing Room will help you find where that brown suit is. All of your belongings have a... Read the full article
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Ask The Designers | Today’s Newest Kitchen and Bath Trends

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Posted on June 4th, 2014
Q: I am often asked, “What are today’s newest kitchen & bath trends?” First answer is, what do you love? It’s my job to incorporate the personal aspects yet maintain the authenticity of one’s home. This is a discipline that will allow the foundation of the room to be everlasting. The millwork in the home... Read the full article
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Restoring Homes of the 1970s and 80s | Work Outside of the Kitchen

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Posted on January 28th, 2014
From time to time, clients reach out to me and ask for help with more than just their kitchens.  I have fond memories of working with clients on their living areas, pantries, bathrooms, closet spaces, window fixtures, and even the exteriors of their homes, among other spaces! This French styled home pictured above was built... Read the full article
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Classically Inspired Kitchen, Bathrooms, Butler’s Pantries, and Dressing Rooms for Today’s Interiors

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Posted on December 5th, 2013
Brian J. McCarthy‘s book signing of Luminous Interiors recently was a testament to his work.  The event took place at the Beauvais showroom located at 57th and Lexington in New York City with an approximate attendance of 500 people. I don’t think I have ever attended a book party where the line was at least... Read the full article
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Biedermeier Style

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Posted on October 28th, 2013
(photos by 1st Dibs and A Schematic Life) “I just love the simplicity of a Beidemier chair for a breakfast area or a dining room.”     The Biedermeier style was born at the start of the 1800s, in a rich city which for many centuries had been the cultural and political center of Europe.... Read the full article
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The Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Posted on September 4th, 2013
The Morris–Jumel Mansion, also known as the Roger and Mary Philipse Morris House, “Mount Morris” is located at 65 Jumel Terrace in Roger Morris Park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1765 by Roger Morris, a British military officer, and served as a headquarters for both the... Read the full article
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Hildene

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Posted on September 1st, 2013
From 1902 to 1903 Robert Todd Lincoln, the only child of Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln to live to adulthood, purchased 500 acres of land for $30 an acre in Manchester, Vermont, with plans to build a home. On April 18th 1903, construction of the home began with builder Ira G. Hersey of Boston... Read the full article
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Naumkeag

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Posted on August 27th, 2013
Naumkeag is a quintessential country estate of the Gilded Age. This architectural masterpiece is, with its incredible views and incomparable design and detail, at its heart, a family home. Joseph Choate, a leading 19th-century attorney, hired the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, & White to design his 44-room “cottage,” Naumkeag, to be a summer retreat,... Read the full article
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Charles Lewis Bowman

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Posted on July 23rd, 2013
Charles Lewis Bowman was Born in New York City on December 8th, 1890. The second of six children, and a descendant of Jacob Baughman who came to the colonies as one of William Penn’s “twenty tradesmen.” In 1710, Baughman settled in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg Virginia. Charles spent many of his childhood summers in... Read the full article
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