Social Media Diary 4 Year 1:SNUGging

As we feverishly prepare for High Point Market, I have flashbacks of our introductory  SNUG launch at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair last spring. 5 months just flew by and now we're on our second show and debuting this Friday at Interhall IH611. InterHall at the IHFC Building has earned a reputation for housing what's new, what's hot, and what will be the next big trend. We are extremely excited to be in this premium hotspot amidst twelve million square feet of endless showrooms. For our Spring show, Tracy Hiner of Black Crow Studios, collaborated with us by showing some snug love with her wallpaper artistry. We met on Twitter and didn't meet in real life until the day before the show! A testament to how social media can work for any of us. Here is her ahhmaazing work!

And here is her blog post on our collaboration process

 

Here is Tracy with the wallpaper Alex and I chose. It was her favorite too and we didn't even ask her to do anything specific. Voila, the colors matched! I am happy to say that because of our collaboration, she is also doing something with another Twitter friend soon for the holidays and I look forward to seeing it come together.

 The Queen of Social Media in the home and furniture industry, 

Leslie Carothers,

looking resplendent on the Pugella sofa.

 caught their first meeting in real life or as we say in Twitlingo, IRL

Leslie and Marcy Feld of Irwin Feld Design

 Another IRL moment for us with Carmen Natschke of

The Decorating Diva

 The ICFF party at the MoMA Garden

 It couldn't have been more exquisite!

Jackie's sister and daughter, Jackie Von Tobel, Tracy

While in the city, I also got to catch Michele Keith's 

book signing for Designers Here and There at Rizzoli

 Eric Cohler, one of the featured designers, 

signing my book.

 Rizzoli Bookstore

 Its interiors are as venerable as its tomes.

Then I got invited by Tamara Stephenson

to Dominique Browning's Slow Love 

book signing at Barnes and Noble

It was a wonderful reading and parts of the Q & A were thought provoking. I bought the book and had it signed for a dear friend who was in a similar situation. It was the perfect token for her when we met for brunch the next day. I read a few chapters and will definitely buy another copy.

Dominique Browning, widely known as the former editor of House & Garden 

though she wears many hats and blogs at  Slow Love Life

The lovely Tamara and her son, Myles. We also met on Twitter and have shared a lovely conversation over  coffee at Via Quadronno. I am enamored with this little gem  on the Upper East Side and have been back since. Thanks T for bringing me there. Tamara's blog Nest Nest Nest showcases not only her interior design talents but also gives a peek into her philosophical perspective. Design, gardening, entertaining, antiques, and history, with beautiful photography (by daughter Gaby) are interwoven beautifully. As I rush about my marathon week, I try to channel all the sensations that embody the slow life to balance me.

Social Media Diary 2 Year 1:Mid Century Mod Style

lucite sculptures

About a week ago, I mentioned that I met Marcy Feld of Irwin Feld Design last summer over a low carb lunch at Isabella's on the Upper West Side. Well, we ended up celebrating our first friendship anniversary in real life since many of us were in NYC for The Nate Berkus Show. It all came together so quickly, Who knew the design blogosphere would convene and make it even more monumental?!

Irwin Feld Design petit fours...yes, they are all about the fine details

Marcy and I have bonded over seemingly mundane (but not entirely) happenings over the course of our days in the past year. As restless Sagittarians (our birthdays are 6 days apart) who work from home, we occasionally check on each other and do the obligatory tug to the center. Something like a virtual buddy system of sorts that I have come to rely on.  I now have 6 Yiddish words in my vocabulary and fondly think of her as my Rosetta Cohen. She regales us with her brilliant writing and captivates with her beautiful photography. Her poignant blog posts are the windows to her magnanimous spirit yet also bring to life the mid-century modern pieces that proudly sit, stand, hang, and adorn the gallery. An insight or two is always gleaned from each post, just like her most recent one on slow home lifestyle. The Irwin Feld Design gallery in Stamford, Connecticut is a treasure trove of well picked, restored, edited, and fine pieces. Many of the designers we read and hear about come to them for that added oomph.  Here are some photos from my first visit last May when they hosted a Spring awakening cocktail.

yes, I wanted to swing from one chandelier to another!

Catherine @averydesign , Bob Avery, Gloria Battista Collins @gbcstyle 

Mona Klein Klapper and Marcy Feld

each vignette was D-i-v-i-n-e

piercing the senses with sputnik-like moments

Irwin Feld discussing some ideas with wallpaper designer, 

Tracy Hiner

of Black Crow Studios, another Twitter connection

a custom Hepburn-esque barstool covered in Stroheim from their 

Breakfast at Tiffany's vignette at the 

Le Beau Chateau tabletop event

here with Tracy Hiner @tracyhiner (I will write more about my collaboration with Tracy Hiner on another post) and Liz Orgera @ShorelyChic who is sweet as can be! She sells seashells and such on etsy so check her blog for details and sunny posts. 

Oh Marcy, what can I say but 

double hearty kvells for you and Irwin , and the gallery!

I know this is not a preferred photo of us 

(we're not giving credit to the Milo Baughman love sofa with our post 1-too-many-cocktail looks) 

but I had to post it.... 

I'm farklemptly sold on you!

sweet meringue kisses till we meet again!

the only way to end the night.....

there's nothing like roaring down the highway top down with groovy tunes

 from Stamford to the City with the Felds in their Modness!

how to get there: Take the Metro North Railroad (East of Hudson line) from Grand Central to Stamford (average travel time of 2 hours round trip at $18.50 - 24.50)

here's Marcy's blog post on their Gallery Spring Celebration