The recent move to the west coast sent me into a moody minimalist's state of mind. For the life of me I couldn't find a legitimate reason to let go of my crummiest and grimiest belongings. Cramming rubber maids with kitchen supplies and blueprints, I muttered to myself, "I'll just take off with a backpack. I can replace this all. All of this shit." Fast forward 4 months and that madly muttered phrase with the word "shit" in it has morphed into words of wisdom. Personal advic

Imagine Eileen Gray on psychedelics. She's running about her NYC studio melting bronze side tables to create miniature breasts and yanking leathers from her Monte Carlo sofas to create little horns. Had Eileen been under the influence, we may have had these brilliant pieces back in the roaring twenties. Alas, times are roaring again now that we've made it past the rigidity of modernism. The Haas Brothers, a duo based in Los Angeles, have taken Postmodernism by its leathery ho

The moment the pop legend caressed a tulip table, we should have known we had an interior stylist on our hands. It could be argued the little red corvette was in poor taste. We'll look beyond that style rift and move to interiors. Design inspiration has zero bias. As an interior designer, I can't help but be inundated by the staggering amount of stimuli in the world around me. It takes some honing in to find the truest of true. Turn to the tried and tested style icons and cul