Author: Frances

Painting in Provence, Day 1, with Julian Merrow-Smith #postcardsfromprovence #julianmerrowsmith #pleinairpainting #pleinairpaintingisnotforsissies @camillefineart @rkart1 @mollyballantine @joanspeirs

Bonjour from Provence!

Ith superstar @alexsviewpoint in his stunning #diningroom at #kipsbayshowhouse. Just brilliant – and go to his Insta for story of roomwhich is #fab. And PS do not be like me thinking you will sneak in in exercise clothes with no makeup andthen see everybody you know…

A clever way to allow a view through a staircase, devised by Holly Holden at her house Fox Hall in Farmington, Ct, and in her book The Pretty and Proper Living Room. #hollyholden #foxhall #theprettyandproperlivingroom #farmingtonct

The dining room at Hill-Stead House, and another bit of its impressive art collection. Here a seascape by Whistler. @hillsteadmuseum #hillsteadhouse #hillstead #farmington #farmingtonct

The cozy office of Theodate Pope, late chatelaine of Hill-Stead in Farmington, CT. The seascape is an early Claude Monet, one of several Monets in the collection. #hillstead #hillsteadmuseum #monet #claudemonet #seascape #homeoffice #farmingtonct #farmington @hillsteadmuseum

Don’t you love this cozy library at a friend’s in Farmington, CT? The books, the art, the family photos, the warmth, the #tartan , the cheery jumble. #library #librarybooks

The Beatrix Farrand-designed gardens at the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington CT. Folly designed by Theodate Pope, who also designed the house and inherited it from her parents. More info in previous post. Im speaking in Hartford today… #hillsteadmuseum #beatrixfarrand #gardenfolly #yewhedge @hillsteadmuseum

The wonderful Hill-Stead house museum in Farmington CT holds a treasure of 19th and 20th century art by Monet, Manet, Whistler, Degas and others. #wellkeptsecret #housemuseum #hillstead #hillsteadmuseum #farmington #farmingtonct @hillsteadmseum

Treating you to another wonderful room in the house of my Baltimore hostess last weekend. Nothing like a little #redlacquer to perk up your day. Someone please twll me the fabric… I’ve forgotten whose it is,but a classic.

The sunny warm living room of my lovely Baltimore hostess this past weekend.