The Seven Year Itch

Do you think homes, like marriages, get the 7 Year Itch? While Rebecca has been battling mites, I have had a week of fix-up repairs. One of the reasons why I wanted a new home was that I, a confessed obsessive compulsive, was weary of repairing my circa 1939 home. I could no longer deal with the phone calls and waits and missing parts that could not be found and surprise bills, the plumbing we nicknamed the “aneurysm” and a constant trickle of water from an upstairs shower that still makes me scout water stains even on hotel ceilings to this day. Now my home is 7 years old. Things are starting to need replacing. We had the plumber out this week to fix a drain, a faucet and replace the garbage disposal. I think there may be a small crack in the spa. Last week the tree lights were out but that may be due to the storm. Still I wonder: maybe it’s time to ditch this old house for a fresher, younger model… 

Room Service’s New Catalogue Is Out

My new Room Service Home catalogue came in the mail yesterday. Don’t you love this Canton blue and white tray table? Ann Fox is also showing a collection of blue and white porcelains on the cover and inside.

Joe Cariati Handblown Vessels

Haven always finds the good stuff. The newest acquisition: Los Angeles-based glass artist Joe Cariati’s handmade mod designs. Cariati is the real deal, no blow molds for this guy. Each result is one of a kind and signed. $650 each.

Fresh Air

Ronda Carman turned me onto Houston decorator Katie Stassi, whose rooms I love.

Highland Park Artist

Vassar educated, Highland Park-dwelling abstract artist Vikki Holden Davis has a show at Uptown Vision starting April 24, as a part of Uptown’s Artwalk tour. Her work makes me think of what Jackson Pollack might have produced if he’d been sober and on lithium.

P.S. For a really fun, interactive Pollack experience click here.