Gray - It's Here to Stay!

Whether you spell it with an 'e' or with an 'a',

gray still reigns as one of the top neutral paint colors.

Elle Decor recently listed the 35 top gray paint colors 

according to the design world.  A few of our all-time blog favorites 

are still right up there, including....

Gray Owl by Benjamin Moore

and

Chelsea Gray by Benjamin Moore

See the sidebar link to our favorite grays and

see the entire Elle Decor list here. Is your favorite gray included?

Boars Hall - Beautifully Moody

I am so excited to see the first photos coming from Boars Hall, a new restoration project by McElreath Bates, antique dealers and designers at The Rock House Antiques, Greenville, SC. These two are super-talented and I know they are going to make this 1850s southern farmhouse something really special. You can follow their progress on Instagram under McElreath.Bates, if you like.

Wooden Bath Caddies

After finding these lovely images of wooden bath caddies, just by chance, 

on Pinterest, I found this wonderful handmade caddy, below, from Anthropologie.

Bath caddy by Peg and Awl at Anthropologie

Handmade from old wood

The Black and White World of Patrick Mele

Interior Designer Patrick Mele, who honed his skills with the

likes  of Kate and Andy Spade and Ralph Lauren, lives in a New York

apartment done right - in black and white.

images via

New York Social Diary

The Well-Dressed Table...

Here are a few amazing table accessories from Food52.

(The photography alone is worth the visit.)

This "feast" board blew me away... 

Rescued Wood 

Feast Board

Pewter Gravy Boat

Maple Cake Stand

Walnut and Sycamore Board

Large Rectangular Pewter Tray

Vintage French Ice Bucket

Making traditional look fresh

Here in the South, we're full of mahogany furniture.

Most of us probably have a lot of  mahogany hand-me-downs.

Check out how designer Daryl Carter transformed this piece.

Flat black paint and a carrara marble top.

I really do love most of Daryl Carter's work.

And I think this looks great.

Could you do this?

photos from The Wall Street Journal

see the full story here

The Costello's House - Then and Now

Remember when we looked at Sara Ruffin Costello's holiday decor here?

I did always love how she wrote the lipstick greeting on her mirror.

Take a look at her New Orleans house now,

as recently featured on One Kings Lane.

Can you spot a few changes?

Love all the black and white.