Happy Friday! Today's post is the finale in a week-long series dedicated to the "Rooms With a View" designer showhouse. I hope that you have enjoyed seeing all the fabulous rooms, I've certainly been inspired! I'm super excited to attend this event again next year and...
Want some more ideas and inspiration for holiday decorating? Today, treat yourself to several gorgeous rooms from the "Rooms With a View" Designer Showhouse where talented interior designers take on a 6'x8' space and completely transform it into a "Home for the...
I could not be more pleased with Benjamin Moore's choice of color of the year! Simply White (OC-117) is so soft and serene and a great choice if you want to create contrast with elements that you want to use in the space. When I think of all white rooms, I imagine...
{Image Credit: Habitually Chic} My appreciation for people who have a desire to create a gorgeous gallery wall continues to grow. Gallery walls can be installed precisely with identical frames spaced exactly the same distance from one another, or they can be...
Happy Friday! I'm brimming with excitement today. We are headed to The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze this afternoon and I can't wait to experience it for the first time. It is obviously a popular place since tickets are sold out and get this, a couple got engaged there...
Happy Friday! Welcome to Part Two of Fall Mantel Decorating Ideas. Yesterday, I showed you how I used all the autumn colors to create a fall inspired mantel (here). The reds, oranges, yellows and whites combined beautifully to create a really vibrant focal point for...
Last week, I blogged about Fall Front Door Inspiration (here). I found my inspiration (yippie!) and headed to a few of the local farms in the area to hand pick the pumpkins, mums and a few other items. As I was driving home, I saw a lawn crew putting the most...
If you were to ask my husband where is the one place I'd move to immediately, he'd answer "Chicago." I fell madly and forever in love with Chicago during my first visit during a business trip there several years ago. I was completely captivated by the city, the...
CT in Style - A girl's nursery finally comes together in pink and brown. When I found out I was pregnant with Catherine, I immersed myself in buying her clothes that were girly and pink. I went over the top and I didn't care. If it was pink and had a ruffle, flower or...
CT in Style - Spotlight on Connecticut Architects Today, we're going on a virtual tour of a beautiful Greenwich, CT home designed by Connecticut Architect Douglas VanderHorn. I absolutely love the look of this newly built waterfront home that reminds me of traditional...
Connecticut in Style, a Connecticut-based lifestyle blog - summer patio inspiration One of my dearest friends happens to be a naturally gifted designer. Her entire home is gorgeous, inside and out - and she is teased mercilessly about how clean it always is. I don't...
Today, I'm sharing ideas for bamboo shades. I absolutely love bamboo shades and think that they are a great addition to any room in your home. Just take a look at all the images in this blog post to see what I mean. From the dining room to the bedroom, bamboo shades...
Design Lines, Ltd. Raleigh, NC-based interior design firm, Design Lines, Ltd is exactly the type of company that comes to mind when I think of highly collaborative interior design. Based in the Mid-Atlantic region, they have chosen not to lean towards the deep-rooted...
Summer Bedroom Makeover - CT in Style, a Connecticut-based lifestyle blog. Hi guys! I hope that you all had a fun July 4th holiday! Even though the official start of summer was a couple weeks ago, the beginning of July triggers the start of hotter weather. It's when...
Due to the shape of our long and skinny dining room, we have a rectangle dining table. When we entertain, the table opens up to seat 10 and it fills up the room quickly and makes it instantly festive (okay, we are crammed in). Depending on who we are entertaining, we...
If you live in a home with a fireplace, the chances are that it is the focal point of the room. And if you are like us, during the fall and winter months our fireplace is filled with logs ready to be lit so we can have a fire whenever we want. During the colder...
Dreamy Fairy Lights. There is something so captivating about starry string lights, I find them a little mesmerizing. I love the way these fairy lights make my home glow during the holidays and I decided not to wait until December to use them again. I took them out on...
Entryway Ideas - CT in Style, a Connecticut-based lifestyle blog. We have a small entryway at the front entrance of our home. While most entryways have a coat closet, ours is too shallow for that. I've tried every which way to carve out a closet, but it's not...
Take a tour of Martha Stewart's Maine House - CT in Style, a Connecticut-based lifestyle blog by Sarah O'Brien. This image is so Martha. Reminiscent of her work spaces in her famous Turkey Hill Road residence in Westport, Connecticut - Martha has made space for a...
Sometimes I want to retreat. I fantasize about spending a night in a tree house with an elevation that would give me a new perspective both literally and figuratively. I'd kiss my husband and children goodbye and hoist a bag over my shoulder that I had filled with all...
CT in style At first I wasn't sure if I was at the right venue. I'd been excited for weeks in anticipation of attending the Near & Far Aid Pre-Tour Designer Breakfast featuring interior designer, Alexa Hampton. And although it looked like her at the podium - she...
Patio - Connecticut in Style Lifestyle Blog - Sarah O'Brien I feel like a bear emerging from hibernation. After the longest and coldest New England winter I can remember, I've been immersing myself in warm and sunny weather for the past 4 weeks - and it has...
Near and Far Aid Designer House Tour Friday can't come soon enough. On Friday, a group of friends and I will partake in one of the most popular CT events of the year, the Near and Far Aid Designer House Tour. We get to go inside six of the chicest homes in...
I'm passionate about living in a chic and stylish home, but also want to make sure it functions for my family. With two young children that I absolutely adore, I have a particular desire to live in a beautiful space with my family. Most of us reserve the living room...
Connecticut in style For several years I was a Garden Hostess. It is the name they give you when you volunteer to oversee a garden for a fund-raiser called "Discovery in the Garden." Local Connecticut residents purchase tickets and receive a map to 5-6 homes in...
Celebrated interior designer, Celerie Kemble's Dominican Republic vacation home is so idyllic. It is filled with natural sun light however, there's another intangible quality about the house that makes it feel so light that it is about to float away. Below is an...
From Connecticut to the Bahamas, Miles Redd travels miles and miles to design some of the most gorgeous and exciting interiors. Named as one of Architectural Digest's Top 100 Designers in 2014, Miles Redd embraces vivid colors and vibrant patterns like nobody's...
I don't fall in love easily. But when it happens, it is instant. I fell in love with my husband at first sight in the lobby at work (true story) maybe someday I will write a post about that (we'll see). In the meantime, I have fallen in love with a husband and wife...
I love the vibe I get from the soft, yet refined style of Swedish design. The mother of one of my best friends from high school is Swedish and I always loved hanging out at their house. It felt modern but was filled with antiques and the combination of clean...
Connecticut in Style Editor's Event Pick SHOP. BE INSPIRED. CELEBRATE DESIGN. Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2015 - Connecticut in Style I'm especially looking forward to this week because on Thursday, March 19th I am attending the 14th Annual Architectural...
I love winter, I really do. But with all this white snow piled everywhere and evergreen leaves shriveled up against the bitter cold, I've forgotten what spring looks like. We still have many weeks to go before the ice melts and the first tiny buds appear and I...
I have a never-ending love affair with leopard print, both in my closet and at home. I like it equally in large and small doses depending on the color palette. If I am wearing mostly neutral or navy blue, larger doses work brilliantly. At home, it works beautifully...
Robert A. Cardello Architects is among the foremost architect firms in Connecticut. Helmed by Robert Cardello, the firm develops both commercial and residential projects, and specializes in fine home design, including renovations and new construction. While Robert...
By the time February comes around, we have had many steady days of frigid weather. There are some days when I just can't get warm. I walk around in sweaters and wooly socks, sipping my hot tea and I am still cold. On days like that,...
Part of the Connecticut in Style lifestyle blog includes giving glimpses into beautiful CT homes and gardens. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Amy Aidinis Hirsch, an award-winning Greenwich, CT based interior designer. When asked how she became...