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If you could furnish your home entirely out of one place what would it be?

For me it would beABC Carpet & Home hands down. The store is insanely huge and has everything you could possibly need to furnish your home. I love their mix of products which runs the gamut from fine European antiques to mid century modern to Philippe Starck modern to Asian antiques, the list goes on. They have shop in shops of known retailers such as Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and Ralph Lauren Home. In addition, ABC offers tableware, bedding, bath linens, lighting, kids …

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I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with the wall behind my sofa for a while now. When I first started decorating my apartment, I wanted to create a Vicente Wolf-esque environment, almost gallery like, with picture ledges displaying black and white photographs all over the place. So I bought a picture ledge from West Elm and tried a number of different arrangements of photos before settling on what you see above and soon realizing that I didn’t really love the whole picture ledge look as much as I thought I would (at least not in my apartment.) …

The other day when I posted about Domino folding I was in the midst of a business trip. I wanted to spread the news as soon as a colleague emailed me the press release so I posted it from my BlackBerry and didn’t really have time to share my thoughts on Domino’s untimely demise. And since it was my favorite magazine ever I couldn’t go without sharing my two cents. So consider this post a eulogy of sorts…

I loved Domino. Seriously. I looked forward to it in my mailbox every month. And sometimes when it would take too long …

As a late Christmas present to myself I recently picked up a new camera, a Canon G10. It’s a high-end digital point and shoot that offers many of the manual settings available on an SLR, but with a more compact frame that doesn’t require the purchase additional lenses and at a much lower price tag. Once I learn how to use the thing correctly, I plan to to take lots of pictures and start documenting my adventures here on So Haute.

My next adventure will take me to Santa Barbara…I’m flying out this morning for a quick work trip. …