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Entertaining April 16, 2014

Creativity on Display: More Tables from the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala

Design by Ashley Whittaker

Now that I’ve shown you an up close look at my table design for this year’s Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala, I’d love to share photos of more beautiful tablescapes by some of the other incredibly talented designers that participated. I loved seeing all of the creativity on display and with several Spring holidays coming up, this should provide you with some lovely inspiration for your Spring holiday entertaining. Scroll down to see the fabulous tables!

Design by Allison Hennessy

Design by Decorative Traces

Design by McMillen

Design by Leslie Banker

Design by Keith Carroll

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Notes from Nicole April 16, 2014

My Fashion Inspired Table for Stark at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala

I am incredibly honored to have been selected for the second year in a row to design a table for the annual Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala. This time around I partnered up with Stark to design their sponsored table featuring beautiful fabrics available through Stark showrooms. The event just took last week and I’m excited to share pictures of my table as well as a bit about the inspiration behind my design!

Always inspired by fashion and pop culture, I based my color story around an image from Balmain’s Spring ’14 ad campaign starring Rihanna. Above is a …

Notes from Nicole April 18, 2013

VIDEO: Watch me ‘Setting the Table’ on Curbed.com!

A couple of weeks ago I participated in a wonderful charity event for the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House where I joined a group of other talented designers and we each created a unique tabletop for the charity’s Spring gala. Curbed.com – the go to site for all all-things fabulous in design, decor, and shelter shadowed me during my set up for a fun new video series called Setting the Table which I am so excited to share! You can watch the video above to see me in action plus hear my best tips for setting your own fabulous table! And …

Tabletop Inspiration April 8, 2013

SLIDESHOW: The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala Table Designs and Party Pictures

One of the best parts about working on the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala was having the opportunity to witness the creativity on display by all of the other incredibly talented designers involved. It was fun to see how everyone else interpreted the High Society theme and approached their table design. I had so many favorites but highlights included designer Lindsay Coral Harper’s Beverly Hills Hotel inspired table complete with the iconic pink stripes and palm leaf printed fabric and Andrea Stark who collaborated with LMD Floral on a table design inspired by Diana Vreeland’s apartment complete with a cheeky …