The Skirted Roundtable: Weighty thoughts on Restoration Hardware

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXCdh1YIloLb9P8BET3XybOgSxtyCZEsW-MKEOidNP7pgkOOCnKtf0s_j2iavIrVRRESiU6Pg4l8f5xFlGQnF1pDm9oVQfcMKVIxGyQWxIJpJphz_45-erGcA3-PnGiALQkkUJKVOsqV4/s1600/photo%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXCdh1YIloLb9P8BET3XybOgSxtyCZEsW-MKEOidNP7pgkOOCnKtf0s_j2iavIrVRRESiU6Pg4l8f5xFlGQnF1pDm9oVQfcMKVIxGyQWxIJpJphz_45-erGcA3-PnGiALQkkUJKVOsqV4/s640/photo%25282%2529.JPG" width="479" /></a></div>This week, after a bit of a hiatus, Joni, Megan and I convene to talk about the new Restoration Hardware catalog and the clear direction the company is going in. As usual, we have opinions!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/2011/10/restoration-hardware-our-thoughts.html">Join us!</a></span></div><br /><div style="background-color: #d5a6bd;">If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please <a href="mailto:linda.m.merrill@gmail.com">email me</a>. Thanks!</div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

The Skirted Roundtable: Weighty thoughts on Restoration Hardware

This week, after a bit of a hiatus, Joni, Megan and I convene to talk about the new Restoration Hardware catalog and the clear direction the...

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For Sale: Amanda Nisbet's Kips Bay Room

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJF8KEjOnZWiSBThtcXs_cCn-whvt-6FKSSCdEZEGI4WcGQf4ri0rWFZiMUnik_LataEpD9D8SwIQ1dy8cXOqth5Gbc1ZZGpLIjFEKNVgI72LrvJr68sshv4jegIybBdxCICmpHzGsAis/s1600/DSCN4914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJF8KEjOnZWiSBThtcXs_cCn-whvt-6FKSSCdEZEGI4WcGQf4ri0rWFZiMUnik_LataEpD9D8SwIQ1dy8cXOqth5Gbc1ZZGpLIjFEKNVgI72LrvJr68sshv4jegIybBdxCICmpHzGsAis/s400/DSCN4914.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Several items from designer Amanda Nisbet's 2011 Kips Bay Bedroom are on sale via the website <a href="http://www.deringhall.com/amanda-nisbet-design/products">Dering Hall</a>.  I really loved the room when I was there - the combination of the wild pink wallpaper from Nisbet's collection with the original paneling is really a lot of fun. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xEILZYIA0Pk6pip1f-kNxpFwYdHvaq-oIxE5Q1MSkRWtfunnzYl5IYFqWtW-fmXkjPWdmTsSY1WtCaEqKLU2q3hqE0NNqpLrouYFxfWSb3DaDnUKQmnWdqb2fVyJvkvbENRRMEfkVTZp/s1600/DSCN4917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xEILZYIA0Pk6pip1f-kNxpFwYdHvaq-oIxE5Q1MSkRWtfunnzYl5IYFqWtW-fmXkjPWdmTsSY1WtCaEqKLU2q3hqE0NNqpLrouYFxfWSb3DaDnUKQmnWdqb2fVyJvkvbENRRMEfkVTZp/s400/DSCN4917.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deringhall.com/amanda-nisbet-design/products"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfb5O4mUgl3KMxl0GpV7a2NQ8qVjRY541eVJvMLoXwOzd4U-tqWyYs5QchokLytL3GJosoXKAHE_QFbAvQbpeHAzCqO2aGoiqfr5262BCXTSqj14bipIq5Ul2SiXxNUZ41wkb1oN0_xEb8/s1600/Nisbet+page.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.deringhall.com/amanda-nisbet-design/products">Click here</a> to view the collection. I totally covet the pink stripe shams, I must admit!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dh-production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/584/lightbox/Euro%20&%20Sham%20Close%20up.jpg?1313014519" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://dh-production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/584/lightbox/Euro%20&%20Sham%20Close%20up.jpg?1313014519" width="571" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"> If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please <a href="mailto:linda.m.merrill@gmail.com">email me</a>. Thanks!</div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

For Sale: Amanda Nisbet's Kips Bay Room

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Thank you, Steve Jobs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYOS2VMK4g_EGJo3Ln5kjw4UpMVPq-ZG_ZrqXlxBTErDxkFNZoBOXVjt0bYVltaNVDpGUwWdaHQKgXKU6fo6Vo_Ms4Ib0iU4Ve7D2fAHgmfU31C0npxVAMoGRgz0PJYPWFjTYOn2-NdN7/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYOS2VMK4g_EGJo3Ln5kjw4UpMVPq-ZG_ZrqXlxBTErDxkFNZoBOXVjt0bYVltaNVDpGUwWdaHQKgXKU6fo6Vo_Ms4Ib0iU4Ve7D2fAHgmfU31C0npxVAMoGRgz0PJYPWFjTYOn2-NdN7/s640/photo.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My iMac as photographed by my iPhone</div><br />I've been a Mac-Addict since 1989 when I was assigned a 20MB SE30 computer at my job. I have never looked back. The elegance of design, simplicity of use,  exceptional quality of the hardware and creativity software that I use to design my website and magazine. It's worth bad AT&T service and more limited software than is available for PC's. I've been told people think Mac users are part of a cult. Well, so be it. The cult of exceptionalism isn't a bad place to be.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZTYyZk6Ya-vqDFTmZSgaj5nSUenjWlfoojFT5XRhoZBkwOKgbsC7cJ5GUpLeWeQf85Vkm1xkD8wR48Tq3O99p2YTYOUEh4mRMDrCclgJ2itVAdwQ3styFk5YD5vLoF3KyksNxy2eFQyP/s1600/Jobs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZTYyZk6Ya-vqDFTmZSgaj5nSUenjWlfoojFT5XRhoZBkwOKgbsC7cJ5GUpLeWeQf85Vkm1xkD8wR48Tq3O99p2YTYOUEh4mRMDrCclgJ2itVAdwQ3styFk5YD5vLoF3KyksNxy2eFQyP/s400/Jobs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>

Thank you, Steve Jobs

My iMac as photographed by my iPhone I've been a Mac-Addict since 1989 when I was assigned a 20MB SE30 computer at my job. I have never ...

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