Carolyn roehm christmas

Occasionally, in the summer months, the thought of the Christmas Season will cross my mind and it will actually feel repulsive. Foreign. Weird. Like the duck in the movie, Babe who keeps yelling – CHRISTMAS MEANS CARNAGE!!! for me, Christmas means the beginning of three months of freezing my arse and getting my faced slapped by […]

Seeing as everything is sparklie this year, I have decided to step away from my comfort zone...these J.Crew sequin tees sucked me in. If anyone sees me sporting an exposed zipper in 2011 please stage an intervention. Have a shiny New Years Eve! xx

I have always enjoyed including fruit in my decorating and design, whether it be tucked into foliage or greens during the fall and winter holidays or part of a gorgeous bouquet of summer blooms gathered from my garden. I do not discriminate - berries, apples, grapes, oranges,

I was one of those children that started dreaming about Christmas after Halloween. I drew up my plans for that year's Christmas decor and gift wrapping theme, started the shopping the day after Thanksgiving as a tradition —there were no Black Fridays back then—and started playing

Carolyne Roehm styles an elegant catalogue for Baccarat Holiday at her beautiful Connecticut country home.

Well I really love RED for the entire year for that matter!!!!!! I have always loved the color red even before it became the symbolic color of the Reagan Era. I shall spare you all the significance of red in our world and culture as you know all

The tastemaker and AD special projects editor shares her tips—from gorgeous winter table settings to festive decorations—to help make this season the most wonderful time of the year.

AD special projects editor Carolyne Roehm remembers two mentors every time she sets the table

photograph by Victor Skrebneski The latest book from Carolyne Roehm is a fulsome look at her 45 years in fashion, interior design, entertaining, floral design, and most recently—as artist. An incredible talent—a true polymath, Roehm has found the constant thread to it all in her love for color, nature, quality, and classicism. In every discipline, Roehm excels. Color: her floral arrangements often burst with it, and when using a single color she indulges. Nature: her watercolor botanicals…

Carolyne Roehm Mums are plentiful this time of year in both potted plants and cut flowers. To really elevate this flower, pair it with blue and white Chinese porcelain. A perfect combination. These colors remind me of this gorgeous blouse. This pretty style (crafted in a subtly sheer—but lined!—chiffon fabric) makes the perfect statement when paired with denim, trousers and skirts alike. Long and flowy, you can wear it tucked it in or not, depending on whatever look you love best. I love…