A Fine Design / 9.23.26

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Planning a room layout and sourcing pieces for a client is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my job. This week I’m sharing a design for a space so many of us find useful a Home Office. Design is all about understanding the use of a space and bringing it to Life!

I challenged myself to source pieces from Amazon and stores everyone can shop and not use to Trade Only suppliers.

  • Desk - Fezibo I love an open adjustable height desk.

  • Chair - Target Mesh is what I like best.

  • Pencil Holder - Amazon A pretty little holder for your desk.

  • Stacking Paper Trays - Staples A place to stash all important papers.

  • Carpet - Target A great pop of pattern.

  • File Cabinet - Amazon I must to secure all your files.

  • Giant Wall Calendar - Target To understand your schedule.

  • Small Scalloped Tray - Mark & Graham We need a place to keep little bits.

  • Oval Small Ceramic Tray - Ikea A place to keep your glasses.

  • Lamp - Amazon A great focus light.

  • Waste Basket - Target Paper to be recycled.

  • Spiral Desk Calendar - Target A calendar to keep notes.

  • Art - Target I don’t think it needs to be expensive to be on your wall.

A Fine Design is a fun way for me to share my work with my readers and I’m excited to source whatever you need for your next project!

Be well and I’ll see you over on Instagram.

Chalet Shelves • Reading Recs 9.16.26

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Friends I love to take deep dives into subjects or authors. Today I’m sharing books about the Bouvier sisters - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her sister the wonderfully stylish socialite Lee Radziwill. Enjoy!

Happy Times: Happy Times was the way Ms. Radziwill chose to look at life. She wanted to only remember what was beautiful.Through anecdotes and pictures, personal notes and drawings, Happy Times offers readers a very personal perspective on a highly publicized life.

Lee: In Lee - Ms. Radziwill shares her unique perspective as a witness to history, recalling friendships with cultural figures such as Rudolf Nureyev and Truman Capote. It is filled with her personal photographs.

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: Tells the complete story of these larger-than-life sisters. Drawing on new information and extensive interviews with Lee, this dual biography sheds light on the public and private lives of two extraordinary women who lived through immense tragedy in enormous glamour

Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years: Drawing from recently declassified top-secret material, as well as eyewitness accounts, Secret Service records, and Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal letters, the author addresses the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency?

These titles capture the most stylish and sought after images of Jackie.

My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy: Former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill shares rare and never before published photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy traveling through Europe, Asia, and South America.

Camera Girl: Before meeting John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier was the Washington Times-Herald ’s “Inquiring Camera Girl,” posing compelling questions to members of the public on the streets of DC and snapping their photos with her Graflex camera. She turned their answers into a daily column. In reading this we are introduced to a self-assured young woman who went on to be one of the world’s most famous people.

One Special Summer: In 1951, eighteen-year-old Lee Bouvier and her twenty-two-year-old sister Jacqueline took their first trip to Europe together. As they traveled, they sketched and kept notes, creating an illustrated journal of their time abroad, which they presented to their parents as a thank you upon their return; this is that wonderful journal.

These volumes are both reading and coffeetable books in one! Til next time friends Happy Reading! I’ll see you on the Gram!

Chalet Shares • September Edit 2026

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Hi Friends well here we are - Summer break a memory and the school year has begun. This month I decided to add recipes to my monthly share: Cauliflower Taco and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are also in my Insta Highlight Recipes. Here’s to a great start friends - Happy September!

The Tacos are a hit with my whole family and the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are delicious and faster to prepare than basic ones. I sometimes double the entire recipe and freeze cookies prepping for the holidays.

Til next time friends be well and I’ll see you on the Gram!

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