rachaeldesign

The days of the two-tiered coffee table are over. Sometimes having no coffee table at all really opens up a living room. And sometimes a big, funky ottoman is the perfect piece to pull a room together. The star ottoman featured above is just such an ottoman. We created this one-of-a-kind...

The heat of this July has abated, a bit. The world is going haywire, but these last few weeks of August in Brooklyn have been pretty damn pleasant. Still, I find myself yearning for the change of the season. I'm ready for a new color palette, heavier jeans, and some apple...

I've been working on a fun project for a favorite client on the North Fork, in Southold. We've been working to transform the basement of their house, which is a stone's throw from the beach. My clients wanted to turn the basement into a playful, dynamic space where their elementary school-aged...

We recently created new cushions for this pair of vintage rattan swivel chairs. The finished products are featured above. Here they are with the original cushions. I spotted them last Spring at an estate sale on the North Fork. The beautiful Rattan frames were hiding beneath oversized cushions. They looked a little like...

When I was in Paris last month, I visited the exhibit curated by fashion designer Paul Smith, Picasso Celebration: The Collection in a New Light, at the Musee Picasso. Paul Smith was asked to show Picasso 'in a new light' on the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death (quite a different take...

Above is a photo of us last night before we went to see Barbie. My daughter cropped an old hot pink tee-shirt and glued flamingos to the back and paired it with a denim vest and shorts. My son dressed in his version of Ken, sporting a visor, lego glasses and...

A big part of the fun of what I do is taking “unloved” pieces of furniture and totally reimagining them. In this case, we took two unassuming chairs and put our spin on the pair. The chairs were originally on casters, or wheels, that we switched out for a playful set...

Last week I spent four magnificent days in Paris with my twin sister, Audrey. What a lucky pleasure! Not only did we get to reconnect, we got to do it in Parisian style. We ate quiche and salad, steak tartar, oeufs and mayonnaise. And we drank lots of provencal roses. On...

We went to see Dead & Company last Thursday at Citifield. It was awesome—the highlight for me was probably Scarlet Begonias into Fire on the Mountain that opened up the second set. But, like any Dead show, it's about more than just the music. Part of what I love about dead...

This past Memorial Day weekend we set up a booth in the Field+Supply Market in Kingston, NY. Field+Supply is a modern take on an arts and crafts 'makers market'. This year I shared a booth with an old friend, Erin Edwards, who has a floral design business, Amorosa5. We rented a...