On the Road Again

I am leaving for a three week trip to the States in the morning. First stop is LA for WestWeek. I will be speaking at the Pacific Design Center on the Editor at Large panel on Wednesday, March 24th at 3:30. If you are in the area, do come by and say hello.

On Thursday it's off to San Fransisco for a few dinners and meetings. Scot Meacham Wood and Alexis Swanson Traina, along with Alison Pincus and Susan Feldman, the founders of One Kings Lane, are hosting a party to welcome me to San Fransisco. I am truly honored and can't wait to experience the City by the Bay.

Then on Sunday I head to Atlanta for the SFERRA & All the Best LoseCount party with Phoebe Howard. I am very excited to meet several of the wonderful Atlanta bloggers while I am in town before heading to NYC to enjoy Easter with our friends.

I will be blogging and tweeting along the way. If you want to know what I'm doing in real time, you can follow me on Twitter.

MLK Studio

This past October I had the privilege of meeting the dynamic duo Meg and Christos Joannides. Christos is the founding principal of Flat 6 Concepts, a branding and marketing agency that caters exclusively to interior designers, furniture designers, architects, photographers and artists. Meg is the founder of MLK Studio based in Los Angeles.

Meg’s firm specializes in large-scale renovations and new construction, as well as kitchen design and custom furniture for her projects. Prior to founding her own firm, Meg spent five years with Hugo Boss, Inc., at the company's New York City headquarters as Vice President of Store Planning and Visual Merchandising. She also collaborated on the concept, planning, and execution of Hugo Boss's unique 40,000-square-foot corporate offices and showrooms in Chelsea.

Meg recently sent me photos of an amazing home she designed in the beautiful Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. “It was a dream project for great clients with lots of style,” she confessed. Meg undertook the three-year project with acclaimed architect Hagy Belzberg. Again, much like the Homewood house I featured last week, this home inspires a sense of order, calm and peace. And, on a grey winter's day in Scotland, I would love to spend a few days in this wonderful light-filled home.