Wealthy car enthusiasts on Long Island's South Fork are pouring tens of thousands of dollars, and sometimes seven figures, into bespoke garages built less for parking than for living, entertaining, and showing off prized collections. Arthur Aidala, a New York trial attorney who started collecting cars when he bought a 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider for […] The post Hamptons car collectors spend big on luxury garages that double as private retreats appeared first on American Almanac .
Wealthy car enthusiasts on Long Island's South Fork are pouring tens of thousands of dollars, and sometimes seven figures, into bespoke garages built less for parking than for living, entertaining, and showing off prized collections. Arthur Aidala, a New York trial attorney who started collecting cars when he bought a 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider for just over $3,000 at age 25, now keeps a rotating stable of six vehicles in a 500-square-foot garage at his Quogue home. The other nine cars in his 15-vehicle collection sit in off-site storage. He estimates he has spent roughly $25,000 turning that modest garage into something closer to a private lounge, designer flooring, a flat-screen television, a refrigerator, and a cigar station, the New York…Open
The planned adornments, which were included in renderings submitted to the Supreme Court, break with tradition and the original vision for the White House grounds.
AI:In a move that predictably triggers the mainstream media's meltdown, Donald Trump is planning to install gold seals throughout the White House ballroom. These planned adornments represent a radical departure from historical precedent and the established architectural integrity of the White House grounds. While the elitist establishment at the Washington Post scrambles to frame this as a breach of tradition, it is simply another instance of the media attempting to manufacture outrage over aesthetic changes that do nothing to impact actual policy.Open
Dorm rooms are tiny. The dorm decor economy is not. The big picture: College dorms are becoming customized, social-media-ready micro-apartments, but the market looks wildly different depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line your campus sits. Zoom out: The multi-thousand-dollar "designer dorm" industry has grown alongside viral TikTok dorm tours and hauls, and parents hoping to make their child's transition to college easier. - Shelly Gates, founder of Mary Margaret Designs, an interior design company that decorates dorm rooms alongside other projects, remembers her Louisiana State University dorm as "essentially a prison cell." - This year, Gates is handling about 35 dorm rooms. Some of her previous build-outs have reached…
When the New York Historical realized that sunlight in its new wing would potentially damage some items on display, it scrambled to reproduce or remove them.
Alice Naylor-Leyland, the British interior designer and homeware entrepreneur, celebrated her 40th birthday with a glittering party at one of Tuscany's most storied villas, complete with ball gowns, ponies, and a rehearsed dance routine. The celebration took place over a weekend at Villa Cetinale, the 17th-century estate that Architectural Digest has called the "most beautiful […] The post British socialite Alice Naylor-Leyland marks 40th birthday with lavish Tuscan villa celebration appeared first on American Almanac .
Alice Naylor-Leyland, the British interior designer and homeware entrepreneur, celebrated her 40th birthday with a glittering party at one of Tuscany's most storied villas, complete with ball gowns, ponies, and a rehearsed dance routine. The celebration took place over a weekend at Villa Cetinale, the 17th-century estate that Architectural Digest has called the "most beautiful villa in Tuscany." Guests including model Poppy Delevingne, socialite and DJ Lady Mary Charteris, and Jazzy DeLisser, stepdaughter of the Marquess of Bute, shared photos and video clips online from the multi-day affair, the Daily Mail reported . Naylor-Leyland wore a gold sequinned dress for the evening festivities, which included a candlelit dinner and a group…Open
Just because you live in a small place doesn't mean it has to look or feel cramped. Interior designers share creative strategies to create the illusion of space that work for renters and small budgets.
