Chez Armour

Our little apartment in vignettes. I just adore that old photo of my grandparents traveling in Thailand…priceless.

(taken via Instagram on the matchbookmag account)

Savvy Scalamandre

Stumbled upon this old Scalamandre ad and just had to share. Love the sisal rug, wallpapers, pleated ottoman…I could go on. I have such an obsession with wallpaper recently (this bamboo pattern is named after Billy Baldwin) — now all I need is a house.

(ad discovered via one of my favorite blogs, Chinoiserie Chic)

Lighting Love

As you may have gathered by now my tastes are rather, ahem, traditional, but every so often a modern piece catches my eye and steals my heart. Such was the case with West Elm’s Finn Pendant and Chandelier. I mean, are they not fabulous? They remind me of something you’d see in New York’s J.Crew Collection Store (or, on that note, in Jenna Lyons soon-to-be-sold townhouse…tear). Classic, modern, goodness—what’s not to love?

Pup Pillows

I stumbled across these festive pup pillows on Williams-Sonoma this weekend and naturally fell head over heels for the pug. Though I must say, the scottie is rather dashing too… Needlepoint, so granny chic!

Nicest folks on earth…

Hi friends! Just wanted to let you know that the November issue of Matchbook is now live and it includes a really fun interview I did with two of my life heros, Kate and Andy Spade! Jane and I spent the morning at their home in New York and it was very possibly the coolest moment of my career thus far. They’re just the most down-to-earth, fun, and inspiring couple — I can’t say enough nice things. Anyway, I hope you get a chance to check it out! Thank you as always for your support and for spreading the world about Matchbook. Jane and I work so much sometimes we lose sight of how far we’ve come in the last 10 months –sending this issue live today really felt like a dream coming true. So so thankful for all of you!

xx Katie

(photos by the incredibly talented Jamie Beck)