DecoRATING with Jason Kontos

Here's a find I'll always enjoy, no matter how often I run into it as it's so rare.

Italian designer Carlo Bugatti's pieces are very special and unique thanks to their Macabre nature and the fact that he made very few of them.

These are definitely collectors' pieces. For one of the most extensive collections of his work available visit Sebastian + Barquet (Gallery on 24th St. and Showroom on 26th St.)

You either love it, or hate it. And I would take one!

When our web editor told me she was going to the Scandinavia House (Park Ave. at 38th St.) to view one of their current exhibitions tomorrow, it got me thinking about the region's design ethic: simplicity is the key to vertical living.

It's one that as New Yorkers we should keep in mind, for the obvious reasons.

Scandinavian design is minimal, yet inviting. Another culture that thinks along the same line is the Japanese.

Bergdorf's.

It's my corner store, as ridiculous as that might sound. I truly get inspired everyday from my walk by their windows.

For your viewing pleasure, below are images of the brand new Maya Romanoff display, just unveiled to the public yesterday. Located on the 7th floor (decorative home), it consists of Half Plaid wallpaper and complementary banners and Roman shades, (visible in only some of the photos,) in Indigo Earth Linen wtih Velvet Kanoko trim.

Yesterday, you heard from Executive Editor Marjorie Gage on the 56th annual Winter Antiques Show, going on now at the Park Avenue Armory (only two days left by the way if you still want to see it).

I also made my way over to this gathering of “old stuff,” as the red head warned NOT to think of it as.