It happens to the best of us.
    You go to someone’s newly re-decorated house, or maybe thumb through the latest shelter mags, when you suddenly realize that your own house is starting to look sadly outdated.

     
    In our case, the glaring truth hit us when we were consulted to help furnish the hip midtown Manhattan apartment of three of our young Top Secret New York Correspondents. 

     
    Being longtime shelter magazine and design book junkies (we’re one of those people who have so many “coffee table books”...

...we had to make an actual coffee table out of them),  we were certainly aware of the latest trends in interior design,  which is why we had so much fun working on the apartment.
   
    But it wasn’t until we started to compare what we were doing in the New York apartment to our own house that we were suddenly gripped by the fear that some of the things in our house that we thought were the peak of chic in the 90’s were dangerously close to being the equivalent of the frilly-edged candy dishes and Hummel figurines we used to find in Grandma’s house. 

    It was definitely time for an update, because if there’s one thing we’re not about to do—no matter how old we actually get—is live in an old person’s house.

  For those of you who haven’t been in the decorating mode lately,  we’ll be giving you our rundown on what’s In and what’s Out in the world of mainstream interior design over the next few posts, and we’ll also share with you some simple ways you can update your own place without spending a lot of money.

    In the meantime, check out some of our favorite decorating blogs:

    Domino’s Nick the Dealhunter
Apartment Therapy
House Of Turquoise
Absolutely Beautiful Things
The Peak Of Chic
Habitually Chic
and Jonathan Adler in the Huffington Post, which we can’t help but think is actually ghost-written by his hubby Simon...