I really enjoyed that tour and think she has a lot of natural decorating talent. Some of the things that caught my attention was the different wallpapers in select areas in a somewhat open space downstairs. At first glance I thought the large potted planter painting was also a wallpaper, it all works somehow. The collection of interesting chairs and seating throughout were a bit much for me personally as most had no side tables but she pulled it off. Oh, and that garden is to die for.

Five words I have never used: ”my wing of the house.”

I like the stories of her furniture finds, but it’s all just a bit OTT for me. Way too many chairs.

Hmm. Beautiful house and garden. Just gorgeous. However, I found her very annoying and the decor is too much of of a mish mosh. Each piece is pretty but there’s just too much going on. I’m sure she takes care of that garden all by herself, right?

Still enjoyed watching it. Thanks.

I’m sure she takes care of that garden all by herself, right?

I always wear a white dress, earrings, necklaces and watch when I garden. Sometimes after my new manicure I like to use my Niwaki snips because they go together so well and I find my $ 239 nude Italeau Mara ballet flats just set the whole ensemble off. Don't we all do this? Haha, I think that was our first clue.

Love outside, don’t love inside. It just doesn’t do it for me. Feels a bit contrived, and like ded said, a mish mosh. Kind of frenetic. Lots of individual things I like, but not all of it together.

I would like to know more about the job of Creative Consultant. What exactly is that?

She started out saying you can always find a place for something you love, but her house put that aphorism to the lie.

There must be a lot of competition in the Hamptons and you have to be of a certain temperament to live there. To open your home to a myriad of viewers demands a huge amount of confidence. However, this owner has not done it alone. Impossible. The work involved and the time involved, demands a fat wallet and a staff. it is just another show house that's used to show off.

However, this owner has not done it alone. Impossible.

LA artist, Ramiro Gomez pays hommage to all the invisible workers it requires to keep large houses photo ready.

Lovely garden and I do like a lot of the house, but I'm a maximalist : ) . Interesting to know she's from Louisiana, there's a lot of the Southern traditional/preppy aesthetic in that house.

She's a former beauty publicist who became a floral stylist making flower crowns for weddings and showers, and hosting crown workshops for private events in NYC/Hamptons, and also wrote a book about it seven or so years ago, around the time she married her husband, a managing director at a NYC investment firm. She seems to have turned her flower crown business into a creative consulting/floral and event design business, and since having a baby about a year ago has moved more toward IG influencer. Which means her garden and house are an important part of her business and brand, so likely an invisible army behind the scenes to help, especially when it comes to getting everything camera-ready.

That said, as a gardener, I dream of winning the lottery and hiring a couple of helpers : ) .

I agree with Ded, I did not like her voice.

However, the home is lovely and somehow it works.

I especially like how she continued the wall paper down the fireplace.

Oh, I remember reading something about those flower crown workshops. I loved a lot of her reupholstered pieces. Loved, loved, loved her Millie Sims bird painting. Hate watched a lot of this -especially after she claimed her wicker alligator scared people or dogs (!!!) and said to not take yourself so serious. Adverbs, people.

I loved the fireplace and thought it was stencilled. I’m sure her wallpaper guys rolled their eyes at the prospect, but it sure does look good.

I LOVE the panels at the entry! And the topiary on board from Round Top. All her colors. Reminds me of Dallas in the late ’70s-‘80s.

The room I didn’t like was the family room. Nothing seemed to coordinate at all, everything seemed to compete with each other.

She says she’s lived there 5 years, but the furnishings have been ”collected” over time. Five years is not a long time to collect!

At first I thought she was wearing her nighty, but when she said she’d had a baby I got it. Comfy is the order of the day.

Why do they have to act like they do it all single-handedly while having a family, career, another home? Do they do that just to make us all feel bad about ourselves? I would like to see the video on the dumpster dive! Nice to see how the other half lives and glad my meager investments are being put to good use.

I think those baggy nightgownish dresses are a thing having seen them now on a couple of these interiors videos and on the UES this summer.

It does not seem to have grown very organically, but maybe at her age 5 years is a long time. Trash picking on the UES is probably a little different than most places. My niece had a roommate from this background who never returned unworn clothes to the store, especially if she had ordered them. She would mostly give them to Goodwill or would sometimes throw them away.

Pal, I was talked into buying one of those nightgownish dresses in Charleston a few months ago. Now at home in Boston, somehow I can’t bring myself to wear it in public.

I grew up/lived in NYC from the 60s to the 90s and my mother used to love shopping at the charity thrift shops (one was for Memorial Sloan Kettering), and the consignment clothing shops like Encore, where Jackie O. would take her barely worn clothes. The quality and the prices were unreal. In the early 80s when I was in college and needing a dress for the winter ball, I found a very gently-used Adolfo velvet and taffeta couture dress for $20.

Do they do that just to make us all feel bad about ourselves?

They make this stuff up to make them feel good about themselves. It must require a Prozac chaser to work, if you ask me.

Delusional people should not make you feel bad about yourself. She has a hobby which is supported by her rich husband. There is nothing wrong with that. But pretending her floral crowns contribute to the house is silly. And without that rich husband, nobody would know about the crowns and there would be no paid party planning.

Sueb, the whole Love Shack Fancy aesthetic is Laura Ashley redux, no? It was here I hear, If you wore it the first time around, you can't wear it the second time. I hoped that was a lie, but I discovered truer words were never said. Those dresses make me look like Grandma Moses.

I don't know, her internet presence may be its own moneymaker now. There is one YouTuber I can think of who makes several million a year just Reposting other people's content. (Just compiling it a certain way). For what it's worth many of the really well known interior designers and creative fill in the blanks really got their start by either coming from a rich family or marrying rich, and both the freedom to do something that typically does not make a lot of money +Connections and rich friends starts there and then of course they can make their own money.

What Pal said. And with Instagram and social media, the money and connections get amped up considerably.

I think a lot of young women look at the Kardashians or even someone like Gal Meets Glam/Julia Berolzheimer and think being an Instagram influencer is a great way to make a lot of money and have your own business. What's a bug for me, but apparently a feature for a lot of others, is the lack of privacy, and need to essentially work from home 24/7. They, and their kids (including newborn babies) become a brand, and everything they do and every holiday/occasion become Instagram/social media fodder. A lot what these influencers do is essentially repackaging with clickable link$, whether it's modeling someone else's clothes, someone else decorating your house, selecting made in China dresses or tchotchkes to sell under your brand on your website, etc.

Because of the first image in the video, I could not bring myself to click on it - I just knew that I would cringe listening to her, and I will never find out!

So much wrong with that picture, beginning with her gaping mouth. I'm trying to give constructive criticism, and won't say any more.

I actually rarely have the sound turned up on any of these videos and If I am interested in what they might have to say, I will turn on closed caption. I know I hate the sound of my own voice on tape and how I look on video, so I would probably have to present my own house in a ski mask and distorted audio.

I'm thinking more Jessica McClintock than Laura Ashley.

Hattie Kolp sometimes wears the nighty. I used to enjoy her Instagram until her apartment became a professional setting for photoshoots and lost personality.

Gee I like her cheerful positivity and I like even more that someone her age did not do modern farm house. She is obviously fortunate but she seemed sweet to me.

Laura Ashley makes me barf, but I think Jessica McClintock is more palatable. In the 1980s and 90s, I liked Versace and was extremely saddened when he was murdered.

I also turn on closed captions for videos if I think the video will have irritating voices.

I don't like or hate my own voice on tape, but I do notice a distinct Texas/Southern accent when I hear it, despite having lived in California since 1973. I find Southern accents somewhat soothing, which is probably why I still have traces of it. I never really had a distinct Texas accent (i.e., distinct from Southern), and no one who hears me ever guesses that I am from Texas. A lot of my friends in school had Czech accents.

The narrator is lovely and reminds me of many in this age group. I was just so interested in the variety and color (!) — which is so different than the gray and white that seems to permeate the home of every young couple (and young flipper). I actually sent this clip to my daughter! After a year of offers and losing out, they finally got the bigger house they needed for 2 dogs and a baby. She told me she was looking forward to buying “all new furniture” — I’m hoping to sway her into looking for classics and taking her time. We are in the South, so she sounded just like all the women her age — cute house, cute efforts. Thank you, gizmo.

When I saw all the negativity, I thought maybe I should rewatch the video?

But then I was like, why?

I got such a different impression. I am not sure why women are so harsh on other women. I did not notice her claiming that she did anything other than select decor. Why do people want her W2? I don't recall her saying that she planted her garden; and you don't need to dress down just to snip blooms for the table. She is a woman of resources, I am not sure why this makes her bad or what she is perceived to have done wrong.

The best thing about the house is the house itself; as always with these high end homes, they start with a blank canvas that makes things a lot easier. I liked some of the rooms, but overall is seems a little juvenile maybe. It was pleasant and cheerful but not, to my mind, particularly inspired.

Sun is setting, time for smores.

I apologize for sounding harsh. I certainly do not begrudge her means. Maybe I was projecting based on my circle of friends where a few people claim to have successful creative careers based on their families supporting their hobbies.

Kate asked a rhetorical question, and I answered it based on my experience, which was a mistake, since I know nothing of this person, aside from what she showed us of her house.

Some people's families support hobbies which turn into huge successes, consider Julie Packard's Monterrey Bay Aquarium (she is a marine biologist, but there would be no aquarium without her parents's funding and she clearly acknowledges that). It's not the financial support I was digging at per se.

I fear I am sounding defensive and will sign off. Please accept my apologies, everyone.

Roarah and Mtn.'s comments definitely pricked at my conscience.

Wow. That home is way too “busy” for my taste. I dont think I could feel relaxed in that home. Is everything in that home “ her favorite”? I love when a room showcases a few beautiful items that you can focus on and appreciate. Her home reminds me of an antique shop stuffed with lots of items for sale. I do like her garden. My brother is part of that “Hamptons crowd”.

I couldn't watch all of it. I didn't mind the person or her voice. There were just so many things going on in that house. I wouldn't be able to cope with the maintenance of everything, all the books squared up. I mean, is someone reading them? Where are the bookmarks? Everything is so staged. Where are your personal things? Where's the box of Kleenex?

I LOVED the home and marveled at how young SHE was to have collected so much! It's not a home to-my-taste.....I wouldn't want the same decor....but I'm a gawker....the tour was an experience. Thanks for posting it. I did enjoy looking. ❤️

Note: I was started by her pronunciation of respite. (re-spit)...it was correct. I felt like the rest of you.....I wonder how many gardeners she has...or maids. Yet she gets it all done...she's spot on.

Bunny, while I agree with you on the mainenance, the dusting, but gee, she was inviting us in to see it. I put away the kleenex and line up the coffee table books for company, too. At least she had some baby equipment in the family room.

I enjoyed looking, too!

bpath, fair enough. I should be more grateful that she was willing to share her beautiful home with its carefully aligned books. I need to work more on presentation.

I don't agree that she was inviting us in, in the sense that a Houzzer posts their kitchen reveal. I believe @beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally was correct - this was a profit opportunity or ego performative opportunity for her and a profit opportunity, I assume, for the editor. Which is fine. I reacted to her "my alligator planter scares people and dogs" because it struck me as patently implausible i.e. an entertaining fiction, not a friend's revelation. These threads are fun to me precisely because, like a book club, you get many different reactions to the tours or photos.

So, thank you to Gizmo for the post. Thank you to everybody else for your honest responses. And there are planters available on the interweb should you wish to terrify your friends.

The decor is decidedly not my cup of tea. I don’t think I saw a single object or piece of furniture I thought was actually beautiful, although I very much like the fact that she appreciates vintage pieces. Her choices seemed generally unsophisticated, bordering on tacky. Not a fan of the artwork, either. I loved the garden, the roses, and her enthusiasm. Her “nap dress” was much in style a year or two ago, when this was probably filmed.
I’ll add that the sale or manufacturing of crib bumpers was banned in 2021 when the Safe Cribs Act was signed into law. They are unsafe for young infants and toddlers.

About the crib bumper legislation (which was introduced last year and signed into law this past May) -- it prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of padded crib bumper pads (and inclined sleepers). However, I don't believe that even the "distribution" provision applies to homemade, home-sewn crib bumpers, which is the case above. So parents and parents-to-be need to educate themselves, and if Grandma wants to sew something, suggest something else.

Bumpers aside, I very much appreciated her not overly decorated son's room and the use of furniture from elsewhere in the house on a temporary basis, until her son is older. I can't stand the recent social media trend of hyper-decorated "nurseries" which have the lifespan of a fruitfly, and then the blogger/influencer redoes the room when the kid becomes a toddler, again as a preschooler, again a few years later, etc.

I watched one, where the homeowner, not really an influencer, decorated her son's room to her taste before he was born. She said that he was not really going to notice what the room looked like for a couple years, and may not have much of an opinion for some time after that, so she decorated it as a room she would like to spend a lot of time in over the period of a few years. I think this makes sense really. I don't really remember thinking about my bedroom one way or another in the house we lived in until I was 7.

Zalco, Meh, I am also feeling uber contentious lately, so there's that! : )

Barncatz: I loved your post!!
Gizmo: I appreciate all your posts too!! I always look forward to everyones responses!!

Nicole, in all our dictionaries including Random House and OED, the pronunciation (in case of OED-American pronunciation) of respite is ress-pit.

Cyn, Do you have the 27 volumes (swoon) or the one with the magnifying glass? Love the OED.

I think I kept the compact one with the magnifying glass that was in my parents' library.

Pal, that was hilarious ! Gloria Upson Bunny Bixler recount.