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Wow nice work

Aaaahhhh...!

great quote.

Now THAT is small and cool.

Andree hit the nail on the head. I buy what I love and what I think is beautiful, not what is trendy/expensive.

Agreed... but I can't help but feel that while everything in the pictures appears understated and beautiful, it also appears expensive.

The only thing that is modest in the above interior is the plate those expensive bon-bons are on. And probably that is expensive too. I recently read in a book where she complains about the prices of furniture. But I wonder how much her demi-lune sofas are, not to mention her design services. Just like every other designer who aspires to humility, she is really out of touch and quite pretentious. Luckily for all of us she is a genius and we can enjoy her talents even if her mouth runs.

Many many years ago, I saw Andrée Putnam put together a design-on-a-shoestring for a US tv show (GMA? Today Show?...?), and she pulled it off very successfully, sticking to her signature look of restrained simplicity.

Her designs do not feature many "big name" pieces, and those that she does include are relatively modest. For example, the Thonet chairs above are quite common, and can often be found for a song.

I am sure her services are expensive, and she has a forceful personality, but her designs speak for themselves.

If those thonet chairs are not new, they ARE expensive. That particular back is more expensive. Most of the apartment is custom, and that is a finn juhl chair -- a nice one. I'm sure some of that other stuff is for show. I doubt the owners pay their bills sitting on that industrial stool.

Design on a shoestring is a showbiz gimmick. Sure there are some good tips, but what pleases viewers is talent, the expensive talent of a genius.