Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior and the hallmark of the Parish-Hadley style. In the book Sister Parish Design – On Decorating, Libby Cameron, Sister’s last pro…

April 4, 2012When Albert Hadley died last week at the age of 91, America lost its preeminent interior designer. And that’s no mere hyperbole. Indeed, it’s the subtitle of Adam Lewis’s 2005 biography, Albert Hadley: The Story of America’s Preeminent Interior Designer (Rizzoli), which lays out in words (many by the famously discreet Hadley himself) and […]

See 9 well-known women in their comfort zone: on their favorite sofas.

I had the great pleasure last evening of attending “A Celebration of Chintz”, a showroom event hosted by F. Schumacher & Co., the venerable to-the-trade fabrics and wallcoverings f…

When he passed away on March 29th, designer Albert Hadley left behind a rich body of work that helped define the look of high-style American interiors. Here, in outtakes from our story in the May/June issue, former clients, colleagues, and proté

When I get the chance to be at home in Connecticut and visit family in the coastal hamlet of Southport, I tend to stop and take-in for a moment the 2 lovely residences that legendary American interior designer Albert Hadley lived in.... The photo above is of his first home (an image I took just last week), and he eventually moved into an even smaller jewel box, a stone's throw away & almost adjacent to the Southport Congregational Church. I assume living in such close proximity is what led…

Everyone knows that I dream of owning a cottage in Provincetown, the place that is my little slice of Heaven. Everything about Provincetown fits me like a glove. Not only is it a charming village by the sea at the tip of Cape Cod, it has a booming art scene, great restaurants, theater of every variety, many friends vacation here, and it has been voted one of the most pet-friendly towns in America. Scruffy really appreciates this aspect of P-town! I don't understand formal and prissy beach…

A look at some of Hadley's influential designs.

Albert Hadley didn’t merely design intriguing and livable rooms—the Parish-Hadley partner also taught America what style was all about

It's with a very heavy heart that I'm publishing this post, one that I hope will be a fitting tribute to Albert Hadley. As I'm sure some of you are aware, Mr. Hadley died early this morning in his hometown of Nashville. It's strange how very sad I feel, especially considering the fact that Mr. Hadley and I were barely acquainted with one another. And yet, I feel as though I knew him quite well. His work resonated with me like that of no other designer. And truth be told, no other designer…