Last year, I finally dared to launch my own blog, the Style Saloniste(
thestylesaloniste.com), to examine the design, ideas, art, and creativespirit in my world. In the process, I unexpectedly joined a thriving coterieof design bloggers, including such national standouts as Joni Webb(
cotedetexas.blogspot.com), Jennifer Boles (
thepeakofchic.blogspot.com), Lisa Borgnes Giramonti (
abloomsburylife.blogspot.com), and Patricia Gaye Tapp (
littleaugury.blogspot.com). Here are the five local blogs I put at thetop of my list.
The Adventures of Tartanscottartanscot.blogspot.com The witty and unpretentious Scot Meacham Wood writes about his newest design schemes and gives an inside look at his process.
Grant K. Gibson, “The Blog”grantkgibson.blogspot.comGibson blogs about more than just his international design-study tours and his new design discoveries in this breezy blog. You'll also find amusing posts about his dogs and his Sunday-night suppers.
Katiedidkatie-d-i-d.blogspot.comKatie Denham has crafted a colorful, upbeat blog about her designs, furniture finds, and style tips. Also inspiring are her updates on her family home and garden, both works in progress.
Porcelains and Peacocks porcelainsandpeacocks.blogspot.comKendra Boutell's decorative- and fine-arts blog offers erudite posts about a range of topics, from obscure artists and architecture to Louis Cartier's Panthère brooch and artist Leonard Tsuguoharu Foujita's cats. Any flights of fancy are balanced out with in-depth research and beautiful pictures.
Chic Provencechicprovence.blogspot.comPeninsula designer Kit Golson loves France—especially the southern part of the country—so her blog offers a combination of rustic elegance and simple, chic, French-inspired design.
