Albert hadley

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 […]

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…

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…

The iconic Albert Livingston Hadley Jr. (1920–2012) was an interior designer of immense talent and rare distinction. Although ultimately considered the dean of American interior designers by many in the field, his name and much of his legacy will forever be linked to an even-more celebrated decorator: the Yankee patrician Sister Parish. In talent and …

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…

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…

Hadley - jib closet door left hand side of guest room

When thinking about your own decorating style, it's important (and delightful) to explore the history of interior design—from the birth of the "professional dec

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

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…