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For the past eleven years, Amy Azzarito has been on the forefront of predicting trends in design while also discovering designers and makers and highlighting their crafts. With a degree in the History of Decorative Arts & Design from Parsons and experience lecturing at universities and historical societies across the country, Amy is a sought-after expert on the topic of design history both past and present.

She has contributed to Food52, Refinery29, Brit & Co, Food52, Design Milk and Architectural Digest. She is the former Managing Editor of the trend-setting blog Design*Sponge.

Amy lives in Marin County, California with her husband Mark and their almost four-year-old daughter Stella.

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Amy Azzarito The rose is the only flower that I included in Elements of a Rome because its scent and image, as well as the bloom, were so pervasive throughout hist…moreThe rose is the only flower that I included in Elements of a Rome because its scent and image, as well as the bloom, were so pervasive throughout history. One of my favorite stories is of the banquet that Cleopatra organized to impress Marc Antony. She had a banquet hall filled with roses that were two feet deep! Can you imagine how many roses it would take to get to the point where you were wading through two feet of petals petals? For context: to create a rose aisle runner for wedding, you'd need 120 cups of roses for a 3'x5' aisle (there's actually a website for brides to calculate how many rose petals they need!).

Cleopatra knew her audience - Romans loved roses. They were thrown at parades, wore garlands in the hair and dined while lounging on a bed of petals! I included more fun stories about roses in the book -- and Cleopatra makes quite a few appearances as well! (less)
Amy Azzarito I've been interested in why beautiful things seem to be so important to so many of us. And in doing just a little digging, I discovered that, hey, the…moreI've been interested in why beautiful things seem to be so important to so many of us. And in doing just a little digging, I discovered that, hey, there are books on that! Turns out there is research into the neuroscience of how and the brain appreciates art. I'm currently in the middle of "The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art." by Anjan Chatterjee

Last May, I gave birth to my first child so I've been stocking up on the parenting books. I'm currently dipping into "Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family" by Ellyn Satter, "No Bad Kids" by Janet Lansbury, and "How to Raise A Reader" by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo. (less)
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The Dollhouse Makeover Chronicles

Transformed dollhouse and the birthday girl.

I have a hard time walking away from a vintage dollhouse. And I probably should have walked away from this one. But I loved its size and it had the sweetest working elevator! So I bought it for around $35 and it sat in the garage until a certain almost-three-year-old spotted it. I promised that I would clean it up. And I got it ready just in time for

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