Hello friends,
I want to wish you a very happy, healthy 2024.
I just returned from Palm Beach for a few days (a deluge of design) at Palm Beach Design Days feeling invigorated with all the new, fresh design in the world. Perfect timing, because we are putting our last minute touches on our new fabric and wallpaper collection for root cellar designs’ in Spring, 2024 then we will debut the collection on a beautiful table for the annual Lenox Hill Spring Gala to benefit the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House on the Upper East Side of NYC. Designers from around the country come together each donning an extravantly, creative table for this black-tie dinner at Cipriani in NYC. This year’s theme Flights of Fancy marries perfectly well with our table design, A Venetian dinner party channeling Shakespeare’s Othello. Italy is top of mind to me since I am in the throes of planning my daughter’s wedding in Tuscany, Italy. But, I wanted this table to be over the top and I decoupaged masks in our newest wallpaper collections and inspired by the multi-cultural influences in Venice since our collection taps into all parts of the globe and time periods.
But, let me return to the beginning in case you are just popping over here for the first time, and tell you a bit about me. Since 2000, I have been busy creating beautiful interiors for myself and my clients. After graduating from interior design school at Parsons, I fine-tuned my aesthetic, which some have referred to as "sophisticated cottage meets urban living.” A graduate of Castleton University then Parsons School of Design, I worked extensively in the industry- first at Barbara Southerland Interior Decoration & Design before taking on my own clients.
Today, I work as a residential interior designer, freelance writer and author of popular design and lifestyle blog, Nest by Tamara. In 2015, I added textile and product designer to my skill set. I am the co-owner of American-made textile and wallpaper company, root cellar designs. My interiors are a medley of modern furnishings, accessories and eclectic art which I love to combine with antiques and vintage finds, and my interiors are layered, yet well edited.
I am often invited to speak at design industry events to share my expertise on the subjects of interior design, entertaining and the international design markets. Nest by Tamara blog was voted #1 design blog by Modenus for the TOP 100 DESIGN BLOGS. In 2019, I was named a Rising Star of Design for my product designs at root cellar designs.
I joined forces in 2015 with friend and artist Susan Young to create home collection company Root Cellar Designs LLC. We offer ten fabric and wallpaper collections sold exclusively to the design trade in showrooms around the country, and our ready-made pillows and table linens are sold in exclusive home and design shops around the country.
Reach out to TamaraStephenson1@gmail.com for more information.
“we are grateful for this press coverage—from national magazines to local blogs—the industry has generously celebrated our projects and philanthropy
-tamara stephenson”
Designer’s Today Grasscloth and Metallic Wallpaper, Summer, 2022.
NYC&G, table at Lenox Hill Spring Gala, May 2022
Real Estate Showcase, Summer Table 2021
Lake Society Magazine, Spring 2021
New England Home, Next Ct, Jungle wallpaper, 2021
Home Accents Today, 2020
Architectural Digest, Custom Face Masts, Spring 2020
Physician Outlook magazine, 2020
Bridget Beari’s HUE ARE YOU, 2019
AD HOME magazine, Tamara’s NYNOW recap, 2019
Furniture Today, Rising Stars, 2019
Furniture Industry Today, Rising Stars 2019
House Tipster, Tamara at showhouse, 2019
Business of Home, 2019
Hamptons Cottages & Garden, Holiday House 2019
KD Hamptons Blog, 2019
Rio Hamilton website, 2019
Aspire Home and Design, Tamara on Makers Monday 2019
Furniture Today, Our Rising Stars announcement
Aspire Magazine, Rising Stars Award
Aspire Home and Design, Textile feature 2018
AD HOME magazine, Tamara’s Antique Tour, 2018
Aspire Home and Design, Detroit Showhouse, 2018
AD Home Magazine, Boston Tabletop 2018 CD&G News,
Detroit Showhouse Julia Buckingham 2018
New York Social Diary, 2018
AD HOME magazine, Bumble Headquarters, 2017
Elle Decor Instagram, 2017
WWD magazine,Lenox Hill Spring Gala, 2017
FractureBlog, Top Blogs To Follow 2017
Quintessence Blog, 2017
The Home Monthly, 2017
Veranda magazine, 2016
Nest by Tamara blog, 2016
Giftware News
W magazine
Du Jour magazine
Interior Design magazine
Editor At Large magazine
Dot & Bo blog
Carrie's Design Musings blog
Marriot Hotel blog
Global Lighting blog
Go Design Go blog
Housingworks blog
Circa Lighting blog
Kravet blog
Dot & Bo blog
Antiques Diva blog
Antiques Diva blog again
Paper blog
nyclq -focal point blog
Quintessence blog
Style Beat blog
The Daily Basics
The Examiner
Thos. Moser News
Sarah Sarna's blog
House Beautiful magazine
Modenus' blog: #1 of Top 100 Design Bloggers
Editor at Large
Pearson Furniture blog
Poggenpohl website
Women's Voice For Change
IFDA NY blog
Annie Selke blog
Bob Magazine
New York Spaces magazine
HGTV
HGTV favors Nest by Tamara
IFDA blog
former House & Garden Editor Dominique Browning's
Living Livelier Blog
Stylesson
The Nest magazine
Lisa Porter Collection
Annie Lubner Design
The Decorating Diva: London blogtour
New York Design Center