Designer Maggie Dillon on Performance Fabrics and Textiles She's Collecting

Photo by Anna Routh Barzin Maggie Bratton Dillon is an interior designer based in Raleigh, North Carolina, known for creating spaces that feel both personal and timeless. Her work is chock-full of pattern and color—our...

FB Marketplace Finds and a Nursery Scheme

Earlier this year, at nine months pregnant, I was waddling into estate sales, rearranging furniture, juggling contractors, and trying to cram as much as possible into the days leading up to my due date. No...

Susan's Fall Punch List

  September is a bittersweet time—a shift in the light, blankets come out, "sweater weather" begins . As the last days of summer roll into an eagerness for fall, I find myself at that peculiar...

How to Mix and Match Pattern on Upholstery

We know it can be scary to decide what fabric to use for your sofa and chair upholstery. It's a big decision, and you want it to look good and last a long time. My...

The Six Bells Inn Hotelier's Guide

We're thrilled to have Sister Parish textiles all over Audrey Gelman's Six Bells Inn. Naturally, we wanted to know everything there is to know about this cozy, countryside getaway in the Hudson Valley. Audrey fills...

On Americana: How We Think About a Style That Endures

At Sister Parish Design, Americana isn’t just a style—it’s a sensibility. It’s something we live, breathe, and return to, season after season. Following a whirlwind Newport Design Week—where the Gilded Age elegance of seaside houses...

Susan Crater On Her Grandmother's Legacy

An interview by Jackson McCard, Head of Sales for Sister Parish Design, with Susan Crater, CEO of Sister Parish. You know, when you spend time working with people you like, sometimes you just have to...

All About Decoupage

Derived from the French word “decouper,” meaning “to cut out,” decoupage has been a mainstay for artisans and artists alike for centuries. At its core, decoupage is decorative .It can be about storytelling if a particular theme or period is evoked, but generally...

The Lusty Month of May

Ah, May! The very name conjures up images of gardens and that irresistible urge to refresh, renew, make better! There is a song in my parent’s favorite musical, Camelot, called “The Lusty Month of May,”...