Flower September/October 2018

LAST NIGHT, MY HUSBAND AND I DINED with one of his dearest friends from college who was passing through Birmingham. We covered a lot of territory in our conversation, as the three of us are all extroverts with opinions, and not shy about sharing them. We disagreed, pleasantly, on several things and discussed them civilly. It was positively countercultural, at least counter to the culture that we sometimes witness on mainstream and social media. After we covered politics, religion, and our children’s whereabouts, we addressed the potential for a pendulum swing away from virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and life lived on a screen and toward personal connections and the renaissance of an independent, artisanal, more homespun economy—a subculture that seems to be bubbling up in our nation, ironically helped in…

OMAHA, NEBRASKA Lauritzen Gardens Antiques Show September 21–23 omahaantiqueshow.org RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Garden Club of Virginia Fall Symposium September 25–26 gcvsymposium.org BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Antiques at The Gardens October 4–7 bbgardens.org/antiques HOUSTON, TEXAS Houston Antiques + Art + Design Show October 12–14 fall.houstonantiquesartdesign.com COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Columbus Botanical Garden Gala October 16 columbusbotanicalgarden.org RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Fine Arts & Flowers October 25–28 vmfa.museum/faf NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Essence of Style Design Symposium November 1–2 longuevue.com/symposium CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Southern Style Now November 1–4 southernstylenow.com Indicates Flower is sponsoring or attending the event. For more events, visit flowermag.com.…

Flower: Your parents were from Philadelphia, but you were born and raised in Boca Raton. Tell us about your upbringing. Amanda Lindroth: My mother likes to joke that my father kidnapped her and kept her in South Florida after they honeymooned there in the 1960s. The area is magical for anyone of any age but especially for young families. I have three siblings, and we grew up swimming and boating. Given our close proximity to the Caribbean, we were able to bounce around Key West, Bimini, and Nassau over the holidays. Tell us more about your mother, whom you credit for informing your sense of style. Was she a designer? No, but she had great taste and was very passionate about architecture. My parents couldn’t afford an iconic Palm Beach–style…

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Patterns can give great atmosphere, as can be seen in the paintings of Vuillard and Matisse and earlier pre-Raphaelite interiors. I love pattern and use it a great deal, especially in carpets. —David Hicks…

Carolyne Roehm: DESIGN & STYLE: A CONSTANT THREAD DECADES AGO, on the heels of a bad breakup, Carolyne Roehm received some sage advice from her boss and mentor, designer Oscar de la Renta. “Carolyne,” he said, “husbands come and go, boyfriends come and go, the same with friends. The only thing no one can take away from you is your passion to create.” Over the last four decades, Roehm’s passion to create has found various vessels of expression—first in fashion, where she worked as de la Renta’s muse before starting her own eponymous line, and later as an author of popular books about flowers, entertaining, and interiors. Most recently, Roehm has moved to the easel, painting botanicals inspired by 17th-century artworks. Though the medium has shifted, her devotion to nature,…