hi, i’m jeanie.

I make your life organized, stylish and dynamic through the guise of my 3 services: photojeanie, apartmentjeanie and partyjeanie.  As long as I can recall, I have been streamlining other people’s lives using my top notch organization skills and keen sense of observation.  My unwavering desire to make everything look pretty and orderly has landed me in the pages of Town & Country, Time Out New York, Redbook, Houzz and BUST Magazine and a feature spot on HGTV’s Small Space Big StylePlease, please please contact me with your design dilemmas, composition conflicts or festive fumbles and we’ll create something that goes from flop to fab in a New York minute.


  • apartmentjeanie: super creatives plus one

    The owners of this 2-bedroom apartment in Long Island City are both super creative and have careers in graphic arts and design. The furnishings and art reflected their stylishly modern taste. With the welcomed addition of a baby into their busy lives, the usual tidy home became undone. The project was equal parts massive organization and reclaiming the design direction. 


  • photojeanie: sophisticated scrapbook

    A crafty scrapbook not only documents a joyous occasion with photos and paper, but also utilizes unconventional materials to enhance the visual impact. Scanned paper napkins and vintage food photos establish the tone and story for this festive and fun cocktail party.


  • partyjeanie: surprise party

    This surprise birthday cocktail party was to honor Philadelphia’s premiere event designer. The party was a few days before Christmas and the room needed to accommodate 50 guests, 3 servers, 2 hosts and 1 English Bulldog. As every smart host knows, it is important to put a glass in the hand of your guests upon arrival.

  • apartmentjeanie: style blending

    The owner of this 1-bedroom condo had been living here for 3 years before committing to a design direction. Between her first and second appointments, she had *inherited* a selection of home furnishings from her parents and grandparents. It was necessary to blend what she already owned and the 2 disparaging styles into a cohesive design that reflected her personal style.


  • partyjeanie: engagement party

    The main food station was created for an intimate size engagement party.  The groom-to-be is a staunch meat eater and his bride-to-be a devout vegetarian. Both have a love of cheese and sweets – especially rice krispie treats. The table setting is a mix of high brow sophisticated – fine china, crystal stemware, sterling silver and quirky kitsch – vintage soda cases, carnival chalkware and toe tags for labels.

my monday morning obsession

soda-display-rack-brooklyn-flea

Perhaps pinterest should be to blame – I am consumed with the desire to trade in my reliable, albeit boring billy for a new quirkier bookcase.  Being totally obsessed with need, everything I saw at the Brooklyn Flea had potential no matter how farfetched.  If the price was right, the vintage soda pop in-store display would have been riding the rails home with me.  Alas it was vehemently overpriced.

industrial-shelving-brooklyn-flea

Earlier in the day I happened upon a pair of rusted …

my monday morning obsession

My friend photographer, J-F Vergel created a beautiful and moving video of everyday objects in his home – doorknob, crucifix collection etc.  Mesmerized, I had to have one of my own!  Fortunately with a birthday within acceptable gift requesting time, I begged politely requested that he assemble one for me.  I gave him full creative control – including keys to my apartment & my work schedule so he could photograph without my presence slash input.  Plus I think it interesting …

vignette of the day photo series

vintage-doll-globe-books-displayI recently had a spade of awesome press in Houzz & NewYork.com and sandwich in between was a photo shoot for a new print magazine (remember the time when you didn’t need to specify print versus digital?!).  Looking at my home through the lens of another made me aware of all the small details that I take for granted.  These little pockets of pride are comprised of my collections, mementos and ephemera.

vintage-teacup-saucer-display Sometimes it is the smallest of …

procrastination provides pretty results

Covert kitchen staple to cute cosmentic container with washi tape

I have definitely documented my moments of procrastination, but today proved to be exceptional.  Not only was I procrastinating from preparing all the actual work I need to accomplish, it was my procrastination’s procrastination that propelled today’s post.  Knowing my new NARS lip glosses were hanging out in an unadorned recycled tomato paste can prevented me from doing something, say profitable.  Luckily the solution was a handful away.

Window pane gets a washi tape makeover.

Never able to leave well enough alone, I decided the plain window …

my monday morning obsession – ode to the loo

exchange-alley-nyc-restaurant-bathroom

When my sister was a toddler, she would insist on being taken to any & every restaurant’s powder room.  It wasn’t that she had to go – she was still in diapers, but she was obsessed with seeing the actual bathrooms.  I’m not sure what was going on in her 2yr old mind, but she was determined.  If she was denied entrance, she would throw a royal fit which usually amounted to all her food being tossed on the floor …