July 4th Weekend is a wonderful time to take a long weekend to travel, whether it involves hiking in Aspen or relaxing on the beach. Sometimes the most difficult part of traveling is the packing, so our Creative Director, Leo Mascotte, and CEO, Lauren Marrus, have graciously shared their essentials for their summer destinations. Leo’s …
Category: identity
Town & Country, May 2016
Our menu cards are usually used to show food and drink offerings for weddings, special events, or a dinner party. Alex Kuczynski’s “Me, Me, Me” piece in Town & Country’s May 2016 Youth & Beauty Issue puts a fun twist on them and features our luxurious scripted menu cards as a means of showing what …
Elle Decor’s April Issue Editor’s Page
Michael Boodro’s recent Editor’s Page serves as a great reminder to stay in touch with our friends and family through more than just social media. To sit and catch up with friends in person – over dinner or a glass of wine – is a privilege, as is receiving a handwritten note or a change-of-address …
A Spotlight on Inslee by Design
Senior Event Curator, Remo, sat down with watercolor artist, Inslee, to discuss her artwork and inspirations. Inslee will be joining Dempsey & Carroll in their showroom for an event on December 2nd. RN: It’s been such a pleasure working with you on your paper collection! Could you tell our readers about yourself and what your passions …
12 Things Dempsey & Carroll Can’t Live Without
We were so inspired by Elle Décor’s Celebrity Short Lists that we decided to create our own! Both Ellen Degeneres and Ralph Lauren shared the 12 things they can’t live without. Their tastes continue to inspire many in all aspects of life—especially its most beautiful moments. For further reading, please visit Ellen’s and Ralph’s lists on …
Writing Away from Far Away
When you sit in a café, not a chain, rather a proper authentic café anywhere in the world you immediately feel immersed in the culture – the vibe of the city permeates all of your senses. The smell of the streets, the architecture, the temperature, the preferred culinary anchors – if you are receptive it …
Write Away Right Now
The annual rite of passage for college freshman is well underway. I would argue 99.9% of freshman are happily immersed in their new surroundings, and for many, they are enjoying the first taste of a (somewhat) sovereign life. I would also argue with equal confidence that the parents of these happy and newly-freed baby birds …
In 1883, Messrs. Dempsey & Carroll published LOVE
LOVE’S POWER Then, more than blest I fondly swear, “No power can with Love’s power compare! None in the starry court of Jove Is greater than the god of Love! If any can yet greater be, Yes, my Neaera! Yes, ‘tis thee!” Nott.
Why do we save letters?
I often question why I save letters. I have little notes my husband wrote to me when we first started dating, cards my father sent to me while I was in boarding school (my favorite one says “I picked this one just for you” with a little girl picking her nose on the cover), letters …

