Skirted Roundtable: Chatting with Margaret Russell

This has just been a crazy week (aren't they all!!?) and I'm trying to catch up with postings and the news.

This week, Megan, Joni and I chatted with Margaret Russell, editor-in-chief of Elle Decor about her background and career, her twenty years at the magazine and the design industry today. I have to say that I am so enjoying doing The Skirted Roundtable and the opportunity to chat with some of the most amazing people in the design industry today!

In this interview, we asked Margaret to select three rooms that were among her favorite photoshoots and images from her new book Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor so that we could chat in specifics about what makes a room work in life and in a magazine. 

Hampton's Living Room (an SGTG inspiration?). Design by Victoria Hagan. Photo by Reed Krakoff.

The best selling Elle Decor cover is also the cover of Margaret's new book Style and Substance:The Best of Elle Decor. Photo by Michael Mundy.

Margaret is also one of the busiest people in the industry and has lent her support to many fine charitable organizations over the year. Currently, she sitting on the boards of the Alpha Workshops, which provides training in the decorative arts to those living with HIV/AIDS, and to God's Love We Deliver, which provides meals and nutritional information to those living with life-altering illnesses. She is also beginning to focus her considerable attention to the issue of arts education for school children. For ten years, she was active with DIFFA (Design Industry Foundation Fight AIDS) and the annual Dining By Design events. I first met MR at the Boston Dining by Design event two years ago. We ended up literally face to face in a very crowded space and let me tell you, she's even prettier and younger looking in person that in photos!

So, thank you Margaret for spending a great hour with us! Click here to listen!




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