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Styling your Thanksgiving Table with Diane Rath
Design & Decor | PUBLISHED 10.25.18 | Jennifer VentrescaWe love Thanksgiving. Beyond the fabulous food and special family moments, we can use this fabulous fall holiday as a canvas to show-off our unique style. So whether you're hosting or helping the host, BRG is helping to inspire your inner stylist as we partner with Diane Rath (the Rath Project). Learn Diane’s simple and creative ideas on setting fun, festive, and stylish fall holiday tablescapes....
Continue ReadingSeven Things That Would Make Carrie Bradshaw Swoon
Jewelry & Fashion | PUBLISHED 09.14.18 | Jennifer VentrescaWhen most people think of BRG, they envision highly decorative furnishings, art, and antiques. But there’s so much more to our offerings, as is the case with our Single Owner Couture Collection. As part of our day-to-day estate work, we come across clients that have modestly sized couture collections, but this collection would make even the most hardened "Carrie Bradshaw types" swoon.
Continue ReadingCalling All Coin Collectors
BRG Happenings | PUBLISHED 02.01.18 | Jennifer VentrescaFor coin connoisseurs, there is something fascinating about the design, the weight, the feel of coins in their hands. Whether it’s the overall mint or the types of metals used, collectors love the hunt for special pieces to add to their collections. Do you have a collection or rare coin (or two) ...?
Continue ReadingEstate Sales & Consignments for the 21st Century
Estates 101 | PUBLISHED 02.01.18 | Jennifer VentrescaEstate sales “junkies” are amazingly dedicated to the art of seeking treasures. Yes, we’re calling it an art -- defined as something that is created with imagination and skill. While estate sale buyers are not necessarily creating anything, they approach estate sales with great imagination and skill. With the spring estate sale season about to launch....
Continue ReadingWorld Renowned Designer's Warehouse Sale Takes the Stage at BRG
On the Auction Block | PUBLISHED 10.19.17 | Jennifer VentrescaWhen an internationally acclaimed and world renowned interior designer located in Connecticut accumulates a collection of high-end, current and stylish furniture, art, and lighting, that designer must, at some point, decide what to do with it all ....
Continue ReadingLabor Day and Estates
BRG Happenings | PUBLISHED 09.01.17 | BRG StaffThe "working man's holiday," a.k.a. Labor Day has its roots in New York City in the 1880s as part of the burgeoning labor movement. It was a day designed to celebrate those whose labors helped (and continue to help) our nation remain strong in innovation, infrastructure,
Continue ReadingBRG's Charity Auction Helping Abandoned Animals
On the Auction Block | PUBLISHED 05.31.17 | Jennifer VentrescaWhat do abandoned pets have to do with Black Rock Galleries' online Spring Abandoned Lots Charity Auction? Well, in short, the CT Humane Society! We love animals, especially those that have been abandoned. In fact, owners and managing partners, Christie and Grant, have rescue pets in their own household.
Continue ReadingOle! Add Mexican & Latin American Flair to Your Home
Design & Decor | PUBLISHED 05.04.17 | Jennifer VentrescaWhat comes to mind when you think Mexican & Latin American design? Bold, bright, and happy colors? Deep rich wood tones juxtaposed with wrought iron accents? The contrast of white-washed walls with dark Spanish-Colonial style beams?
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