Luxing Up Your Registry Vol I- Keep Calm and Carry On

Registries can be a daunting task. There's just something so archaic and Emily Post-esque about getting your "bone china 101" learn-on while juggling all the other chic, modern and creative tasks you have on your plate, not to mention that career thing you've been working on.

Take my {unnamed} good friend, for example. Her sure-to-be-breathtaking nuptials are taking place at 632 on Hudson later this summer. Every design detail she's shared has been absolutely stunning and she has been cool and collected through the engagement to boot. {She essentially designed invitations that rival Ceci New York, so long story short, she is fabulous - and English-so I've delegated the below as her unofficial mantra}.

So can you imagine the one thing that set this Manhattan bride into a tizzy? The registry. The girl has every wedding detail cataloged better than the Vogue fashion closet and she ultimately gets nervous about what to register for. Emails go out to the married girlfriends making sure the process is seamlessly orchestrated, timed, inclusive of all necessary items, when honestly, the registry should be the fun part! What New York City girl doesn't like shopping?

But it makes perfect sense. In a city where we are taught to work hard and play harder, it's really no wonder many of us mistake Le Creuset for a little town in the French countryside. And really, who knew they had an bakeware palette that married back to every Goyard handbag on the street? Brilliant, we say!

Part of the Merci New York plan is to help guide you through the madness that is your registry. No matter your style, we will highlight fresh new "must haves" and classic "stand-bys" that will reflect your innate domestic diva {and intrinsic design sensibility, of course}. So check back under our tagged "Luxing up Your Registry" and "Merci Nest" series for more.

And pick up that laser gun with confidence.