We continue to print in a market that is contracting and our mission this issue is to highlight people and some issues that we all need to come to terms with. Times are hard, but we are enduring people and as difficult as it seems, things will change for the better.

I hit a milestone in February - 40. Yes, historic, and simply spectacular. I am and have been very much my own person for most of my life...it is in full part due to my parents and to the education I have hard, formal and other wise. Forty is supposed to be dramatic, I left Lagos two days before my birthday from 94 degree sub-Saharan sun to Brooklyn’s 16 degree cold. Yikes - that’s enough drama.

I guess I should celebrate, but I have been celebrating life most of my everyday existence. I was advised to bask in the day and enjoy this decade - it is a remarklable experience. 40 is fabulous. I am where I need to be and thrilled at what is to come. I think I have known that since I became 23, when I had my perceived “30’s” crisis. I went off to grad school in England...it was the best decision of my life. It got me to see the world differently, experience life and to dare to do everything I have wanted to since.

2009 EDITIONS

• 2009 Home Decor Trends by Jackie Just, Early Spring 2009
  

2008 EDITIONS

• 2008 Home Trends by Atim Annette Oton, Feb/Mar/Apr 2008
• Calabar Imports' Renovation by Atim Annette Oton, Fall/Winter 2008

2007 EDITIONS

• Late Winter Decorating by DCWby Lisa-Anne Sanderson, Jan/Feb 2007
• Bogobri House, a Lagos Hotel by Atim Annette Oton, Mar/Apr 2007
• Art for the Bath by Michele Washington, May/Jun 2007
• Queen's Prospect Heights' Retreat by Atim Annette Oton, Jul/Aug 2007
• Late Winter Decorating by DCW, Nov/Dec 2007

2006 EDITIONS

• African Zen Modernism by Atim Annette Oton, May/Jun 2006
• XX by Bonnie Sandy Sterling, Jul/Aug 2006
• Bed Stuy Manor by Atim Annette Oton, Sept/Oct 2006
• At Home with Designer, Tony Whitfield by Michele Washington, Nov/Dec 2006