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59 VEERE GRENNEY: CUP OF TEA BY LISA COLLINS SHADDOCK. PHOTOGRAPHY JONATHAN ZIZZO. T he cover of English designer Veere Grenney's first book, A Point of View: On Decorating (Rizzoli, $65), tells you much about what awaits you inside: a vignette of an elegant mantel with a British mix of unframed pho- tographs, objets d'art, and plucked-from-the garden flowers against a warm, peachy-pink wall. This is a book that begs to be paged through slowly with a hot cup of tea — or, celebrated among stylish friends and sumptuous fabrics, which is exactly what we did at Dallas Design District's Schumacher showroom. Schumacher manager James Campbell, along with Schumacher president Benni Frowein in from NYC, greeted guests for cocktails and a book signing, while Grenney chatted with his signature homey warmth and classic British sensibility. It made for an evening that was, in a single word, lovely. SEEN: Ashley Hunt, Cathy Kincaid, Jimmie Henslee, Wendy Konradi, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Pam Fitch, Dona Rosene, John Phifer Marrs, Louann Pearson, Amy Thomasson, Christine Humbert, Tina Jeppesen, Edwin Guifarro, Annie Snider, Heather Fagan, Amy White, Peggy Zadina, Marc Lake, Beth Bender, Stephen Dunn, Beau Black, Suzanna Smith, Matthew Wilson, Empress Gilbert, Susan Soultanian, Patty Frederick, and Laura Cohen. Our Jimmie Henslee, Veere Grenney, Marc Lake James Campbell, Dona Rosene, John Phifer Marrs Christine Humbert, Tina Jeppesen Peggy Zadina, Beth Bender Susan Soultanian, Patty Fredrick, Laura Cohen Ashley Hunt, Wendy Konradi, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Pam Fitch Courtney Callahan, Luis Araujo Suzanna Smith, Matthew Wilson, Empress Gilbert Kaitlyn Kay, Tracy Hardenburg Cathy Kincaid, Benni Frowein