Nicole Steinthal lives in Westchester, NY with her husband, Tom and 3 children. She attended Boston College and majored in Psychology/Human Development. After graduation from BC, she worked at Tiffany and Co. in the marketing department for 8 years.  During that time Nicole attended Parson's School of Design to obtain a certificate in interior design. While raising her children, she opened a Design Company called NS Lifestyles.  Nicole eventually developed her business into a Lifestyle brand and started a national blog, NS LIFESTYLES and a radio show called "Up to the Minute with Nicole" first on WVOX Am Radio and then on TalkZone Internet Talk Radio.  You can visit her blog here: www.NSLIFESTYLES.blogspot.com. She was head of the Twig Antiques, not for profit antique shop for 6 years, sits on the Alumnae Board at Convent of the Sacred Heart and has worked on the Carver Center benefit committee for the past 4 years.