IT'S BEEN A WHILE since we featured wedding inspiration here at TIG, but with lockdowns and a worldwide pandemic, weddings (and nearly everything else) have been on hold for the past few months and we haven't felt that inspired about anything in a while, if truth be told ...
A BEAUTIFUL VIGNETTE at home from the other morning, filled with a few of my favourite things—a limited edition grisaille fine art print by Annie Havlicek, impossibly romantic Baroque pearl earrings (perfect for holiday soirées) by Tomber Amoureaux, the Fitzgerald Travel Case and the Coquillage Notebook Cover by Belgrave Crescent and more...
Beaverbrook Hotel is a late-nineteenth-century mansion set in the Surrey Hills, the quintessential British Country Estate. Decorator Susie Atkinson was tasked with designing something essentially British and romantic, "current but not trendy, comfortable and completely individual" (House & Garden). It is something she achieved brilliantly with tufted velvet and (Bowood) florals, dusky pink walls, cane chairs and Louise Bourgeois gallery walls...
The last few days I have been watching the beauty of fall from my cosy rustic cabin back in my home town. Being back in Paris now, my mind keeps drifting to the emerald lake we visited and the colourful forests I have seen during the time I’ve spent there. Here there is no crackling fire, but certainly these two places are a perfect choice for a cosy lunch or dinner with some incredible Parisian views between the working days ...
It’s the weekend, and for those fortunate enough to have some time at home, it’s a favourite time for lounging about, perhaps for a little redecorating, and definitely browsing online home shopping sites. For this very reason, we’ve compiled a wonderful home shopping guide — this one, for the Sophisticated Romantics...
WE ARE BOARDING an evening flight tonight to Ibiza, so all things seaside are in my thoughts at the moment, including this utterly charming and romantic cabin awash in shades of white and gold. Located on the Italian Riviera between Bordighera and San Rem, it was renovated by architects Emil Humbert and Christophe Poyet. Click through for a glimpse of seaside inspiration . . .