When we first moved to Spain three years ago, one of the only things that we lamented was that around the holiday season, the city just didn't seem very festive. There was the usual carousel and a few smaller decorated trees here and there, but over all, the shops and streets never really got into the holiday spirit like they do in the UK.
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NOVEMBER IS ALWAYS a bittersweet time, for it was on a chilly morning in early November in a city far away that we lost our sweet Dalmatian. She was a rescue whom we adopted when she was just three months old and was a grand old fifteen when she died. It’s a very long time for a Dalmatian to live, we were told, but forever would not have been long enough. That was two cities and six years ago this month. We say bittersweet, because she lived a long, happy life and we had the privilege of knowing her for most of it. And it’s also bittersweet because the year is coming to an end, but there are still so many things to look forward to and so many beautiful reasons to be happy. Hope you had a wonderful weekend and that your week is off to a perfect start.
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...
WE JUST REALISED today that it is two weeks until Christmas and all the shop windows are decorated with beribboned garlands and strings of fairy lights.
A Gift Guide for those in your life with an appreciation for Dieter Rams and beautifully designed things, whose coffee tables are stacked with thick books on the subject, we've selected for you a few classics, old and new--art deco drop earrings and industrial-inspired ones too; vintage-inspired shoulder bags and timepieces mean to stand the test of, well, time...
Our recent Edit: The Case for Cowboy Boots was so well received that we found ourselves surprised by how many of you love this style of boot, especially in its updated incarnation. So, we've rounded up a few more styles to shop, along with a few High/Low selections. And while you loved our first selections, we also received a few requests for more affordable options, which we've included at the end of the page.
WE HAVE A BOARD at the TIG Pinterest page called Organise that is dedicated to all the best storage solution inspiration. There are copper pot racks in the kitchen and perfect tiled shower nooks in the powder room and charming armoires with curtained chicken wire in the dining room.
Notes from the Weekend & a Few Lovely Links 22.10.18 -- inspirational links from around the interwebs, as well as what we were up to this weekend
Gosto bastante de desenvolver meus móveis com um diferencial, gosto de criar uma relação com as pessoas, desenvolver uma interação, pois penso em móveis atemporais, que durem para uma vida inteira. Portanto estes móveis acabam se tornado não apenas móveis, mas um bem imaterial, insubstituível, que acaba fazendo parte da família, de sua história. Acredito que quando colocamos a mão, como artesãos, passamos nossos sentimentos para o móvel, o que traz alma e o torna único.
SOMETIMES ON WEEKENDS (if there’s time) we like to watch random old films that we’ve never heard about, and this weekend, it we found a great one. It’s called Lost in America (1985) and is about a “husband and wife in their 30’s [who] decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.”
MORNINGS FOR THE PAST WEEK have begun with chocolate croissants and a freshly-baked baguette from a pastelería in our neighbourhood that won World Confectioner 2018 and couldn’t be more deserving. Everything in their pastry cases looks absolutely perfect and incredibly delicious.
