LAST WEEK I spoke about a need for change, to declutter and move away from maximalist tendencies and bright colours to a more subdued, neutral palette. Well, I may be changing my mind again, after seeing this bedside table (above) with its pile of books, bright pink table lamp and goldenrod-hued headboard in English Interior Designer Luke Edward Hall's Gloucestshire country home.
A FEW YEARS ago P took me to visit an old school chum of his, Andrew, in the picturesque town of Ilkley in West Yorkshire. Located in the Wharfe Valley, at the southern end of the Yorkshire Dales, the town was as charming as they come, with its quaint little restaurants (think I ordered Sole au Gratin) and perfect little English pubs where one of the old men from the village even asked my fancy self if I were "on the television".
If you think of the English countryside, two artists come to mind who, between them, painted some of the most famous English landscape scenes ever put on canvas. It is probably no coincidence that both of them—Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable—came from the same county of Suffolk in the east of England and both were entranced by its rural beauty.
LOUISE JONES studied interior design at the Inchbald School of Design in 1993/1994. After working for a number of years at...
SAVING SOMETHING SPECIAL for the week of my birthday, a favourite exhibition of mine that is moving from the US to my...
THE LAST TIME a Delevingne sister appeared here at TIG, it was Poppy Delevingne’s wedding and we fell completely in love with her...
A FEW STOLEN MOMENTS here & there, of what has been happening around here lately . . . snakeskin pumps and marble staircases, quaint narrow laneways & romantic cobblestone streets, castles and antique china and white wicker baskets at favourite florists, gilded chairs and bedroom toile and roses, roses, roses, and it’s all in a day’s work . . .
So. It has finally come to this, and despite knowing for months now — like a good procrastinator, have been using google reader right up until this very moment, and will most likely continue to do so, until it is gone forever...
. . . another beautiful weekend has nearly come and gone, and just a quick hello to wish you happy...
. . . carerra marble and french toile, embroidered florals and layers of antique paper, torn — the new...
. . . yesterday, spent a part of the day at afternoon tea, and with a view overlooking the castle,...
. . . there is a coffee shop, not far from here, on which is written on the wall, the words, “take time to see the wonders of the world , to see the things you’ve only ever heard of, dream life the way you think it ought to be, see things you thought you’d never ever see” . . .
On January 10, 1931, the Viscountess Thelma Furness hosted a lavish party at her home in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; she...
Serge Gainsbourg — the eccentric French singer, songwriter, actor, poet, composer & director — never conforming to one genre or another, he was revolutionary and progressive, and is regarded as a legend of French music and cinema, as well as one of the world’s most influential musicians.
. . . whether at the office, or on the weekend, for tabletops and spring bouquets, backstage and in the...
