AND WHILE ON THE TOPIC of revisiting the things we love, recently stopped by Rive Gauche Rehab, a Parisian company that...
WHILE MUCH TIME IS SPENT in searching for the new, sometimes, it’s lovely to go back and visit the things...
STILL THINKING ABOUT the home office from this past weekend’s links, and somehow, through a little bit of sleuthing &...
IN THE THROES of sorting through images and post production for an upcoming project when Michael‘s facebook comment came through, which lead...
THE WEEKEND began with antiques shops and bicycle rides [autumn leaves all aflutter], a spontaneous stop at a favourite restaurant...
DO YOU REMEMBER the dramatic before & after of the entryway and the glimpse into the first reception room of this home...
FOR THIS WEEK’S [PLACES], it’s away and off to La Socelière, a 17th-century chateau in the Loire Valley. Resting on nearly 20 acres of gardens, forest, and pasture, it is a wonderland of 1940s Italian rococo sofas and armchairs upholstered in purple velvet...
THIS WEEK’S PLACES is the Palácio Nacional de Queluz / National Palace in Portugal, as photographed by Anabela at...
These images from the past fashion month, of New York, London, Milan, and Paris, were also collected over the past...
. . . DE GOURNAY SILK WALLS and Scalamandré velvet sofas and Maison Baguès crystal sconces, gilded mirrors and chandeliers,...
AND WHILE FALL will always fall second place to summer here, there is no denying its astonishing loveliness and romance — there are still the last of the roses in blossom, the leaves have begun to turn and billow off the branches, falling, falling...
A city in northeast Italy, Venice is built atop 118 small islands separated by romantic winding canals and linked...
Three Michelin starred and highly acclaimed by food writers worldwide, Restaurant le Meurice overlooks the Jardin des Tuileries. Inside, there are golden crown mouldings atop elegant marble, gilded chandeliers and extravagantly painted ceilings and walls, and one can not help but be whisked away to a magical place of grandeur and romance, and the taste of forgotten classics . . .
And after a glimpse of her impossibly chic vintage brass chandeliers, a peek into fashion stylist turned lighting designer, Michelle James’, Brooklyn...
After over twenty years as a stylist and designer, in 2008, Michelle James began an extensive renovation of an historic...




