DO YOU REMEMBER when we used to search flickr for photos (they've been sold to Verizon and are horrible now) and tumblr for photos? And then after that it was Pinterest?
There are cosy fireplaces and crystal chandeliers and weathered cane settees, checkered dining chairs and so much charm that it makes one want to drop everything and move to Normandy ...
THERE IS A RELAXED elegance to Sarah Bartholomew's work that we love so much, we've featured it here at TIG three times before. There is lightness, both in feel and in colour palette ...
IT'S OFFICIALLY WINTER and after the solstice, the days are happily beginning to get longer again. Of course, that doesn't mean there won't be dark mornings and chilly nights for the next few months, and after the holidays are over...
IT'S MID-DECEMBER and the holidays are in full-swing and everyone in the village seems to already be on Christmas vacation. Here at TIG, we're still working, but are looking forward to taking some (much-needed!) time off at the end of the week.
Our Lifestyle Editor sent along a photo this weekend of the cosiest living room with a crystal chandelier hanging above a roaring fire that was published on Livingetc in late March of this year.
Christina Cole Abboud is a designer and LEED AP, based in Austin, TX with more than 12 years of experience working in the design industry. Before launching her design firm, Christina Cole and Co., Abboud had an academic career teaching Architecture, Urban Design and History, at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC and Barcelona, Spain.
THIS MORNING, THE entire countryside was covered in a layer of frost—the rooftops, with their wisps of white chimney smoke, the well-manicured hedges in front gardens and each red and fallen leaf on the sidewalks. And on the hills in the distance, a softly rising mist...
OUR LIVING ROOM in the English countryside has those charming wood ceiling beams that you would expect in a cottage in the countryside. And since moving here, my décor tastes have moved, understandably, in the direction of farmhouse and countryside styles...
AFTER FINISHING Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow last week, was a little stressed about choosing the next book to read as that one and most of the ones before were all so good. (This one is a beautiful read, by the way.)
IT'S BEEN A WHILE since we opened our inspiration folder to see what beautiful things would fall out and this week, it's a the most stunning interior inspiration that we've been collecting for the past few weeks ...
Designed for a couple with three small children, the firm wanted to create a classic space that still felt young. French, Italian, and English antiques intermingled with the clients' contemporary art collection amongst velvet sofas, skirted tables and canopy beds...
It’s been a while since I've tried something other than my favourite places, but this new place has already become much loved. The design is exquisite and the menu so delicious: the super chic and stylish Loulou was designed by Joseph Dirand, one of the most talented designers in Paris...
WE DISCOVERED these stunning photos of Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) by @helenlovestulips on Instagram and immediately fell in love with the wonderfully over-the-top Baroque-style maison de plaisance (pleasure palace) in Benrath, now a borough of Düsseldorf...
AS YOU KNOW, since moving to the countryside, we've been obsessed with country farm house style, whether in the south of France or the rolling hills of Italy, and can not resist anything with wood ceiling beams and stone walls these days. This particular home, in Silverleaf, Scottsdale Arizona, has both...