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...
The piano classes on the third floor of my building have started again, the terraces on my street are open again and the streets are filled again with everybody going back at work. And while I love Paris with its endless beauty and inspiration, this summer, I fell in love even more with the South of France, which showed me again that a peaceful and relaxed lifestyle changes the quality of life...
WAS JUST TELLING MY friend Louise over drinks last night, about my very favourite coffee table book at the moment, William Hodgins Interiors by Stephen M. Salny & Margaret Russell. The book covers nearly 50 years of the work of William Hodgins, a Boston-based interior decorator who is regarded as one of the last great old-guard decorators.