Perhaps it is warm wood in white interiors and gilded chandeliers, or the tan leather of a convertible with the top down on a breezy afternoon; a sun-dappled corner of a favourite café or the warm woven wicker of a basket bag set off by the billowy white ruffles of a silk dress.
Located on the site of a former estate known as Red Maples, on four acres near the ocean in Southampton, New York sits the pink stucco country manor (named Hollyhock) belonging to New York commercial real-estate broker Mary Ann Tighe and her husband, Dr. David Hidalgo.
Architectural historian and interior decorator Edward Bulmer's red-bricked Queen Anne house in Herefordshire is a study in charm with its walls of turquoise, sea green and pink, a Chippendale carved mahogany four-poster bed here, eighteenth-century painted Chinese wallpaper there, silk sari curtains and carefully thought after details...
In school, one of my very best friends was a girl named Kathryn. We did everything together and I would spend weeks during the summer at her family's lake house, swimming, water skiing, sunbathing and reading. These are some of my favourite memories growing up. I mention K because even though we were inseparable, she would still always write me letters for when she saw me next, even if it were the next morning at school, and every letter would include a quotation by someone inspiring. She was obsessed with quotes and with sharing them, and over time, collecting favourite quotes became one of my favourite things as well. And so, from existential thoughts to Pinterest aphorisms to phrases from books by favourite authors, here are ten quotes and sayings that I love at the moment...
Anne-Laure Mais is like your fun, effortlessly chic French best friend. The fashion editor, based between Paris and London, has been running her fashion blog, Adenorah, since 2009. Born in Biarritz in the south of France (or the 'French California' as she puts it), Mais is not Parisian, so her look is far more casual. We adore her decidedly seventies vibe both in her Parisian apartment and her style, which includes high-waisted flares and brown velvet blazers, vintage denim and easy knits, and a beret from time to time for good measure ...
THERE IS A LINE in Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast that says, “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest”, and that is how we're feeling at this very moment, after a walk in the palm-tree laden jardins ...
