THIS WEEK’S PLACES is the Palácio Nacional de Queluz / National Palace in Portugal, as photographed by Anabela at...
Spent the morning driving through the countryside on the way to castles for two location shoots, and had been meaning...
A city in northeast Italy, Venice is built atop 118 small islands separated by romantic winding canals and linked...
ONCE UPON A TIME… should have been the prologue to Dior’s spring/summer collection, for amidst beautiful cascades of flowers in...
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 . . .
Because Mondays were made for Parisian apartments, a glimpse into Thuy Tranthi Rieder, the global vice president of marketing and...
Sunday was one of those stunningly beautiful days that feels like summertime, even though it is now officially autumn once...
Can not remember how I came upon these photographs of palace interiors from an enchanting classical palace in Pszczyna,...
If you have ever wondered about how posts are constructed, sometimes, just sometimes, it is a beautiful combination of...
. . . and it has been a beautiful, eventful summer so far [hope it has been lovely, lovely for...
TWO LOVELY THINGS : the intermingling of palest pink silk curtains, tufted velvet and chevron floors, and the chicest way to display family photos, ever . . .
. . . dusky, moody, romantic interior design inspiration from the book, Interiors Atelier AM, by Alexandra Misczynski and Michael Misczynski, with the always-beautiful photography of François Halard . . .
. . . beautiful new photographs by my friend emily, of white daffodils and eau de cologne, crashing waves in...
Nearly nine months ago, in early September of last year, received an email from the lovely Shannon, Contributing Editor at Design*Sponge, asking if I might be interested in being featured in their Sneak Peeks column. As Design*Sponge is the very first blog in the universe had ever read, was, of course, thrilled. However, the timing was off, as things were in disarray and we were in the midst of moving and travelling, and so, had decided to put the thought off until things had settled a little. Nearly a year later [had been told that some Sneak Peeks have taken as long as two years to complete], and the day has finally arrived . . .
. . . inspiration for today : an ornate and gilded table acts as a neutral when mixed with alabaster...