Special events & party planner Françoise Dumas' Paris apartment has that time-worn, lived-in feel that's difficult to replicate, both cosy and comfortable and sophisticated at once. The kind that cooly mixes Jacques Grange-designed sofas with 1930's ceramics from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld.
WE HAPPENED UPON ONE detail in this 16th-century family manor in the Cotswolds on Instagram and immediately had to find out what the rest of the home looked like. That one detail was in the drawing room, where a second walkway was converted into an ultra-chic bar area, with antique mirror was installed above and behind the shelves to reflect light (see below). As it turns out, there's a very interesting story to the place...
Over coffee before work this morning, P and I were discussing Kanye West’s most recent mad twitter rants, in which he also shared a few photos of his Hidden Hills home that he designed with Belgian collector, curator, designer and antiquarian Axel Vervoordt.