Meteorologically speaking, we're in the final month of spring, but time has got away from us and we never had the chance to fully appreciate this season that comes before our favourite. For it's at this time of year, that the earth awakens from its deep sleep, shedding the icy weight of winter's discontent.
WE'RE STILL in the process of repopulating our archives after the technical disaster that was 2020 saw the obliteration of thousands of images from our hosting site; many personal images were also lost from our external drives due to another (un-related) catastrophe, but that is another story. And in the process of fixing a 2017 article by Daniela featuring the work of Lázaro Rosa-Violán—the interior designer responsible for many of the chicest hotels and restaurants around the world ...
WEEK TWO of social distancing and things feel far from normal, and whenever we're feeling a little stressed, it always helps to dream a little, and what better place to begin than the Parisian real estate listings on Instagram?
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...
The Verride Palacio Santa Catarina describes itself as a renovated historic townhouse in the heart of Lisbon―an understatement, perhaps, for the 18th-century palacio turned boutique hotel. Originally the home of a Portuguese count, the building was once a bank and even a venue for a pop-up art festival. The 1750 four-storey, 19 room hotel is located in Lisbon’s Chiado quarter and features stunning views over the Tagus River and Atlantic Ocean.
Already a week back home from holidays and buried in work and I am almost forgetting again how wonderful life is when you travel and you have adventures and discover new places.
Palaces, villas, pieds-à-terre, townhouses, corporate headquarters, yachts, jets and hotels, Alberto Pinto decorated everything with his magnificent splendour and grand style.
The Connecticut estate of British art historian & Picasso biographer, Sir John Richardson, was featured in the September issue of The...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF Imposter Syndrome? Came across this term last week and was absolutely fascinated that there was not...
IT HAS BEEN A RATHER wild day at the office, with little emergencies and millions of unanswered emails, but things are finally settling down just a little, and just in time for this week’s instalment of MAXIMALISM, featuring lacy dresses and Paris and roses, chandeliers and herringbone floors and canopy beds . . .
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] WROUGH IRON GATES AND marble powder rooms, white peonies in the window...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] THERE WAS SO MUCH fanfare for the slideshow compilation of 28 (mostly)...
It was once said that, too much of a good thing is wonderful, and as you know, tastes run on the maximalist side of things here when it comes to décor, save for the few bouts of ornate austerity here and there...
