IT WAS THE PHOTO, above, of the Calacatta Monet marble counter and the antique lamp with wicker shade that stopped me in my tracks while scrolling through Instagram this morning.
It was raining in London on the evening of March 5th, and so only a small crowd had gathered outside Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, to watch the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive for an awards ceremony hosted by the Endeavour Fund, a charity that supports wounded ex-servicemen and women.
There is a constant feeling in Paris that the city is living a lazy Sunday morning on repeat, where everyone stays home with their families, enjoying the sun on their balconies, going out just to buy croissants, bread and a few groceries, embracing this slow living quietly, listening to classical music with juliet balcony doors flung widely open, or reading in front of the windows.
Interior designer Frank de Biasi and his partner, fashion designer Gene Meyer, let the lease run on their Park Avenue apartment after seeing how their second home in the Moroccan port city of Tangier turned out after four years of renovations ...
Mona Nerenberg (owner of a shop in Sag Harbor, NY that is recommended by Ina Garten) and her wife, landscape designer Lisa Bynon's four-bedroom cottage, Redbrook, sits on three acres of land in the hamlet of North Sea ...
Elsa, this post is for you, and it's filled with wonderful decor inspiration (and shopping links!), from chic cane armchairs and elegant table lamps; brass shelves and towel bars and wicker placemats, and of course, a perfect selection of gold ...
WE HAPPENED UPON a lilac-coloured faux leather halter top with matching trousers, and from that moment on, all we could think about were spring things and pretty, pretty pastels. And so, we've gathered up a few of our current favourites, from soft hotel bed linens to rose-coloured wine glasses and more ...
THERE IS A RELAXED elegance to Sarah Bartholomew's work that we love so much, we've featured it here at TIG three times before. There is lightness, both in feel and in colour palette ...
WHILE IT MAY BE TRUE that London has certainly has been merrier, what's done is done and all we can do now is make the best of things.
For our fifth Holiday Gift Guide this year, we've picked out a few really lovely things for the children in your life, since we recently had a niece and a nephew born into our family. Among the very charming and whimsical things we've found is a wicker Strolley that converts from a pram to a shopping trolley...
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ―E.B. White
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." —Norman Vincent Peale
OUR LIVING ROOM in the English countryside has those charming wood ceiling beams that you would expect in a cottage in the countryside. And since moving here, my décor tastes have moved, understandably, in the direction of farmhouse and countryside styles...
WE FIRST FEATURED the home of husband and wife design duo Dorothée Boissier and Patrick Gilles way back in November 2013, but have just stumble upon new-to-us (and more casual) photos of their newly renovated Paris apartment and couldn't resist revisiting this beautiful space once again.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE since we opened our inspiration folder to see what beautiful things would fall out and this week, it's a the most stunning interior inspiration that we've been collecting for the past few weeks ...