THIS WEEKEND we left the city behind with friends for a beautiful beach we’d never been to before. (If you follow on Instagram, you would have seen, in our Stories, the photos and video clips of white sands and grassy dunes and the lull of turquoise crashing waves.) After a leisurely walk along the coast in the bright sun and the bluest Mediterranean skies, we stopped in at the most charming restaurant that serves local cuisine, for a long and lingering lunch of the best seafood paella we’d ever tasted so far.
If you’re a longtime reader, you’ll know about our love for ornate austerity — spaces that are minimalist but not altogether cold and modern, but warm and with traditional flourishes such as chevron wood flooring, wood panelling, marble and crown moulding. This stunning house in Boston by Steven Harris Architects fits the description perfectly…
THIS WEEK’S 10 IMAGES features the work of Alina Kolot (@alinakolot), a Ukrainian photographer based in Paris.
PINK CARS AND PINK ROSES, cocktails and coffee and perfect totes, champagne and spiral staircases and swans and sunsets are a few of the...
BLUE & WHITE SKIRTED TABLES with tasseled ruffles in bright sunrooms, silk settees, outdoor showers, beach picnics, peonies and fairy lights — here are 15 images of Summertime Inspiration: Dusky July Mornings & Cool August Nights . . .
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] This week’s 30 Images of Inspiration features London and Paris and Bordeaux, where...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] This week’s 30 Images of Inspiration is actually 60 to make up for...
[slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] EVERYONE IN THE CITY seems to be on vacation from work,...
STUNNING INTERIOR INSPIRATION from the portfolio of Brooklyn-based photographer, Nelson Hancock. There are fashion shoots [on location and in the...
DO YOU REMEMBER this article about La Socelière, a 17th-century château in the Loire Valley that was purchased by an Italian couple...
TODAY’S INTERIOR INSPIRATION comes all the way from Palm Beach, Florida, where Michael Simon Interiors Inc. draws us into a...
FOR THIS WEEK’S [PLACES], it’s away and off to La Socelière, a 17th-century chateau in the Loire Valley. Resting on nearly 20 acres of gardens, forest, and pasture, it is a wonderland of 1940s Italian rococo sofas and armchairs upholstered in purple velvet...
. . . and for today, because it is so very late, an enchanting and intoxicating intermingling of insanely lovely wood floors, chandeliers, waterlilies and topiaries, settees and staircases and one breathtakingly beautiful gold étagère . . .
. . . and the inspiration folders have been overflowing lately, first for styling inspiration for all of last week’s...
. . . as you know, have been, recently, very much into the notion of ornate austerity, that is, a maximalist’s interpretation of minimalism, and interior designer rose uniacke’s sprawling london home with its rather sparse furnishings, is the embodiment of just that — keeping things simple and in a neutral colour palette, to better showcase the grandeur of the spectacular vaulted ceilings and crown mouldings, crystal chandeliers and sweeping staircases and fireplaces . . .
