Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Tweed Run

I think we need to copycat this idea for Cape Town. Ridiculously appealing, not to mention all those rather dashing young men (and women) tweeded up to the gills...


















All via here

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Just a hint of lavender...

Hilary Robertson's gorgeous brownstone in Fort Green, Brooklyn...






And then a fabulously strong statement in the diningroom...


Via here (photographed by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times)

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Melrose Project

Passionate about the conjoined tables at The Melrose Project (an antiques and art collaborative curated by mother/son team Kathleen Clements and Tommy Clements)...


 Via here

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Compartment(s)

What I would truly love. One room dedicated to drawer storage...

Via here

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Wall to Wall Envy

A gorgeous nineteenth century villa in Athens, Greece. But it is the tile that moves my world...




Via here and Afflante

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Gleaming

A client, of British interior designer Harriet Anstruther, once said this about her work:

She knows the importance of the quality of small things; a handle on a door, a switch on a wall. The parts of an interior that we touch every day are the parts we see every day and remind us if we love or hate where we are, if it works or grates. It shows attention to detail, a love of what she does and a wish for the client to continue to love their home long after she has torn up the snagging list and gone home."

Here is Anstruther's 1840's London town house, which she resurrected from shambles to sanctuary...








See and read more here

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Train Station Convert

Once a busy terminus in rural Switzerland, now a beautiful home...








Via here