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A Potager Inspired by Mount Vernon
"I dress the garden with a new look each season- just like a collection." So said Hubert de Givenchy, whose gardens at Le Jonchet, his 16th-century chateau near Paris, appear to be a slice of verdant...
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The Suján Rajmahal Palace
In need of a mid-week pick-me-up? Then feast your eyes on the Suján Rajmahal Palace, the luxury Jaipur hotel whose energizing interiors- refreshing blues, pulsating pinks, and pattern galore- are sure...
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Jean-Charles de Ravenel at Lindroth Design
Lyford Cay-based collage artist Jean-Charles de Ravenel will be making his Palm Beach professional debut with an upcoming exhibit at Lindroth Design, designer Amanda Lindroth's charming Palm Beach...
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Chez Patou
With Paris Fashion Week quickly approaching, it seemed fitting to take a step back in time- specifically, the late 1920s- to see how the late couturier, Jean Patou, lived. Although perhaps not as...
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A Day at Château de Fontainebleau
Earlier this month, Flammarion introduced the newest addition to its well-received series of French landmark-focused books, A Day at Château de Fontainebleau, which joins the previously published A Day...
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Tom Parr in France
A few years ago, I read a Country Life article on Tom Parr and his partner Klaus Scheinert's garden in the South of France. The article was published in 2013, two years after the death of Parr, who, as...
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A Continental Take on Christmas Decor
It might seem strange to post a cache of Christmas photos when the holidays are well behind us and Spring is right around the corner. But when said Christmas photos involve lots of blue and white...
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Meaningful Decorating
Patina...personality...layering. Call it what you want, but a house furbished with a lifetime accrual of bobs and bits is so much more compelling, and far more memorable, than a house whose...
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The Ultimate in High-Rise Living
I love the high-rise in which I live. It's located on the most prominent street in Atlanta. All kinds of interesting people live here. And, important to me, it's been around since the late Sixties,...
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Dinner in a Paris Kitchen
It recently dawned on me that it's been ages since I've written an entertaining blog post- that is, a post about entertaining. Let's hope you've found at least some of my recent posts to be...
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Villa Albicini
One of Georgia's more architecturally-intriguing houses is Villa Albicini, the Philip Shutze-designed Italianate house located in the city of Macon. Built in 1927, the house was not originally named...
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A Bevy of Flowers
In honor of pollen season the arrival of Spring, I'm giving you flowers, courtesy of Ronaldo Maia. Maia, who for decades has been one of New York's premier floral designers, fashioned these blossomy...
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Potterton Pop-Up
If you're planning to attend High Point Market in a few weeks, you should make an effort to visit Potterton Book's pop-up shop at the Currey & Company showroom (IHFC M110.) Design book collectors...
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Spring Book Releases
© Matthew Quinn and Mali Azima© Matthew Quinn and Joshua McHugh© Matthew Quinn and Mali Azima© Matthew Quinn and Mali Azima© Matthew Quinn and Mali Azima© Matthew Quinn and Emily FollowillI've been...
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An Early Thirties Set Piece
Of skincare maven Helena Rubinstein's homes, much has been documented. I've seen photos of her avant-garde Paris apartment as well as her Manhattan abode. But what about the homes of Rubinstein's...
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The Southeastern Designer Showhouse and Gardens
You haven't heard from me in a while because life has been taking me away from blogging. By life, I mean work, illness, and a flooded kitchen. As they say, when it rains, it pours. (Or, in the case...
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The Home that Red-Headed Woman Furnished
Over the years, I have come across this thirties-era photo on numerous occasions. It's hard not to pause and study it, because the photo captures that early-1930s glamour and sophistication, which...
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Beaton by Bailey
I recently found my new favorite Roku channel: M2M, or Made to Measure, the video channel of IMG, which, among other services, produces fashion weeks around the world. The channel's programming focuses...
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Even More Blues from the Lee Ann Thornton Home Collection
Congratulations go to Greenwich, Connecticut-based designer Lee Ann Thornton, who recently launched her own home furnishings collection. Consisting of twenty-five pieces, including upholstered...
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The Blues
Some people consider the color blue as too cold to be welcomed into a comfortable house. Not so, said Dorothy Draper, who believed that, "Blue can be delicate and yet warm at the same time." It's a...
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