Dorothée Meilichzon is renowned for designing playful hotels throughout Europe, from city spots like Grand Pigalle Hotel in Paris to seaside resorts like Montesol Experimental in Ibiza, but she had never tackled a rural property until she overhauled a 1695 estate in…
The spring sunshine in Cape Town has a brittle quality, where periods of intense clarity are suddenly muted by bursts of rain. Moments later the sky clears, Table Mountain reappears from the shrouding clouds, and the world sparkles. At Jaftha’s Flower Farm…
Photography by John O’Hagan
Text by Claire Pool
Since 2002, Sweet Peas Garden Shop has provided residents of Homewood, Alabama, with excellent local products and a fun and funky storefront curb appeal. Area gardeners turn to the trusted staff for advice on everything from…
The family wanted to stay together—literally. Bretaigne Walliser and Thom Dalmas’s clients asked the architects to reconfigure an 1899 Brooklyn townhouse for three generations—grandparents and their daughter, her wife, and their two children—to cohabitate and have space for creative pursuits.
Thom…
Veteran architectural photographer William Abranowicz’s latest book, Country Life: Homes of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley (Vendome), explores 20 distinctive period and contemporary residences located amid the natural beauty of Upstate New York. Featured projects range from the historic houses of…
Christèle and Hubert moved from Paris to the small town of Lectoure in southwestern France, taking on the restoration of an 18th-century royal tannery. Now operating as the Manufacture Royale de Lectoure, a spacious bed and breakfast, it includes a garden suite…
As summer winds down, plan a fall getaway to Brookhaven, Georgia, for a weekend filled with shopping excursions, outdoor leisure, and diverse dining that spans down-home fare to meals served with a side of theatrics.
Only 10 miles outside of downtown Atlanta, Brookhaven’s…
“And then we’re about to bring out dining tables, a dining bench…which would also work well in a hallway. And then bedroom furniture: a really cool four-poster bed and wardrobes. (We’ve already brought out some bedside tables.) We’re also introducing new lighting…
Photography by Mac Jamieson
Text by Elizabeth Czapski
Our latest French Cottage special issue hit newsstands last week, and if you’ve picked up a copy, you’re sure to have noticed the…
Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks and her husband, Wayne Bremser, spend weekends and vacations touring Southern California by Airstream. They aim for scenic spots where they can set up camp, explore on foot, and whip up Heidi’s signature vegetarian and vegan feasts…