The kitchen might be considered the heart of the home, but is any space so crucial to our wellbeing as the bedroom? It’s the first space we see in the morning and the last one we see at night, but making sure it suits your style can be a difficult task. While some of us might rely on restful hues and a clutter-free policy in order to guarantee the coveted eight hours, others will wake up energised by bold colour…
First, a caveat. Anyone hoping to find an array of caricatured, Goop-arific novelty features in the Montecito home that Gwyneth Paltrow shares with her husband, writer-producer Brad Falchuk, is sure to be disappointed. There’s no plant-based, toxin-leaching, zero-gravity pod, no fermenting cabana, no crystal-powered sweat lodge. There are, to be sure, myriad elements specifically designed to nurture mind, body, and soul; they just happen to be far more discreet—things like Vitruvian proportions, sacred geometries, and a host of finely crafted…
The granddaughter of Estée Lauder, Aerin Lauder has lived in her quiet apartment block on Park Avenue in New York for 20 years. The feminine, refined space that the beauty mogul shares with her husband and two sons is an oasis in the middle of the city, with big windows overlooking the bustle below. The four bedroom apartment is filled with artwork, framed photos and beautiful ornaments to create a perfectly elegant living space that feels polished, yet inviting. Take…
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has always thought of her company Sona as a holistic feeling rather than any one place or product. She and her business partner Maneesh Goyal originally bonded over their shared desire to show an elegant representation of India in American culture. “I wanted to see the luxury of India that I grew up with, and that I’ve seen in my travels,” Chopra Jonas says. The first manifestation of that desire was Sona, the restaurant, which opened in New York City’s…
Black-and-white interior design has the power to give your home a lasting impression. Designers regularly incorporate this two-tone color theme in their designs to wake up interiors. The beauty of using black-and-white is that the palette is flexible and can look mod or classic, depending on how you use it. “I always like to inject glamour into a space, and one of the best ways to do this is with a black-and-white palette,” says Carleton Varney, president of the design firm Dorothy Draper &…
By some accounts, Greece has around 6,000 islands and islets, which makes picking where to go no easy feat. Do you choose Cycladic cool in Serifos and Milos, or head to the northwest Sporades archipelago, which counts Skopelos—of Mamma Mia fame—among its islands? Decisions, decisions. But once you’ve selected an island, it’s not like your work is done—no, you still need to figure out where to bed down. With this in mind, we’ve scoured the islands for the hotels that stand out, thanks…
It’s a luxurious product, soft to the touch, cozy, yet boldly glamorous. A fashion statement. Are you thinking of wall-to-wall carpet? The furry floor covering might bring to mind a 1970s adult film set more than of-the-moment glamour, but like it or not, all signs point to a resurgence for this misunderstood interior design icon. From chic nightspots to fashion-forward apartments, wall-to-wall carpet is suddenly taking a star turn. Recent decades have not been kind to wall-to-wall carpeting, which tends…
For a recent project in Montauk, Robert McKinley of Studio Robert McKinley painted the kitchen floor an unusual colour: avocado green. In an age of all-white eateries and greige living rooms, this may sound like an aesthetic crime against humanity. Avocado green? Like my grandmother’s house? But McKinley’s kitchen evokes an earthy, Laurel Canyon meets Wes Anderson ambiance, a delicate balance of earth tones with playful colour that doesn’t tread into the kitsch. It’s cool, it’s calming, and it’s, well, a little bit ’70s. Oh, yes.…
1). Never disregard places like eBay This may seem obvious, but I’m always surprised when someone has spent hundreds of pounds on a new piece of furniture that looks like an exact double of a vintage piece. Don’t get me wrong – you can get burnt shopping for vintage online. My eye for detail is a little blurry, and I have been known to accidentally buy dolls house furniture on occasion. But if you’re a bit more on the ball…
Sometimes, a piece of furniture comes along and changes everything around us. If a painting is meant to be looked at and fashion meant to be worn, furniture is meant to be lived in – slept in, worked in, sat in. It dictates how we interact with our surrounding spaces, how we go about our daily lives, even during the most mundane moments. George Nelson’s collection for Herman Miller, for example, created the template for cubicles, now omnipresent in office…
