Monthly Archives: November 2013

Hunt Country Style

Posted November 17, 2013. Filed in Antony Childs, C. Z. Guest, Colefax & Fowler, English Country House Style, Gil Schafer, Hunt Country Style, Kerry Joyce, Michael S. Smith, Miles Redd, Parish-Hadley, Ralph Lauren, Robert Kime, Simon Blow, Suzanne Rheinstein, The Great American House, Vincent Fourcade, Ward Denton

The time-honored tradition of the hunt is in full swing, beginning as early as September, despite a 2004 law forbidding the actual killing of foxes in the UK, where it originated in the 16th-century. For true hunt masters and their servants (fellow huntsman, not personal attendants or wait staff) it is the thrill of the […]

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The Allure of Orange

Posted November 10, 2013. Filed in Atelier AM, Axel Vervoordt, Billy Baldwin, Bunny Williams, Charlotte Moss, David Hicks, Erin Lauder, Gil Schafer, Henri Samuel, Jean-Phillipe Demeyer, Jeffrey Bilhuber, Mario Buatta, Markham Roberts, Miles Redd, Nancy Lancaster, Orange, Richard Keith Langham, Robert Couturier, Scott Lamb, Stephen Sills, Steven Gambrel, Suzanne Rheinstein, Thomas Britt, Tony Ingrao

Orange as a color for decorating, or sartorial considerations for that matter, doesn’t often enter my design vocabulary for whatever reason. However, autumn is my favorite of the seasons and I practically become giddy with excitement at the first sign of autumn’s golden yellows, glowing oranges, and fiery reds. The color orange radiates warmth  and […]

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A Taste for Tuscany

Posted November 4, 2013. Filed in Mark Hampton, Tuscan Style

If I were to show you an illustration of a villa (above) and a photo of that villa (below), with no previous knowledge of its location or who designed and built it, would you be able to suggest where it is, who designed it, and from what era it originates? Though the taste for Tuscany […]

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California Tuscan

Posted November 1, 2013. Filed in Mediterranean Style, Michael S. Smith, Tuscan Style

Michael S. Smith is a designer who captures the essence of a particular place and time with insouciant, albeit studied, ease. For the interiors of a Tuscan-style vineyard estate in the Santa Ynez mountains in California Smith conceived the look and feel of an old Italian country house.  Its owners, Francine and Neil Afromsky, owners […]

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