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Author Archives: Cristopher
Easy, Breezy Summertime Escapes
Posted July 30, 2015. Filed in Albert Hadley, American Country Houses, American Style: Retreats, Christian Liagre, Coastal Chic, Cottages, Haynes Roberts, James Huniford, Jeffrey Bilhuber, Mark Cunningham, Ralph Lauren, Tom Scheerer, Vicente Wolf, Victoria Hagan
A vintage print of Albert Hadley’s handsomely chic barn in Dark Harbor, Maine. Summertime … that heady, sexy time of the year when temperatures rise and the constraints of winter have long fallen away. A time we relax into a more casual pace and welcome the easy, breezy summer season with light-weight natural materials in […]
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American Chic: Vintage Bilhuber
Long before I was aware that Jeffrey Bilhuber had worked with Tom Scheerer early in his career I discovered his talent and rising star as one of America’s greatest decorators in the May 1990 issue of House & Garden – his first major solo commission, for Judy and Michael Kraynick in the Lanark Upper Saucon […]
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American Chic
Posted July 22, 2015. Filed in Angelo Donghia, Arthur Smith, Benjamin Vandiver, Bill Blass, Billy Baldwin, Bruce Budd, Daniel Romauldez, David Kleinberg, David Netto, Geoffrey Beene, George Stacey, Haynes Roberts, James Huniford, Jeffrey Bilhuber, John Dickinson, Kalef Alaton, Kevin McNamara, Mark Hampton, Michael Taylor, Parish-Hadley, Richard Lowell Neas, Sills & Huniford, Stephen Sills, Thomas Morrow, Tom Scheerer, Van Day Truex, Vicente Wolf, William Gaylord
What is American Chic? For me, it has always been about effortless style. The kind of style that doesn’t shout “Look at me!” A style that is crisp and classic, balanced, often times understated yet always sophisticated, subtle and artfully layered, unfettered by excessive decor and, above all else, timeless. A style that honors the […]
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Axel Vervoordt: The Art of the Room, Part II
Posted July 1, 2015. Filed in Axel Vervoordt, Belgian-Dutch Style, Chateaux, Elemental Design, Romantic Classical Style
Art is as natural to an Axel Vervoordt interior as the horizon is to a landscape. In my last post, Axel Vervoordt: The Art of the Room, Part I, photographs of vignettes taken within the designer’s Belgian castel focuses on his sensitive and exacting curatorial prowess at creating tableau that stirs the mind, soul and […]
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Axel Vervoordt: The Art of the Room, Part I
Posted June 29, 2015. Filed in Belgian-Dutch Style, Chateaux, Elemental Design, Old World Style, Romantic Classical Style
Since winter I have had a copy of the British Elle Decoration annual publication “Country” setting handily nearby with the intention of sharing a feature on the residence of May and Axel Vervoordt outside Antwerp, Belgium. However, soon it was buried beneath a pile of other intriguing publications, many of which are still on “the […]
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Luxury and Simplicity in Manhattan
Posted June 25, 2015. Filed in Classic Chic, James Huniford, Minimal Traditional, Sills & Huniford, Stephen Sills, Uncategorized
I have always admired the spare and comfortable elegance of this Manhattan apartment decorated sometime in the early 1990’s by Stephen Sills and James Huniford before it was published in Maison & Jardin in 1995. I assume it must have also been published in an American magazine, such as Elle Decor, but I don’t possess […]
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The Temple of the Four Seasons
Posted June 17, 2015. Filed in Danile Marot, David Hicks, English Country House Style, English Country Houses, Follies & Pavilions, Neo-Palladian, Palladian-Style, Van Day Truex, Veere Greeney
It is believed that The Temple of the Four Seasons, also referred to as The Temple in Stoke-by-Nayland, was built by architect Robert Taylor sometime around 1750 after he returned to England from his studies in Rome. Resembling his Asgill house, The Temple represents the influence of Italy on the development of his architectural vernacular, […]
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Josep Maria Sert
It wasn’t until recently, over a vacation on Mallorca, that I came to fully appreciate the genius that was Josep Maria Sert, a decorative painter from Barcelona (1874-1945) renown for his extravagant Baroque murals commissioned for the decoration of public and private buildings. His talent was in such demand that he traveled the world, completing […]
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Timeless Chic at Clos Videlot
Posted June 8, 2015. Filed in Chateaux, Classical Moderne, Moderne, Salon Style, The Collectors, Villas
It seems that, in the world in which we live and orbit today, nearly every aesthetic image has been posted, pinned and uploaded into the ether. As a part-time blogger I often grow tired of rediscovering the same repeated information and imagery that can be found from the original source – accurately credited, I might […]
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Directoire-Deco: Henri Garelli
Posted June 3, 2015. Filed in 1920's-1930's Style, Art Deco, Classical Moderne, Directoire Style, Neoclassical, Salon Style
I want to share with you my favorite project of French-Italian architect and interior designer Henri Garelli that synthesizes three key architectural and decorative styles favored by the designer: 18th-century elegance, Neoclassicism, and 1930’s-style glamour. The World of Interiors published the Paris apartment of his client, a former confrére of President Mitterrand, in 2006 – […]
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Mallorcan Magic
Posted June 1, 2015. Filed in Michael S. Smith, Spanish & Portuguese Country Houses
The moment we touched down on Mallorca a few weeks past, with the spare and rugged landscape coming into view like an Impressionist painting, a very special Mallorcan property came to mind. It, for me, represents the soul of this ancient island steeped in the convergence of Muslim and Catholic history, bringing together the patina […]
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Casa de Pilatos
In case you were wondering, no, I haven’t quit blogging! I recently returned from a restorative two-week vacation on Mallorca followed by a few days in Sevilla and several more with a dear friend in Paris, ending at another friend’s villa in the small village of Almoster near Reus (birth place of Antonio Gaudi), about […]
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