Displaying posts from June, 2022

Chicago-based interior designer Jen Talbot sees herself as a curator of modern spaces merging art and design, modern and vintage, form and function with an edge. This Upper East Side apartment is the perfect example of her exploration of the beautiful and the unexpected.

From its hotel-like foyer to its deep petrol blue hues in the kitchen this church conversion is the height of contemporary chic. A series of steel and glass boxes sit within the sandstone shell delineating spaces and allowing for privacy in what once was an open public space. St John’s Paddington by Sydney-based Tom Mark Henry.

Photography Damian Bennett

I am in awe of this Boulder, Colorado property and the beautiful landscaping by Marpa Landscape Architecture + Construction. It has everything you could possibly want and need. I am dying over the pond and rock-lined stream.

COLLABORATORS
Architect: Surround Architecture
Landscape Installer: Environmental Designs, Inc.
Fence: Two Create Fab & MetalCraft
Photo Credit: Logan Manaker & Bodie Hultin

I had to share another pretty as a peach home designed by Sarah Vanrenen. Soft greens and blues and yellows, and abundance of patterns – all so welcoming.

In the Nièvre, on the edge of the Morvan, viewed from above, the castle appears to be an island of white towers set in an abundance of greenery and foliage. It is located within a 2 hour drive of Paris. The estate was first mentioned in the archives in 1173. Its origins probably date back to the 11th century and is located on 14 hectares. The 14th and 15th century castle consists of a quadrangular enclosure flanked by towers topped with pepper pot roofs. The gunports and the thickness of the walls on the south side recall its defensive function. The castle has 7 bedrooms and is 300 m2. The outbuildings consist of boiler room, a woodshed, a sheep barn and various sheds. The landscape has fountains, ponds and moats, wooded areas, wetlands and a swimming pool. For sale via Patrice Besse for 2 400 000 €. This might be my favourite castle I have featured to date. The simplicity of the exterior is what really does it for me.