When in Florida…..bring on the pink! One of my favourite designers, Annie Brahler of Eurotrash, grew up in South Florida and designed this Naples home in “traditional Floridian” style but with her own dramatic, blingy spin on it. She went full-on with pink and the warm Florida weather and all the beautiful colours of the landscape are the perfect backdrop for such a bold approach. Photos: Dan Cutrona.

I adore postmodern design, and I feel like the world could use soooo much more of it. Bold colour choices, geometric patterns, shapely furniture that are often pieces of art themselves….it’s a vibrancy and creativity that really has a wonderful appeal and you can’t help but smile at. Designer Jen Talbot created such a fabulous home here with a more neutral colour palette in the main spaces (the brown and black accents add the pop postmodernism calls for) and then a huge wow factor in the main bedroom and children’s bathroom. The bedroom and ensuite colour palette is spectacular. Photos: Stephen Karlisch.

This new home is perched atop a hill overlooking the Austin skyline. Space program includes garage and service areas beneath the main floor of public living spaces and primary bedroom suite. The third-floor houses children’s bedroom suites and playroom. An expansive deck and screened porch open directly from the kitchen/dining room to a deck-level plunge pool and play yard below. Exterior materials feature slurried limestone and standing seam metal roof, while the interior is grounded by white oak floors and millwork. An open-corner fireplace anchors the living room which is capped by a dark-green painted ceiling enhancing the intimate scale. Soft furnishings in a natural color palette were selected to complete the peaceful environment; art provides punctuation to each space.
I love the simplicity and openness of this home, but I’m mainly featuring it because, and I don’t really understand why, I am completely obsessed with those corner-of-a-room-build-your-fire-on-the-tile-floor type of fireplaces. Architecture and interior design by Cuppett Kilpatrick. Photos: Whit Preston.

In case you find the castles I’ve been sharing lately a bit…overwhelming I wanted to share this charming, adorable home in the village of Salento with you because you can get oodles of charm and incredible original details in something way less pretentious. And in this case for only €450,000.
Typical Salentine “a corte” house, the result of the recent conservative renovation of three small residential units that has led to the creation of two potentially unifiable homes sharing an entrance courtyard and a lush garden at the back. The interior spaces are well organized, featuring a spacious living room with an open kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom with a small ante-bathroom, a small toilet, and an external corridor leading to the flourishing orchard. The other unit has a double entrance, one into a large lounge topped by the characteristic star-shaped vault and the other into a welcoming room with a barrel vault, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A stone staircase leads to the terrace level, where a loft with a laundry bathroom has been created, currently designated as a guest room. In the kitchen, the ancient fireplace stands out, and the living space directly connects to the back garden facing west, linked to the adjacent orchard by a wide gate. The garden is equipped for pleasant outdoor stays with a gazebo, barbecue area, and pizza oven. On the lower level of the residence, the two ancient cellars have been restored and are easily accessible from the garden. For sale via Sotheby’s International Realty – Italy.

Designer Heidi Caillier does it again with her layering of pattern and colour magic, in this East Hampton home that is an absolute vintage-vibing delight. If ever you thought there could be a case of too many patterns, or using too many different colours in a home, let Heidi school you on how wrong you are. Photos: Haris Kenjar.