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What is it with the French? Why are they so stylish? Margaux Lally and Luc Berger of Lyon-based interior design atelier Lally & Berger have “it”, that certain “je ne sais quoi” no more evident than in their own home I’m sharing here.

Light filled interiors layered with colour and texture are the key to this renovation. Dark and heavy rooms were transformed into a lively family home, contemporary and charming. The ultimate luxury is the wine room divided from the living space by glass and steel walls. To think it was once a children’s playroom, now an adult’s playroom perhaps. Weave House by Hugh-Jones Mackintosh.

Photography by Prue Ruscoe

A masculine take on the Hamptons look. Black and white, at times moody with a modern meets midcentury vibe. Getting away to the Hamptons has never been so stylish. Milina Drive in East Hampton by New York based design firm BHDM.

Pure, natural and preferably handcrafted. Welcome to the home of Dutch interior designer Christien Starkenburg of Studio Slow. Inspired by the southern climes of Spain and Mallorca the home is bright and breezy, chic and simple.

“This white-clapboard 1854 Greek Revival house rests on five acres of rolling hills in upstate New York. The historical narrative we contrived involved a refined, eclectic European family who had migrated in the nineteenth century to begin life anew in the Catskills. The decor therefore represents a fusion of old-world finery and New England practicality, layered and cultivated over time. For authentic texture, we preserved the original fireplace of rough-hewn brick. In the bedroom, the decorative olio encompasses Indian block-printed fabrics, Tunisian and Turkish carpets, a Louis XVI–style chair in worn green leather, and a pair of gilded and painted Italian oak beds dressed with an African Kuba coverlet. A cosseted refuge from the city.”

A wonderful make believe story for a wonderful all too real house. For when geting away is a getaway in time and place (but with all the modern conveniences). Fall Clove by Billy Cotton.