Sweet Sonoma

An inspiring Sonoma wine country project for a dear client and friend of mine.

Style Spotlight: The Musée Bourdelle

One of my very favorite places in the world, Paris's Musée Bourdelle.

Home Is Where the Heart Is: Jeanneret in Chandigarh

On the fascinating work design legend Pierre Jeannaret produced for the city of Chandigarh, India.

Invisible Cities

Nestled in the sloping hills of Umbria, a midcentury architect's dramatic vision for an ideal metaphysical city. 

Other Voices, Other Rooms

The charming eccentricities of Truman Capote's Sagaponack hideaway.

Style Spotlight: The Omega Workshops

The Modernist design group's reverberant and lasting legacy.

LA GRANDE BELLEZZA

With spartan simplicity, Cy Twombly's 16th-century Italian palazzo continues to inspire.

Style Spotlight: John Saladino

A rare glimpse at John Saladino's swank 1970s New York apartment. 

Style Spotlight: Atelier Vime

The eclectic 18th-century farmhouse in Brittany, France of Atelier Vime founders Benoit Rauzy and Anthony Watson.

Design Heroes: Elsa Peretti

Elsa Peretti's breathtaking Casa Grande in San Martín Vell, Spain, is a source of constant inspiration. 

On The Decoration of Houses

Edith Wharton's 1890 The Decoration of Houses gives surprisingly fresh design advice.

Trick of the Eye

Like so many things, the French have a word for it...

The Spirit of the Salon

Flipping through the pages of AD Italia, something of a lightbulb went off. As I stumbled across the otherworldly gallery cum workshop that Florentine antiquarian Monica Lupi calls home, it occurre...