It’s Friday and it’s springtime – wouldn’t it be great to take off for a rustic retreat like this one? The ceiling is the dominant feature here, with that massive scissors truss and the worn and weathered wood. And two kitchen tables, too, that’s beyond perfection: This next cottage is even more weathered. The kitchen ...
What could be better than some inviting kitchen tables to start the week? When there’s room, there’s nothing quite like a real table in the kitchen for sharing conversation or taking a break from kitchen tasks: Where there is no space for a real sit-down table, a narrow bar-height table with a couple of stools ...
One of the highlights of my visit to New York last week was the chance to meet legendary designer Johnny Grey. It’s not every day I get to hang out with someone whose books I’ve had in my design library since before I even had a design library. Like several of the kitchen designers invited ...
What about this for a light fixture? At least I assume it’s light fixture, since it doesn’t look as if it would be particularly practical for hanging pots, or even laundry, on. It certainly makes for a striking centerpiece – though it would probably be even more effective actually centered over the table … And ...
I’m sure I’ve mentioned my dream of living in an apartment in some absurdly romantic Italian palazzo in an earlier post. And I’m not particularly fussy about the palazzo itself, almost any one will do. But since I fell head-over-heels in love with Venice during three foggy days in the middle of Winter a few ...
I’ve really been appreciating our Winter sunshine these last few days – this time of the year the sun peeks in under the eaves and illuminates all sorts of corners and crannies in an extraordinary way. Partly it’s the angle of the sun, and partly it’s the fact that all the shade trees have lost ...
Call me a curmudgeon if you will, but often in this busy season I’d like nothing better than to pack up my nearest and dearest and escape to some remote location – as far as possible from shops, discounts, special offers, holiday sales, the lot. This Scottish croft is the kind of thing I have ...