Spring is the time for eating outdoors in the fresh air, the most romantic being the picnic in the park or an enchanted woodland clearing. And it can be as lovely or indulgent as what you might do at home, thanks to a seemingly endless range of travel-friendly, great looking products for dining.on the...
I sipped not a single cup of tea before moving to England from Canada nearly seven years ago — I simply didn't like the taste. And for the first 30-plus years of my life that wasn't a problem.
But once in the land where taking tea is as vital to daily life as breathing, I had to pay attention....
It's no secret that there's a color explosion happening at the moment in kitchen products. It started out timidly some years back with non-traditional hues offered in limited editions to test the waters, and when we responded by eagerly snatching them up, we were rewarded with every color in the spectrum,...
In a nutshell, fantasy furniture is really anything that makes you stop and say, "Wow!" It can be an unusual, larger-than-life, surreal, ridiculously luxurious piece or maybe just something you look at (a throne, for example) and wonder what kind of life this thing would make sense in.
I think...
Admittedly, I didn't quite 'get' French furniture until a few years ago. The provençal style seemed dull, and the abundance of gilt and sometimes ostentatious ornamentation of the Louis set were completely lost on me — likely due to the fact that I had no personal reference for it growing up. It also...
Blue is my absolute favorite color, but not just any old blue. Cobalt, royal, electric and ultramarine just don't do it for me. They might as well be called something else altogether. My heart lies with the pale, icy shades awash with light, such as aqua, faded turquoise, powder blue, the more saturated...
I've always been drawn to the clean simplicity of white furniture and decor, both matte and glossy. But there is something irresistible about the light the shine brings; it's so pure and uplifting. I like to have a piece or two in a high-gloss white in my home, usually contrasted with chrome or enhanced...
There's something so irresistible and beautiful about transparency; I think it's the ever-present light and the magic of being able to see through objects that are typically opaque. Who isn't left breathless (and stinging with envy) at the sight of a glass house? I confess, it's the one thing that makes...
As the mother of a young daughter who loves pretty, feminine things and is thoroughly enchanted with Paris, I did some daydreaming about how I would follow through on transforming her bedroom in the traditional French style. It's such a classic and truly lovely aesthetic that will endure from infancy...
I grew up on the Niagara escarpment in Ontario, Canada and was instantly smitten with the mid-century modern ranch-style houses that I saw in the south end of St. Catharines as a child. Most of them were painted baby blue and ivory and backed onto a ravine. I saw these as "happy" houses and loved the...
