Everyone Told Me Luxury Meant Light For years, I thought luxury meant light. White walls. Pale timber floors. Floor-to-ceiling windows. Marble benchtops. Open-plan living spaces so spotless they looked less like homes and more like places where nobody had ever dropped toast butter-side down. Instagram had convinced me that expensive interiors were supposed to feel…
Some places are memorable because of the room. Others stay with you because of how they make you feel. On a recent stay in a small Japanese-designed forest cabin, the most luxurious part wasn’t the bathroom inside the cabin at all. It was the outdoor bath tucked into the trees, surrounded by darkness, warm water,…
Long before maximalism became a modern design trend, French châteaux were already mastering layered interiors filled with texture, atmosphere, ornament, and warmth. Walking through the Loire Valley recently, we became obsessed with the way these historic spaces somehow felt both grand and deeply lived in at the same time. Between dramatic ceilings, worn stone walls,…