7 Timeless Window Ideas You Can Bring Home Some of our favourite memories of Europe weren’t framed by famous landmarks. They were framed by windows. Looking into tiny bakeries before breakfast. Watching evening light spill from an apartment overlooking a quiet village square. Seeing lace curtains move gently in an open window somewhere in Brittany,…
9 Timeless Entrance Ideas You Can Bring Home Some of our favourite memories of Europe happened before we ever stepped inside. Looking back through thousands of photographs from our travels, something unexpected stands out. Not the grand cathedrals. Not the famous castles. Not even the spectacular landscapes. It’s the doors. Again and again, we found…
Some rooms feed you. Others make you want to stay. Have you ever noticed that old European kitchens seem to feel warm before a single meal has even been cooked? It’s difficult to explain until you’ve stood in one. Perhaps it’s an old farmhouse in the French countryside where sunlight spills through tiny windows onto…
I’ve stayed in beautiful modern hotels. The kind with silent air conditioning, mood lighting controlled by an app, and elevators that glide so smoothly you barely notice them moving. They’re comfortable. Convenient. Often impressive. Yet the places I remember most are never the newest. They’re the old ones. The hotel with worn stone steps polished…
By Cocktails & Cathedrals Some Design Ideas Never Go Out of Style Every few years, a new design trend arrives promising to change everything. The colours change. The furniture changes. The buzzwords change. And yet somehow, centuries-old French châteaux continue to feel effortlessly luxurious. Not because they’re fashionable. But because they were built around ideas…
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…
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,…