Welcome to the Journal
Some journeys begin with a destination.
Others begin with a feeling.
Cocktails & Cathedrals is our collection of places that slowed us down, surprised us and stayed with us long after we returned home.
Historic hotels.
Quiet cafés.
Beautiful libraries.
Forgotten streets.
Remarkable interiors.
And, every now and then, a perfectly mixed cocktail to finish the day.
Every place has a story.
These are ours.
Featured Stories
If you’re visiting Cocktails & Cathedrals for the first time, these are a few of our favourite places to begin.
Why Cinque Terre Feels Like Living Inside a Romance Novel
Colourful houses, hidden alleyways and one of Italy’s most unforgettable coastlines.
11 Chateau Ideas That Still Feel Wildly Luxurious Today
Chandeliers, lush textures and aged natural materials you can bring into your own home.
Why We Keep Returning to Brisbane’s Treasury Hotel
Sometimes class is not defined by rooftop pools and floor to ceiling glass with city views.
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Latest Stories
Our newest stories from beautiful places around the world.
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Quiet Luxury: The Interior Design Style That Doesn’t Need to Show Off
Some of the most expensive-looking rooms don’t look expensive at all. There is no enormous chandelier announcing itself from the ceiling. No marble covering every…
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Industrial Romanticism: The Interior Design Style That Makes Raw Spaces Feel Beautiful
There is something undeniably beautiful about a room that was never designed to be beautiful. An old warehouse with enormous steel-framed windows. A former workshop…
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A Literary Traveller’s Guide to Paris: Bookshops, Writers & Left Bank Cafés
Paris has always belonged to writers. They came for cheap rooms and long afternoons in cafés. They argued over manuscripts, borrowed money from booksellers, drank…
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Vernacular Interiors: The Design Style You Know Without Knowing Its Name
There is a particular kind of room that feels as though it could never belong anywhere else. A stone cottage in the Cotswolds with low…
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A Literary Traveller’s Guide to Edinburgh: Bookshops, Writers & Gothic Streets
There are cities that have literary histories, and then there is Edinburgh. Dark stone buildings rise above narrow closes. Medieval lanes disappear beneath archways. Secondhand…
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Dark Academia Color Palettes: 5 Moody, Old-World Schemes for Timeless Interiors
There’s something wonderfully unapologetic about Dark Academia interiors. While so much modern decorating is about making rooms brighter, whiter and more minimal, Dark Academia heads…
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5 Venetian Palazzo Colour Palettes for Timeless Italian Luxury
Step inside a Venetian palazzo and you’ll discover interiors where history, artistry and elegance come together in spectacular fashion. Marble floors, gilded mirrors, richly painted…
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Spanish Hacienda Colour Palette: Bring Mediterranean Warmth Into Your Home
Sun-drenched courtyards, weathered terracotta roofs, hand-painted tiles and thick whitewashed walls. Spanish haciendas have a timeless charm that feels both rustic and refined, blending centuries…
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5 Portuguese Coastal Colour Palettes for Relaxed Mediterranean Homes
From the sun-drenched villages of the Algarve to the colourful streets of Lisbon and the rugged cliffs of Portugal’s Atlantic coast, Portuguese interiors embrace a…
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5 Timeless French Country Color Palettes
Capture the effortless beauty of rural France with these timeless French Country colour palettes inspired by sun-drenched farmhouses, weathered shutters, lavender fields and elegant provincial…
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5 Timeless English Country Manor Color Palettes
Bring the quiet elegance of historic English manor houses into your home with these timeless colour palettes inspired by rolling countryside estates, grand libraries and…
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5 Timeless Tuscan Color Palettes for a Warm Old-World Home
Bring the warmth of Italian villas, rolling vineyards and centuries-old farmhouses into your own home with these enduring Tuscan colour palettes. There are few places…
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The Paris Apartment Colour Palette: 8 Timeless Colours That Capture Parisian Elegance
There are few interiors as effortlessly elegant as a classic Paris apartment. Step inside one of the grand Haussmann buildings lining the boulevards and you’ll…
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The French Country Kitchen Colour Palette: 8 Timeless Colours That Never Go Out of Style
There’s something about a French country kitchen that feels instantly welcoming. Perhaps it’s the softly worn timber, the linen curtains catching the morning light, or…
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9 Little Luxuries Every Beautiful European Home Seems to Have
The everyday objects that quietly make a house feel like home Walk into enough beautiful European homes and you begin to notice something unexpected. It…
Until Next Time…
Travel slowly.
Stay beautifully.
We’ll meet you somewhere beautiful.