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Steal This Look: Downton Abbey Garden
It's all very nice that Matthew can miraculously walk again, and that Lavinia conveniently died of the Spanish flu to clear the way for Mary to marry the heir and keep Downton Abbey in the family. But...
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Massimo in Mayfair
We're currently admiring the luxe interiors at Massimo in Mayfair, an Italian restaurant designed by David Collins (he's also the visual impresario of the Wolseley, the city's grandest cafe). See more...
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Victorian Lampshades as Decor
Noticed (and admired) lately: once-fusty Victorian lampshades, which suddenly seem fresh when clustered haphazardly or covered in unexpected shades of orange or mauve. Above: A formidable, oversized...
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Bespoke Lighting for the Classically Inclined
Frustrated by a dearth of light fixtures that he could spec for his buildings, architect Charles Morris was inspired to produce his own line of classically simple sconces, table lamps, and...
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To the Manor Born
Suffering from delusions of grandeur? Longing to release the inner squire? Purley Hall may be the answer. Set on 25 acres of classical gardens and parkland, the ten-bedroom manor house is located in...
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Steal This Look: Downton Abbey-Inspired Scullery
As Downton Abbey devotees, we've been finding ourselves more drawn to the servants' quarters than the grand upstairs spaces; in particular, the kitchen, with its rows of gleaming copper pots and...
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Tea Towels with a Sense of Drama
For the literary-minded chef: Kitchen Sink Dramas tea towels, featuring pages from six Edwardian-era works of fiction. The stories, silk-screened by hand onto cotton fabric, include The Canterville...
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5 Quick Fixes: Herbs for the Kitchen Windowsill
Other people's windowsill herb gardens are like other people's children. They always seem better behaved than one's own. You never see their basil sulking, or their chives whining about how they'd...
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Spring/Summer Preview from Toast UK
Spring is a time for me to replace chipped kitchen items and refresh old linens, and Toast UK’s latest home collection is making me looking forward to the purge with relish. Above: One can never have...
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5 Favorite Tiffin Tins
It's time for lunch: If only we were Indian schoolchildren, whose noonday meal is packed at home in a reusable tiffin and delivered hot by a dabbawala (in a system legendary for its efficiency). With...
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Manor-Worthy Furniture from Christopher Howe
Christopher Howe trained as a sculptor, and has been collecting rare furniture and objects for decades (his clients have included Lucien Freud, who favored his "esoterically shabby chairs to use in...
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10 Easy Pieces: Utility Sinks
Not just for the laundry room: we love the no-nonsense, industrial aesthetic of utility sinks. Our picks range from over $2,000 to under $400. For inspired uses of utility sinks outside the laundry...
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Composting, Indoors or Out
The biggest luxury I ever had was a half-acre garden, featuring an enormous fortress of a compost bin protected by a chicken-wire shell specially designed to repel varmints. Take that, raccoons. Not...
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Design Sleuth: Retro Icebox Hardware
The first thing I noticed in this white kitchen by NYC interior design duo Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts was the icebox-style hardware. Inspired, I went on a search to replicate the look....
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The Great Vacuum Debate: Dyson vs. Miele
Until now, the Miele-Dyson debate really was about whether you preferred the old-fashioned canister-style vacuum to the newer upright style. But the latest introduction from Dyson may tempt even...
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Move Over, Mrs. Meyer
Once associated with fringe back-to-the-earthers, making your own cleaning solutions is no longer a closet activity. Eons ago, when I first moved to the West Coast from Tokyo, I was utterly perplexed...
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Brushing Up on Traditions
We've seen many a well-crafted brush and broom, but when we found out about British brand Turner and Harper, we couldn't stop gawking. The firm strives to "balance timeless aesthetics with considered...
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First-Rate Ideas from 2nd Shift
Benches that double as shelving; stools with interchangeable seats: We are intrigued by the designs coming from 2nd Shift, a collaborative of seven young designers in Cleveland, Ohio. The designers...
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A Tailor-Made Cafe
Papiota Cafe (papiota means "spool" in Romanian) is the vision of two friends, Monica and Andreea, who share a childhood nostalgia for Communist-era decor. Like other young Romanians, they are part of...
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