A Seaside Idyll in Cornwall, England
Located in the coastal village of St. Mawes, the Hotel Tresanton is a converted yacht club overlooking the Fal Estuary, which is notable for a pair of matching castles built by Henry VIII on either...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Hotel Tresanton Nautical Bedroom
Recreate this refreshingly crisp bedroom at the Hotel Tresanton with the following elements. Above: Stripes and patterns. Above: Waves Fabric from the 1930s collection of Borderline Fabrics in the UK....
View ArticleContemporary Art Comes First at 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati
This post is brought to you by 21c Museum Hotels. Building on its mission of engaging the public with contemporary art and supporting the revitalization of American downtowns, 21c Museum Hotels...
View ArticleA Tijuana Architect Puts Mexican Design on the Map
Tijuana and modernist architecture seem like an oxymoron, but architect Jorge Gracia of Gracia Studio—with offices in both Tijuana and San Diego—is quickly changing that perception. Gracia, a graduate...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Safari Tent at El Cosmico in Texas
Hip hotelier Liz Lambert mixes South American, Moroccan, and midcentury pieces in her canvas frame tent lodgings at El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas. Somehow it all works. Above: The tents are anchored on...
View ArticleWhere to Stay in Bentonville, Arkansas: 21c Museum Hotel
This post is brought to you by 21c Museum Hotels. Located on the northeast corner of the town square of Bentonville, Arkansas, 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville features 104 rooms and suites and over 12,000...
View ArticleFrom 19th Century Villa to Destination Hostel in São Paulo
Inspired by his own stays in design hostels during his backpacking travels through Australia, Guilherme Perez imported the concept to his beloved hometown of São Paulo, taking a 19th century villa in a...
View ArticleCasa Zinc: Uruguay's Hippest Hotel?
When LA-based Garrett Colton—whom we featured earlier today—was headed to Uruguay, he asked us for recommendations on where to stay. Casa Zinc was the first place that came to mind. It turned out...
View ArticleA Room with a View in Upstate NY
Justus Kempthorne and Inez Valk-Kempthorne, who fled Manhattan a while back, make a good team: He's a carpenter and cabinetmaker, and she's a chef/caterer. When they refurbished an 1860s house in the...
View ArticleA New Catskills Getaway, Croquet Included
Hammocks, bicycles, a croquet lawn, and a pool (with inner tubes): you'll find all of these at The Graham & Co. in the Catskills. What you won't find is a TV on the premises. The Graham & Co....
View ArticleSerenity Now: A Guesthouse That Channels the Spirit of Gandhi
A hundred years ago, Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi lived for a year in a house called The Kraal, built by German architect Hermann Kallenbach. French company Voyageurs du Monde overhauled the property a...
View ArticleSafari-Style Camping in Colorado, Glam Bedding Included
It was on a Kenyan safari that the owners of Cresto Ranch in Cresto, a tiny town in southwestern Colorado, figured out a new use for their historic property: they'd pitch African-style canvas tents in...
View ArticleModern Maritime: Skeppsholmen Hotel in Stockholm
Architects Claesson Koivisto Rune were inspired by the mist and fog of the Swedish archipelago when they chose the palette for the Hotel Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. Located on a small island, accessible...
View ArticleWhere to Stay in Victoria: Belgian-Inspired Interiors in the Historic Region...
Located in Kyneton, in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria (or about an hour from Melbourne), is Ellis House—four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and three quarters of an acre of garden space—where visitors are...
View ArticleA Cottage with Views in Byron Bay
A hideaway, weatherboard cottage overlooking Byron Bay has 360 degrees of uninterrupted sweeping ocean-to-mountain views. Can you think of a better way to enjoy the natural wonders of Australia’s Gold...
View ArticleExtreme Repurposing in Sydney, Tin Shed Edition
Australian architect Raffaello Rosselli celebrates the patchwork beauty of corroding steel by repurposing a humble tin shed into an office and studio in the inner-city suburb of Redfern, Sydney....
View ArticleThe Art of Dining in the South of France: La Colombe d'Or
The next time you find yourself wading through the crowds at a museum, think about staying at La Colombe d’Or in the French village of Saint-Paul de Vence and enjoy the art of the modern masters in the...
View ArticleBoho Chic at the Inn Paradiso in Paso Robles
Jamie Rosenthal, owner of Lost and Found in LA, first turned me on to Inn Paradiso in California's Central Valley (she's one of those people you listen to when she casually mentions something). So on a...
View ArticleAn Artful Hotel on the Swedish Island of Gotland
It's been close to fifteen years since I walked the cobblestone streets of the medieval town of Visby, located on the Swedish island of Gotland. I'm plotting a return visit to the island...
View ArticleMedieval Meets Modern in Catalonia
Medieval meets modern in Alemanys 5, a project in Girona's historical quarter by architect Anna Noguera. Noguera and her husband originally purchased the 16th-century building with the intention of...
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