Although I had an amazing trip to California, more on that later, I am very excited for my upcoming trip to Paris in two weeks.  While this apartment in Lyon and not Paris, it still has that quintessential French feel that includes tall windows, boiseries, and beautiful wood floors. It is the home of designers Pierre Emmanuel Martin […]

I enjoy traveling but not the packing and mad dash to finish work before leaving. While I take care of all those last minute details, I leave you with this beautiful home of Plume Voyage magazine editor Capucine Gougenheim-Geagea. The Haussmann apartment in Paris was featured in Cote Maison and has gorgeous gilt boiseries and and an enviable art […]

I first learned of French architect Paris-based architect Luis Laplace and his partner Christophe Comoy recently in Vogue. More on that later. But then I found their Paris apartment online and fell in love. As with any designer’s home, it is a place for trying out new ideas and is ever changing especially since it also […]

I was very excited that my trip to Paris coincided with the opening of the Gabriel et Guillaume pop up shop. My friend Guillaume Excoffier had a very chic shop on rue Bonaparte but has decided to close it to focus on various pop up shops around the world with Nancy Gabriel. This particular one […]

I wish I was revisiting Paris in person but I’m only revisiting the architecture online.  While I don’t love everything about this apartment in the 9th arrondissement by Double G, I do love the boiseries, herringbone floors, and fireplaces, especially the one in the bathroom.  But when I was living in Paris, I heard that […]

Everyone is raving about the French apartment featured on the cover and inside the November 2013 issue of Elle Decor.  It’s the kind of apartment Americans dream of when they imagine moving to Paris. It was designed by a slightly new firm Champeau & Wilde but the founders Kelli Wilde and Laurent Champeau previously worked […]

I still have Paris on my mind so why not post a super chic flat by Studio Ko.  As you know, the only time I like clean lined contemporary furniture is when it’s surrounded by fancy boiserie paneling. I also love that the upholstery picks up the color of the gilt mirrors.  Those giraffes are […]