Serenity Now

Admiring the lovely New York home of editor and creative director Marcus Teo today, filled with books, art and iconic furniture. Just stunning. See the rest here.

(photo by marta xochilt perez. via maryn)

Sweetness and Light

A lovely room to spend time in. Have a good one.

(photo: stephan julliard via haute boheme)

Sweetness and Light

Really loving the slate blue (Down Pipe by Farrow & Ball) wall colour in the living room of Kate Watson-Smyth, a journalist who also runs the interiors blog Mad About the House. See the rest of her beautiful London home here.

(photo by rory gardiner for remodelista)

Picturesque in Puglia

American-born art historian and curator Peter Benson Miller has been collecting seriously since he was 13, so it's no surprise that, many years later, he and his partner Giovanni Panebianco were beginning to find themselves squeezed out of their Rome apartment. They eventually found the perfect home in Puglia, where the hundreds of objects collected by Miller over the years can be displayed in all their glory. Stunning space. Read more about it here in T, the New York Times style magazine.

(photography by simon upton)

A Monument to Marble

Located on the edge of Rome, a 15th century monastery is now the stunning home of real estate developer and collector Paola Santarelli. It's also a monument to marble—something the women in Santarelli's family have been fascinated by (and collected) for generations. Read all about her extraordinary, museum-quality collection in T Magazine here.

(photography by henry bourne for the new york times)

A Calm Retreat

Admiring the tranquil home of artist Caroline Walls and cafe owner Emma Hill today, with its calm palette of neutral tones, warm wood furniture and great art. See more of it here at The Design Files.

(photography: eve wilson for the design files)

Sweetness and Light

The kind of shop that I can spend a whole afternoon in. Totokaelo in Seattle. Gorgeous styling and pottery for days.

(photo by cassandra lavalle on instagram. via here)

Elegant Eyrie

It's hard to believe that the stunning Paris apartment of collector Emmanuel de Bayser is just 60 square metres. Furnished with design classics, it's a testament to De Bayser's discerning eye — one that he uses to great effect in The Corner, the Berlin concept store he runs with partner Josef Voelk. More here on Vogue Living.

(photography via vogue living)

Form and Colour

Unlike her Paris contemporaries, antiques dealer and decorator Florence Lopez runs her business directly from her apartment, a former sculpture studio on the Rue du Dragon. No cool white-box gallery atmosphere here. Love her extraordinary eye for colour and form. More here on WSJ.

(photography by matthieu salvaing for wsj magazine. via trendland)

Simple Pleasures

Collecting — anything from cookbooks to buttons to fine art. 

(photo by helen cathcart via here)