click thumbnails for larger pics Lately we've been daydreaming about escaping the city... A few years ago, to celebrate a special occasion, we took a trip to Iceland. It was one of the most spectacul...
click thumbnails for larger pics We can find inspiration anywhere, but we particularly love looking at creative vacation accommodations. These hotel options in the Netherlands made us smile. The Neth...
Where do Parisians go when they need an Eames rocker, a Noguchi light or the latest creation from Tse & Tse? Galerie Sentou, which carries modern design classics and edits a line of its own furniture ...
Modern nomads long ago discovered the airbed. But now when it's time to decamp, you can simply deflate this inflatable Chesterfield sofa designed by Jeroen van de Kant and pack it up into its speciall...
Not wild about the mask art, but the floating bedside storage next to the floating bed in a display at a recent edition of Maison & Objet from Italian company Lago is worth a look......
Pascale Palun is an Avignon-based designer who started creating lighting and decorative objects made from old materials when she took a break after 10 years in the fashion industry to raise her son. S...
Since he first designed it 10 years ago for Eurolounge, British designer Michael Young's Stick Light has become a modern design icon -- a statuesque rod of light that leans casually against the wall a...
Five top-floor former maids' rooms were combined into a roomy apartment overlooking the rooftops of Paris in this photo gallery from Cotemaison. But the architect figured out a way to make it seem eve...
If you missed this one when we blogged about it last year, check out the hobbit-like eco-house that Simon Dale built for himself and his young family in just four months, with the help of his father-i...
It's hard to walk down the Rue Vieille du Temple in the Marais without pausing to gaze at these traffic-stopping medusa/gorgon doors on the Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil at #47. But what does this landmar...
We have transformed old sweaters still in good condition into covers for throw pillows before, with no one the wiser, proud of our thrifty DIY. But this bedspread made from old sweaters proudly boasts...
Pieke Bergmans' series of one-of-a-kind crystal LED lamps for Royal Leerdam Crystal and Solid Lighting are what the designer calls "light blubs." And what exactly is a light blub? ...
It's always amusing to see how fashion and home decor echo and play off one another. Fashion magazines and department store catalogs are full of tartan prints this season and in addition to the usual ...
Marie Claire Maison, Elle Décoration and Côté Maison -- the online versions of some of France's top shelter magazines -- have recently launched house tour features with photos sent in by readers th...
Turn any old four-legged chair into a rocking chair with these clever "chair skis" from Paris-based designer Marie Thurnauer......
It's not only the familiar lamp posts that light the Paris night, but the glow from shop windows hoping to haunt the dreams of passersby who will come back in the morning and spend money they no lon...
Candy-colored striped wallpaper designed by Ich&Kar is made with phosphorescent ink that soaks up natural or artificial light by day and glows in the monochromatic night, lighting up hallways or stair...
Elle Décoration visits the home of Aurélie Mathigot, a Paris-based artist who makes enchanting crocheted furniture and accessories. Her penchant for all that is precious and retro is tempered with s...
The chambre de bonne -- or maids room -- is an under-exploited space in many French buildings, left unheated and used for storage or rented out as-is to students. But Elle Décoration has a feature on...
French company Domestic is never afraid to challenge conventional notions of taste or challenge traditional decorating comfort zones with their audacious artist-designed vinyl wall stickers and graphi...
Take a look at this laser-cut, damask-patterned, polished stainless steel room divider from Italian company De Castelli, an exciting twist on a classic pattern that creates a virtual separation betwee...
We've told you about Patrick Blanc's vertical gardens for the home. But if Blanc is regarded as the inventor of the plant wall, competitor Jardins de Babylone, started by Amaury Gallon in 2003, claims...
Designed in 2005, the Mija dog bed from London-based Wowbow has become a modern dog bed classic. It's named after the pictured pooch, who is also the company's resident dog bed-tester......
Prestige Houses is a Toulouse-based company that makes historic reproduction dog (and cat) beds based on designs from the over-the-top days when Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI were running Versailles....
One of the most popular requests I get here at AT is for information about the bi-annual ham and antiques fair on the Ile de Chatou just outside of Paris. So for those of you who are planning to be in...
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