MILIEU

In MILIEU, every story captures the look and feel, the mood and character, the style of a place - its milieu. The milieu that defines a great house or garden, the unique character of a design professional, the message conveyed in a thoughtful essay about home life, the creative strategies for accomplishing the look you want for your home - these are the elements of our magazine.

EDITOR’S SAY

MILIEU

FEATURED DESIGNERS

From The Desk Of… • Hanging around with the brightest lights

CURATED

Well Urned • The grounds of an English Georgian-era estate were restored with today’s environment in mind. The 80-acre parkland has earned an official organic certification. Among its hallmarks are the myriad decorative containers in which plants and small trees flourish.

ANTIQUING IN FRANCE

COMMUNITY

Shepherd’s Delight • English shepherds once slept in simple huts while tending their flocks, and now homeowners can occupy new, luxurious versions of those venerable dwellings of yore.

FORWARD Thinkers • The artisans, artists, and designers who inspire us

JOURNEY

Wrapped Up In Nature • Situated amid the most poetic part of England’s Gloucestershire, the country estate of Thyme is a bucolic retreat that offers peace, exquisite food, sumptuous interiors, and a serene spa to all who visit

ETCETERA

The Master of Remastering • Wayne Thiebaud secured his place in the annals of art history by appropriating and reinterpreting works by the masters he admired. He has been revered since for his original works.

Rose Tarlow Melrose House

DESIGNER DAY at the Big Red Barn

Verellen Atelier DFW GRAND OPENING

THE WELL

On the Rocks • A California coastal home, once owned and occupied by Hollywood “royalty” in the 1920s, plays a new starring role in the lives of present-day owners

The Family Farm • A family with roots in India establishes new ones—and a new home—in California’s “Green Belt”

Calm, Cool, and Collected • A Houston homeowner called upon Brandon Fontenot to not only design the rooms of her house, but also to have him create serenity

Over Time • Having lived for decades in their Georgian-era house, an English family has let the rooms gradually and naturally evolve

Riverside Refuge • An interior designer and architect who frequently collaborate transformed a lackluster home on the Tennessee River into a warm, tranquil retreat. It was also a project that led to a surprise ending.

THE MILIEU SOURCE

GO SHOPPING

The Goods • Your source for what’s new, novel, and essential

William Haines • Who is to say what is good taste, what is bad? I don’t know what taste is. It’s like a fog…you can see it and feel it, but you can never touch it. —William Haines