Lessons in Legalese

‘There’s glory for you’ ‘I don’t know what you mean by “glory”,’ Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. ‘Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant, “there’s a nice knock down argument for you!”’ ‘But “glory” doesn’t mean “a nice knock down argument,”’ Alice objected. ‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in [...]

The Black Gates

Sifting through my jumble of dreams, I found at the bottom the black gates of hell. Hidden behind a battalion of trees, I ducked under branches and pushed aside leaves to see it. When finally my fingers closed on the iron wrought spokes, I pressed my face against the bars to see what all the [...]

For the rugged dandy

Although my own style is decidedly feminine and park avenue princess-y, I’d be bored to death if I’d had to look at just one style all my life. That’s one of the reasons why interior design attracts me so much- you design for others. And that’s what makes it so infinitely varied and dynamic. I [...]

A girl after my own heart

New design crush! Victoria Hagan. Love her.

I love the graphic-ness, the quiet luxury. Can you tell she’s almost scarily perfectionistic?
And it all started with the most elegant wing chair I’ve ever seen in my life… haha okay then again, I haven’t seen very many.

The Wainscott
I wish I had a side-view angle but oh well. You [...]

Science vs Religion?

I will have to sheepishly admit to being a TIME fanatic. As a kid in secondary school, I devoured the weekly publication as if starved and practically hero worshipped Lance Morrow and Pico Iyer. I don’t read it as often now but I chanced upon a crisp copy on the dining table and happily thumbed [...]

Yawp.

Lovely weather today!!! Very ang-moh if you know what I mean. Very late spring/early summer in England type of perfect.
Went to MPH to browse mags- was looking for my monthly Domino fix but they didn’t have it so I tried looking at some local publications. And EGAD (As Mr Lodge says) they are awful. Truly [...]