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

From The Desk Of... • Neutrals have strong effects in the home

FEATURED DESIGNERS

How Does Your Garden Grow? • European-style gardens artfully blend formal structure with relaxed planting, wherever they are rooted. A look at four notable garden design firms and the philosophies that shape their landscapes.

We Can Dig It • Gardening gear for those with even a slightly green thumb

Good Bedside Manners • Atlanta’s J. Tribble has long been known for the way it restores and reinvents antiques. Now, the company’s namesake, John Tribble, has added a new focus on a piece of furniture often overlooked and underutilized—the bedside table.

The Outsider Insider • John Danzer, founder of Munder-Skiles, creates furnishings for the outdoors that are as comfortable and stylish as any found inside the home

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

Cooking Up Memories • Whether you visit Avignon’s La Mirande for one of its cooking classes or for a stay, you are immersed in history that will become part of your own

Draw or Die • Nearly 40 years after her death, visionary artist Minnie Evans is celebrated through an exhibition that begins in her native American South and travels to New York City—the site in 1975 of her groundbreaking solo show

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MILIEU IN HOUSTON

American Elegance

HISTORY IN THE MAKING • A family, an interior designer, and an architect collaborated to create a home that would reference the past over all of the years to come

Spanish Adaptation • A family moving from their native Spain to England commissioned Marta de la Rica to design the interiors of their new home that would embody a London aesthetic while reflecting their shared Spanish roots

A Beach Find • A couple’s new home assumes a quiet but powerful and distinctive presence along Florida’s Gulf Coast

In Living Color • The owners of a centuries-old London townhouse wanted designer Nicola Harding to do what she does best—infuse rooms with color, pattern, and good cheer

The Right Angles • A couple in Spain looked to surrounding natural beauty as inspiration for the design of their home

THE GOODS • Your source for what’s new, novel, and essential

Nicole de Vésian