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… • Going gray means letting one of life’s most natural colors come out gracefully

CURATED

Hardwired • Noted Houston antiques dealer Bill Gardner has an eye for all things Swedish and Scandinavian, and his newly acquired inventory of 19th-century lighting sources, powered by candles, is a bright response to the winter season

Following A New Pattern • Mother-daughter designers Beth and Frances Lacefield worked together to create a new line of textiles for Bungalow Classic that reflects their strong family bond

COMMUNITY

For Better, For Worsted • Jacob Long set out to rescue a single textile mill. Now he’s setting a new standard for what the American textile industry could be again.

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

JOURNEY

Peacekeeper • English-born Emily Hobhouse was an early advocate for those affected by the Second Boer War. Her girlhood home is now dedicated to memorializing her life and her causes.

ETCETERA

Woven Expressions • Navajo artist DY Begay creates deeply meaningful fiber art inspired by her ancestral homeland

Bright Lights

Leaving Everything On The Table

THE WELL

Staying Close • Although a couple was ready to make a move, they also knew they wanted to stay in their small Spanish town, among friends

Coming Full Circle • A Londoner returns home from Los Angeles—and to a neighborhood she knew well as a girl. In England, she and her young family immerse themselves in a life that is reminiscent of another time.

Well Edited • When designer Kay Douglass and her husband became empty-nesters, she chose to build a new “nest” by furnishing it with a carefully edited mix of modern and vintage pieces

Smoky Mountain Refinement • A new home takes root on the grounds of Tennessee’s Blackberry Farm, seemingly as if it sprouted directly from native soil

The Power of Art • It makes sense that the interiors of a centuries-old apartment in Florence reflect the colors of an iconic Renaissance painting

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Anni Albers • “I have this very what you call today ‘square’ idea that art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.” — Anni Albers