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… • Sourcing for clients and tickled pink with what I've found

On the Edge

CURATED

Spring Chores • When Kevin Brost and his partner, Ian Hamilton, finished the chore of renovating their 1940s weekend cottage in Door County, Wisconsin, they turned to their potting shed as the next project. After scouring shops around the state, they accumulated a collection of vintage and antique garden tools, objects that embody, as Brost says, “their honest beauty.”

THE New Guard • A generation of interior designers has risen, and they are setting a new high bar for excellence in the industry. The best interior designers working today create rooms and homes that will endure, for they not only appreciate and understand the past, but also know how to design for today and well into the future. Their practice is not about following trends or fashions or fads. Rather, it’s about being personal, innovative, creative, visionary. The editors of MILIEU think of this highly select group of designers as The New Guard—practitioners in the industry who are introducing timeless standards. They are creating lasting aesthetics through their own experiences. These are the designers whom you see out in the field—attending the antiques fairs, visiting showrooms and their workrooms, stopping into artisan studios, learning, and observing as they go. It’s no wonder that their work is already widely admired. All of these members of The New Guard, several of whom have been featured previously in MILIEU, have an established following, and we look forward to seeing more of their work over the many years they remain in practice. Let us welcome The New Guard.

COMMUNITY

On A Roll • Three Swedish artisans uncover vintage wallpapers that they recreate for use in homes today

The Eye On The Prizes • Tara Shaw knows antiques and knows furniture. The designer has collaborated with Century Furniture to create furnishings that harken to fine antiques yet function as pieces for today.

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

JOURNEY

A Taste of Tuscany • While learning to cook classic Tuscan cuisine is the main course of a week-long stay at Tuscookany, there is also a rich meal to have every evening with new friends who are there to share the kitchen with you

ETCETERA

The Full Picture • An exhibition of paintings by Sally Michel awakens interest in an overlooked artist

MILIEU IN NASHVILLE • Celebrating 35 Years of the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville

THE WELL

Barn Beautiful • As the interior designer, MILIEU’s Shannon Bowers transformed a Texas barn into an inviting home with room to grow

Balancing Act • A Victorian-era house comes into the 21st century, echoing its past but announcing its place for a family today

Returning Home • Although a homeowner has lived for years in America, she entrusted designer Michael Aiduss to wholly restore and reimagine her childhood residence in London for her family

Meeting In The Middle • Proof that a mother and daughter can work in loving harmony when configuring the rooms of a 1920s North Shore suburban Chicago house

An Island Vibe • When commissioned to recreate the interiors of an old farmhouse on Ibiza, a designer tapped into her own deep connection to the sunny Spanish isle

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