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Head east out of Los Angeles and before long you’ll hit the arid landscape of the California high desert. It is seductive terrain, increasingly popular with Angelenos looking to escape the big city as well as international travelers wanting to experience a little Wild West cool. And it’s there, in the Morongo Valley, en route […]

Artist Ricky Lee Gordon has traveled the world, but it’s Sri Lanka that he has chosen as home. It’s there, in an old fisherman’s hut under a Bodhi tree, that the South African native has designed a creative space for himself that he also opens to other artists. Known for his large-scale murals across the […]

Maison Bergdorf is one of those projects which really resonates with our philosophy here at BoutiqueHomes. A Swiss chalet built in 1897, it was recently brought back to life by a creative couple (Stéphane Houlmann and Mirko Beetschen), injected with a blend of vintage and contemporary décor, and opened as an intimate B&B. You can […]

When you see Voss Lodge for the first time, it is hard to believe it’s a self-build project that was created over the course of endless weekends by a family of four with virtually no construction experience. It’s a meticulously-produced Nordic-style home set in breathtaking landscape at the top of the Voss Resort in Western […]

We were recently delighted to add The Apartment Residence to the BoutiqueHomes collection because it epitomizes everything we love about travel, design and the idea of “home”. Located in the Christianshavn district of old Copenhagen, it’s the brainchild of long-time collector Tina Seidenfaden Busck – a magical space that combines all the best qualities of […]

“I have a castle on the Riviera, it measures 3.66 by 3.66 metres. It’s for my wife, and is extremely comfortable and cosy.” These are the words of legendary French architect Le Corbusier, describing the wooden cabin that he built for his wife in 1952 at Cap Moderne, across the bay from Monaco. A tiny […]

Andrew Trotter is delightfully ubiquitous. He’s the designer behind two of our favorite Italian properties – the live-work-gallery space Numeroventi in Florence and the dazzling white hotel Masseria Moroseta near Ostuni in Puglia. The latter was carefully created over three years, a typical Pugliese farmhouse among the olive trees, yet with very modern design and […]

We are always looking for hidden gems and are big fans of mid-century architecture. So when we were approached by Paul Finegold about a collection of apartments by architect R.M. Schindler that he was restoring in Silver Lake, near Downtown Los Angeles, we were excited to find out more. Manola Court was designed by Schindler […]

Travel deep into the south of Italy, down into the heel of Puglia. Within the elegant Baroque town of Galatina, hidden down a narrow alley, you’ll find Palazzo dell’Elefante della Torre, a remarkable space born from history, misfortune and grand design. In 2013, Christian Pizzinini and Antonio Scolari — public relations executives and art lovers […]

Trullo Nostrano in Italy’s breathtaking Valle D’Itria was restored and redesigned by two artists, Puglia native Walter Trento and Ukrainian import Nadiya Yamnych — embracing the imperfections of the original conical and cave-like structures, while adding an abundance of creative touches. We reached out to Nadiya to find out more about this whimsical property. Your […]

Meet Emily and Seth Britt, owners of the Box Hop, a shipping container home that’s making waves just outside Columbus, Ohio. An imaginative design using three containers (two to form the base, one across the top), it’s pushing the boundaries of what a container home can look like and creating a real buzz on social […]

Sometimes you just have to take risks, even if they seem absurd to everyone else around you. Meet Sandra Tuchscherer and Simon Filler, an art director and an architect based in Hamburg but with a deep connection to Italy. And meet Casa Francese, their risk. The story of Casa Francese is one of two nomads […]

Sueno Sagrado in the Mojave enclave of Pioneertown, California, is owned and operated by Bryan Crawford, a Missouri-born jack of all trades now based in Los Angeles. His road to Pioneertown has been anything but direct, as a former music journalist who’s even dabbled in furniture design (a desk he built is now staged in […]

Todos Santos is a dreamy destination rising through the ranks of Mexican cities travelers are itching to visit. We have a few BoutiqueHomes in this beachy oasis, a few of which feature interiors designed by the LA-based French interior designer, Sylvie Sabatier. Sylvie owns one of these properties, Hacienda Los Olivos, so we chatted with […]

We were already sold on Getaway Projects’ great designs on land, when owners Arno Schuurs and Paulien van Noort told us about their latest project: the Marine Cabin. A nautical version of their innovative, stylish and sustainable cabins, it’s a boutique home in motion. Arno and Paulien started building cabins together because they were, to put […]

At BoutiqueHomes, we love when houses push the boundaries of design in innovative and playful ways that we’ve never seen before and could never even have imagined. Haus Gables in Atlanta, Georgia does just that. Jennifer Bonner is the architectural designer behind this new ground-up residence, with an impressive resume as an Associate Professor of […]

Within a tiny town in southeast Italy called Gallipoli, you will find a limestone island connected to the mainland by nothing more than an ancient bridge. This island flaunts a rollicking history, with relics of that past enduring to this day. Atlas is one of them. When owners Sabrina Cavenaghi and Luca De Carlo found […]

You never know when inspiration might strike. It could even happen while doing something as mundane as looking for a laundromat… In 2011, LA-based designer Stephen Kenn was out doing just that: driving around east LA looking for a place to do his laundry. He turned into a parking lot simply to make a U-turn, when […]

BenTen East, named after the street it sits on in Higashiyama, one of Kyoto’s best-preserved historical districts, has a delightfully typical façade. The simple boxy structure of the kyo-machiya, or townhouse, sits quietly like a stage for shadow play, and wooden blinds cast moody fantails of light on the ground at sunset. It looks like […]

Jill Young Rosenast and her husband Alex have a thing about buildings – more specifically, beautiful historic structures with character and great bones. Over the years, they’ve acquired them, given them new leases of life, and made them available for the rest of the world to enjoy. It all started in the early Nineties in their […]

A few miles north of Santa Barbara, just off the 101 freeway that runs from LA to San Francisco, you’ll find a tiny town called Los Alamos. It consists of one long main street that looks like it’s straight out of a spaghetti western, and on the surface it’s sleepier than a cat on a […]

Athena Penthouse is a big corner flat in the heart of Athens, located rather enviably at the foot of the Acropolis. From its terrace, the ancient temple shines in the sunset; from its balconies, the activities of the restaurants and bars provide a live show. Inside, a very special light shines on great collectible furniture […]

Style influencer, self-confessed professional tourist and general purveyor of the aspirational life, Olivia Lopez of @lustforlife recently spent a few days at Il Convento in Brando, Corsica. A beautifully-restored former convent in the heart of the mountains and the maquis, it’s the perfect decor for her sublime photographs, and right in line with her love for the […]

When it comes to design, Christian Sarubi is a jack of all trades. After a seven-year spell in Toronto designing jewelry, he returned to his native Mexico City eight years ago and started designing boutique home rentals. With a growing collection of properties throughout the city’s wildly diverse neighborhoods, he’s been indulging his love of […]