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In 1998, Tom Givone was working as a writer, living contentedly in New York’s West Village, when he started having landlord problems. “It was a typical New York story,” he tells us. “I was living in a great little studio on Perry Street – they would’ve had to drag me out of there wearing a […]

Luxury travel and design journalist Kathryn Romeyn has written for Departures, Architectural Digest, The Hollywood Reporter and more. In 2017, she completed building her Bali home, Bali Kali Kubu, then began splitting her time between there and Los Angeles. I met her in L.A. in 2017, introduced through another globe-trotting friend. The day we met, […]

If balance is the key to a healthy and full life, then even the most intrepid travelers should come to a point where not going anywhere appeals most. Jeremy and Erle, owners of WonderINN Mirrored Glass Cabin in the quiet nature reserve of Nordre Øyeren just 25 minutes from Oslo, can relate. After years of […]

Sometimes the boldest ideas are also the simplest ones. Tucked into the woods near the Canadian ski resort of Tremblant are two homes that epitomize that notion. Created by Mauricio Padilla and his partner Emily Padan (known collectively as hinter), they are the first in a series of homes that the couple hope will not only […]

When we discovered that London-based designer Charlotte Taylor was visiting Trullo di Luna, one of a cluster of trulli in Italy’s Itria Valley, we had to find out what she thought of it. For the uninitiated, trulli are dry-stone huts with conical roofs, unique to Puglia where they were traditionally used as agricultural dwellings or […]

Etched in many of our minds is the inside of New York City’s Time-Life building; albeit, few of us have ever set foot there. All that glass, all that light, the dark wood desks, and swivel chairs – we know it if we’ve seen AMC’s “Mad Men,” where the show was set. The architect and […]

Sacramora 12 hosts a collection of paintings by Phillippe Artias, who was a friend of Pablo Picasso in the years of Vallauris. He died in Italy in Numana 2002, but his legacy lives on in the rationalist farmhouse near Faenza. Designed by architects Claudio Piersanti and Rita Rava, who also designed Museo delle Ceramiche di […]

Many years before Alessio Manca got involved, six hectares of gold-green Puglian land dotted with 700 olive trees sat untouched. In 2016, when the modern farmhouse Masseria Moroseta, opened its doors on the land, it came alive with the aromas of Giorgia Goggi’s delicious food and the sounds of intimate laughter. The Masseria is a […]

If you come upon a traditional mas in Provence with three cypress trees, consider it a hopeful sign. According to lore, this trio was a symbol of hospitality. One enchanting example is Le Mas Méjean, a 250-year-old home in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, triangulated by the slender trees that Van Gogh had a penchant for. Fashion and interior […]

Cole Gerst and his wife Lea Anne never got a chance to meet midcentury architect Marvin Witt, who designed Oregon Coast Modern, their beach home in the Neahkahnie, Oregon. Witt passed away soon after they became the second owners, but the before-and-after photos seem like a dialogue between Witt and the Gersts. Witt designed Oregon […]

When Jill Cordes wrote to us describing herself as a ‘die-hard BoutiqueHomes fan’, we were of course delighted. And how could we resist reaching out to her to find out more? Jill has traveled extensively, both personally and professionally. As host of the Food Network’s award-winning show The Best Of for six years, she scoured […]

For Venetian hotelier Gioele Romanelli, this has been a very challenging year. Last November, the city he grew up in – and loves passionately – was hit by its annual acqua alta, or high tide, bringing with it the worst flooding in half a century. Then, just over two months later, while Venice was celebrating […]

A person might be hard pressed to find two décor choices more diametrically opposed than Herman Miller furniture and flannel. And yet, when Terry Rayment put the two together while designing Crane Cabin, a poetic paradox occurred. It turns out that those choices are like little scenes of Terry’s life. Currently working as a commercial […]

Sometimes, Eric and Jessica Bute imagine a magic-dusted time period in Palm Springs, when they might have been neighbors with Walt Disney, the Max Factor family or Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray. They have all owned homes in the Indian Canyons neighborhood, situated on the Indian Canyons Golf Course, a favorite of Frank Sinatra, Bob […]

In 2001, Italy captured the heart of Barbara Biggs. That is when the Australian author, journalist and social change advocate wrote her first two books – in Rome, while living there for a year. She also met her Italian friends that she still keeps close. “I really loved the Italian people – they’re just so […]

When Jenny Armit came to Todos Santos 16 years ago for a week’s vacation, she had no idea she would fall in love with the small Mexican coastal town, much less that she would meet a pig there who changed her life. Today, Jenny, an accomplished British interior designer whose career has taken her all […]

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 […]