WHEN IT COMES TO LIVING WITH STYLE, our readers can find it in MILIEU. Whether in the United States or abroad, MILIEU introduces readers to the best projects, products, places, and the artisans behind them. Explore and enjoy these select stories from MILIEU.
Georgia On His Mind
A big city designer returns to his small Southern hometown for one very special commission
An Artful Life
Isabel López-Quesada’s longtime friend called on the designer to create a new home and sense of place for her and her family in Madrid
Seasonal Transformations
When she’s at her California home, a Houston interior designer marks the seasons by tying on new slipcovers—colors and prints for the fall and winter, and calmer pastels for spring and summer
The Family That Stays Together
Cris Briger and her sons not only own and run Casa Gusto/Studio Gusto together, they also share a daily life in their Palm Beach home
Maine Domain
A family wanted a home that would tell a new story about their lives. A designer and architect collaborated to build them one to last for generations.
Changing Times
For years, a Dallas couple had been happy in their home. Then, one day, they realized it had become dated. A designer and an architect have made them feel at home again.
Spare Time
Upon deciding to move to a different and smaller Chicago apartment, designer Michael Del Piero brought as little—and as much—as she could with her
Barn Raising
What was once a farmyard home to lambs for centuries has been transformed into a chic, modern, family-friendly residence
A Bloom in Bloomsbury
Designer Kit Kemp honors the colorful traditions of her historic London neighborhood by making the rooms of her home bright with pattern and texture
Breathing Room
The clients and interior designer agreed to create a home that would function as a place apart from the animation of daily life, while remaining linked to the vibrant city of Austin
Being Heuman
No one could mistake London-based Beata Heuman’s interiors for anyone else’s—equal parts style, function, and fun
Gone Fishing
Designer Juan Montoya took the bait and transformed a 1910 lakeside cabin into a new destination for his clients
Firm Foundation
MILIEU's Editor-at-Large, along with an acclaimed architect, worked together to create a new home and a family whose rooms are filled with joy
Perfect Imperfect
Belgian designer Boris Vervoordt recognizes the beauty of flaws as elements to introduce into the home
A Head Start
Much of the houses and many of its elements were already in place when Ray Booth began his work—and yet he transformed what existed into something new and fresh
A Texas Star
A small town, an hour west of Houston, proved the ideal locale for a family’s second home. It would be a place they could fill with their treasures.
English Lesson
An Austin homeowner, who is a dedicated Anglophile, engaged an architect, interior designer, and builder to fashion a home that reflects her love for England
It Takes 2
Working together with her husband, designer Beth Webb crafted an ideal city sanctuary for themselves in an iconic building in the heart of Atlanta’s Buckhead
In Harmony
Richard Hallberg, designer and founder of Formations, was commissioned to transform a Los Angeles house, inside and out
Sunrise, Sunset
A new beach house on Pawleys Island, South Carolina, brings family members together, with one another—and the views
A Couple’s Retreat
An architect and an interior designer built their second home as both a creative act and as a place where they could be at their most creative
Family Retreat
A Spanish family leaves Madrid on weekends for their home in the country, a place as much for themselves as it is for their guests
A Modern Farmstead
For an organic produce farm near Nashville, architect Bobby McAlpine designed a residence that feels as natural to the landscape as the crops that flourish there
Southern Sensibilities
Barbara Westbrook collaborated with an architectural team to create a new South Carolina Lowcountry home that appears to have arisen out of the past
Being at Home
MILIEU's first Showhouse proved that a group of talented interior designers can create a cohesive home, while also helping a charitable cause