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.
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
Perfectly Imperfect
Client, interior designer, and architect worked together to embrace a Japanese philosophy that covets imperfection. The resulting home they created in Montecito is perfect.
New Beginnings
An older couple, just married, wanted their Jackson Hole house to reflect their new union in life, inside and out
Family History
A duo of Spain-based interiors designers reinvented a family's grand-scaled house so that everyone of every generation would feel at home
Lost but Found
A Houston interior designer discovered an old farmhouse that nobody seemed to want. She and her husband bought it, moved in, and brought it back to life
A Gusto for Life
The Mexican home that an antiques dealer and designer built is filled with life and spirit, both from its occupants and the furnishings she has brought to it
Rooted in Georgia
A couple who make their living as homebuilders build a second residence for themselves that melds contemporary living with classic architecture