Rooted Form, now on MILIEU’s ShopMy, invites the garden indoors and blurs the boundary between home and landscape. 

For more than seven decades, Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights have illuminated homes, courtyards, and streetscapes with handcrafted lanterns that embody the romance and artistry of New Orleans. Founded in 1945 through the collaboration of master metalworker Andrew Bevolo, Sr. and renowned architect A. Hays Town, the company became known for its iconic French Quarter lanterns, meticulously constructed using hand-riveted techniques that remain a hallmark of the brand today.

Madoo reads as a living autobiography—an idea central to its founder, artist Robert Dash, who approached the garden as he did his canvases, layering saturated color, architectural follies, and evolving plantings into a composition that shifts with the seasons.

Each summer, famed textile and interior designer Kathryn M. Ireland welcomes a group of guests to her home, La Castellane, nestled in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwest France. There, designers and design-enthusiasts are invited into Kathryn’s world to learn from her expertise and to experience her distinctive approach to hospitality.

Susie Pryor understands art from both sides of the canvas. An artist herself, Susie has been a guiding presence in Atlanta’s art world, cultivating meaningful relationships with fellow artists, collectors, and designers through her bespoke gallery, Pryor Fine Art. The gallery has built a reputation for thoughtful curation and a diverse roster of exceptional artists from around the world.

Every year, September stirs a renewed sense of excitement in the design community. The calendar fills quickly: from Discover ADAC to What’s New What’s Next to Dallas Design Week, the list goes on. A whirlwind of openings, collaborations, and celebrations marks the shift in season, stirring a creative current that carries the industry forward.

Leslie Newsom Rascoe, MILIEU Design Director, sits down with the charismatic Magd Riad, President of Marmi Natural Stone, for an engaging conversation about the company’s heritage and what has led them to their latest launch of Marmi’s bespoke Editions Collection.

Ann Huff is an expert at sourcing European antiques. Recently, MILIEU’s associate editor, Avery Bowers, joined Ann for a morning at the French antique markets. As they strolled through the Paul Berte Marché and Serpette, Ann displayed her astute understanding of each stall, greeting vendors personally and demonstrating the relationships that make her approach so special.

In celebration of its enduring charm, we’re revisiting some of our favorite Gingham Moments from the pages of MILIEU. These interiors prove that checks bring a sense of summer whimsy — all while offering timeless appeal.

London's Liberty Fabrics' in-store exhibition, The Patchwork Collective: 150 Years of Liberty, reveals the best of what the creative brand represents.  Liberty shares with MILIEU the mission of their exhibit and some of the meaningful hand-stitched squares contributed from the crafting community around the world.

Some of MILIEU's favorite design sources have an invitation for you to join them in celebration of new openings, pop-ups, anniversary milestones, and a welcomed visit to their expanded showrooms

Maison Janneau has much to celebrate. Not only has the acclaimed French window and door maker recently observed its 50th year of crafting excellence but has now opened its doors in the United States with its first showroom in Austin, Texas.

A holiday home tour like no other is happening in the Greater Houston Area.  Designers of eight residences welcome you inside their homes to wander the rooms. But while none of these homes are larger than three a half feet wide or made of anything but plywood, each feels as grand and detailed as a full-scale residence.

What started in Connecticut as a family fixture and fittings business has developed into a global home brand whose core values of authenticity, craftsmanship, and quality have remained constant throughout expansion and changes in ownership. Much of the triumph of Waterworks can be attributed to CEO Peter Sallick.

Lulu Lytle, Founder & Creative Director of Soane Britain, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honors List in recognition of her services to British Manufacturing and Craftsmanship.

The gardens and grounds of England’s Helmingham Hall are now “growing” with sculptures by David Harber. His large-scale works, made of copper, bronze, stone, and steel, were chosen for the grounds by Harber and Sophie Tollemache, the custodian of the great English house.

McKinnon and Harris’ design retreat during Virginia’s Historic Garden Week has MILIEU’s design director dreaming in green

Interior decorator, furniture and fabric designer, gardener, author, lecturer, and philanthropist, Charlotte Moss wears many hats, but one close to her heart is her involvement with the IBU Movement.  Based in Charleston, South Carolina, IBU Movement is an organization which partners with women around the world with the goal of disrupting poverty and fashioning change through the art of their hands.

Nestled all snug in her 19th-century waterfront studio in Hadlyme, Connecticut, overlooking the serendipitously named Whalebone Cove, artist Mary Maguire paints visions of birds, boats, and sea creatures that dance in her head. One might only dream of such a charming New England scene, but of course this is no fish tale.

Some of MILIEU’s favorite design sources have recently expanded their presence by opening new showrooms on the street level and online. Here’s a look at what’s new for you.

Goldsmith, jeweler, artist, sculptor Elizabeth Gage celebrates sixty years of crating timeless elegance—with yet more to come.

As an interior designer, I am on a constant search for unique products and interesting artisans to introduce into my projects. When I discovered KUFRI textiles hand-woven fabrics and pillows by Mili Suleman, I was immediately impressed by its craftsmanship and ethos.

The new Pret-a-Porter program and range colors from L’Atelier Paris will make your kitchen a feast for the eyes.  What used to happen every season in Paris ready-to-wear fashion, is now happening in your own kitchen.

Every cloud has a silver lining, and for Virginia botanical artist Anne Blackwell Thompson, it just happened to be growing beyond the garden gate.

One of the joys of being an editor is to learn about what is in the hearts and minds of creative people. And one person I have been very intrigued by is artist Wayne Pate.

One of the defining features of the fall season in and around New York is the debut of “the new”—the new Broadway plays, stores, art exhibitions, musical performances. But this season is filled with an even bigger variety of openings. Some of the world’s most renowned interior design brands and manufacturers are debuting new and expanded showrooms in and near the city. MILIEU takes a tour to preview these inspiring destinations.

For several years, beginning in the late 90s, designers lucky enough to be in the New Orleans and Houston areas would mark their calendars for Tara Shaw’s new shipment dates. Shannon Bowers, MILIEU Editor-at-Large, catches up here with Tara just as she is unloading a new shipment.

Hovering between dream state and reality is the ethereal world of Belgian artist Pierre Bergian. As a child growing up in Bruges and Ghent, Bergian was a curious sort. Intrigued by the old abandoned buildings he encountered along the waterways of the Low Country, he developed a fascination with interior spaces and architecture that would influence the course of his life.

MILIEU had the pleasure of visiting with the noted and prolific textile designer Alice Sergeant. Her new fabric and wallpaper lines reflect her heritage, her world travels, her love of all things French, and her background in fashion. Not only are we excited to share with you Alice’s collection, but also our conversation about her creative process and what inspires her designs.

Ethereal. Preternatural. Otherworldly. These are adjectives that blossom forth when first encountering botanical sculptor Tiffanie Turner’s exquisitely crafted, often larger than life, paper flowers.