MILIEU

In MILIEU, every story captures the look and feel, the mood and character, the style of a place - its milieu. The milieu that defines a great house or garden, the unique character of a design professional, the message conveyed in a thoughtful essay about home life, the creative strategies for accomplishing the look you want for your home - these are the elements of our magazine.

TEAK WAREHOUSE • Be inspired by the stunning designs, variety, and quality of outdoor furniture pieces, all carefully curated and manufactured in Italy, France, Belgium, Northern Europe, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Milieu Magazine

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Hats Off • MILIEU celebrates decorative trims as ways to transform everything from what you live with to what you wear. These trims and fabrics are all weather-resistant, ideal for summer.

Everything and the Kitchen Sink • These new products and accessories are your kitchen’s finest ingredients

Cooking Al Fresco • Make the great outdoors your best place to dine

Market PLANS • After buying a house in Southwest France years ago, interior designer Kathryn Ireland discovered the region’s other bounty—flea markets and antiques shops—from which she has built a personal collection

Keeping the Home Kilns Burning • Karina and Charles Rickards rescued, repatriated, and revived Cornishware pottery, salvaging an iconic piece of British history

Marcel Breuer • As one of the founding members of the Bauhaus, Marcel Breuer was a bold innovator whose experimentations with new forms and technologies created masterworks complementing the industrial age. They endure today.

Drawing ROOMS • Houston’s Menil Collection features the spectacularly unconventional drawings and graphic works of modern American artists Roni Horn and Dorothea Tanning

Conversation Pieces • Designer Ray Booth creates a furniture collection that gets people talking

Southern Debut • Jamb, the London company known for its ability to reproduce antique furnishings and pair them with authentic antiques, opens a new door in Atlanta

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THE Revivalists • An English couple happened upon a whitewashed home on a small Aegean Sea isle. They took an old Greek house and made it Modern.

GEOMETRY LESSON • A math teacher-turned-interior designer filled her Houston home with shapes and forms that speak to her

HOME at LAST • Although L.A. –based Stephan Jones has created many interiors over the years for his clients, he and his partner only recently moved into their first home. Now Jones understands that process in a new way.

OUTof the BLUE • A Palm Beach apartment references the nearby ocean and bay waters, while claiming its own distinctive palette

LIFE UPSTAIRS • Husband and wife architects designed their Florida house to capture the views and essence of their ocean locale

Home on a Hill • High above the Pacific Ocean, this vacation home in Malibu uses its natural light and views as integral features of its design

THE GOODS • Your source for what’s new, novel, and essential

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Nicky Haslam • Nicky Haslam has not only designed some of the most beautiful interiors and furnishings in the world, but also a glamorous and creative life for himself