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.

EDITOR’S SAY

From The Desk Of… • Browns, taupes, tans and beiges are some of the best neutrals to add tone and texture to any room

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Object Lessons • We always have fun at MILIEU. But over these past ten years we have had some of the best and most creative times curating our Objects pages—with everything from dressing penguins in wallpapers and hosting a toile wedding to stitching together dresses of flowers and gift-wrapping antique furniture. Here’s to another decade of thinking outside of the room. Thank you for letting us be so creative.

Inspiring Inspiration • Thomas Pheasant brought his design experience ethos to a classroom in France. Both students and teacher found inspiration in each other.

Material Girl • The artist Ann Carrington makes sculptures from discarded everyday objects and materials, creating new, rich stories from life

FORWARD Thinkers • The artisans, artists, and designers who inspire us

Conquering Cap Rocat • A former military stronghold built into a cliff face on the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands now serves as a peaceful respite for guests

Serenity Revealed • As the home of treasures from the artist’s estate, The Noguchi Museum holds the world’s largest and most extensive collection of Isamu Noguchi’s sculptures, drawings, models, and designs

The Magic of Creil • A centuries-old French earthenware remains as relevant for use and admiration today as it did in the past

ON PAGE

Seeing Clearly

An Island Destination • An American couple, retiring to an idyllic Mediterranean island, had a series of old stone structures rebuilt and repurposed for their new lives

Home Matters • A designer undertook a four-year renovation of her family’s century-old home in a lovely Chicago suburb, and it was worth the wait

Settling In • British designer Nicola Harding gives an old Italian farmhouse new life for a couple, using a fresh mix of relaxed furnishings, moody colors, and handcrafted touches

An Eye on Design • In showing her Houston home, MILIEU’s Pam Pierce reveals her personal aesthetic, as well as her thoughts on what an interior designer can accomplish

Let There Be Light • A house in Sonoma County was surrounded by natural light, but it took the work of an interior designer and contractors to bring the sunlight in

The Goods • Your source for what’s new, novel, and essential

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Michael Taylor • “The most beautiful rooms are those that retain a feeling of not being quite finished.” — Michael Taylor