The incredible supervillain-lairish Casa Brutale, at the edge of the Aegean sea — and perhaps the edge of reason. Created by the Open Platform For Architecture, the abode is alas just a concept. Suggested budget to actually build it is…
Recently I received a note of introduction by a company called Ancesserie. That the note came electronically shoudn’t be seen as a self-contradiction. Ancesserie, you see, makes stationery on 19th-century letterpresses. Based in South Carolina, the company’s founding is pretty…
Today we have a guest post from James Kraus of Jet Age Media. * * * In it’s early decades, Playboy Magazine was a gateway to the good life. Like a worldly uncle or older brother, it dispensed a cornucopia…
Last week the Kingsdown brand announced a forthcoming “Downton Abbey” mattress collection. That’s right, not sheets, but mattresses. Considering they can’t be seen, they sure as hell better feel special. Said the company in a release: This strategic partnership represents…
Recently Jack Carlson, author of “Rowing Blazers,” shared his favorite boathouse interiors with us. Even more recently — Friday night, to be exact — I had drinks with Carlson at my favorite New York interior, the Player’s Club, whose walls…
Today is National Seersucker Day, and here are some items for the home (preferably your second, and located near a body of water). Above, whale throw pillow, $60. Below, hammock by Houzz, $195: Shower curtain at JC Penney, $25: …
If you’ve got a few thousand dollars of discretionary income lying about with nothing to burn it on, check out the gentleman’s accessories collection at the auction site Paddle8. There’s a 1928 “smoking compendium” (above). And a servant to hold…
Screen shot from “The Human Stain,” in which Anthony Hopkins plays a classics professor with an elegant home. Note pictures mounted to bookcase.
A recent ODDA Magazine photo shoot at Ralph Lauren men’s flagship, the Rhinelander mansion.
This week Billionaire.com reported on the best luxury mobile homes, including the Marchi Mobile Elemment Palazzo, which will set you back a cool $3 million. Well worth it, though, to arrive in style on your road trip to Miami.