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

Milieu Magazine

FROM THE DESK OF… • Editor-in-Chief Pamela Pierce

FEATURED DESIGNERS

OBJECTS

The Paper Trail • Brown craft paper and corrugated cardboard turn out to be highly versatile and decorative materials. Constructed with plywood frames, wholly contained room settings are detailed with these paper stocks, complete with faux windows and shingle roofs. Each is furnished with the finest of pieces from around the world—new, vintage, and antique—and all evoke creativity and thinking outside the box.

Decorating with History • Antiques in your home create an aura of authenticity. The objects tell a story of their past while also speaking of your present life at home.

INSIDER • Designers and designs that change the way you live at home

TRAVEL

Feeling at HOME • A travel writer settles into her stay at Mexico’s Hacienda de San Antonio, aware that the experiences she has there will endure in her memory

SICILIAN Interlude • Through his camera’s eye, MILIEU contributing photographer Peter Vitale reveals Sicily, a place that remains in focus for everyone upon visiting

PROFILES

MAN on the Edge • Everything Milton De Paul, Creative Director for Samuel & Sons, does is meant to motivate the design world to rethink passementerie—with fringe benefits and all the trimmings

The Couple That Designs Together • Courtney and Randy Tilinski, founders of Bungalow Classic, created a home base for Atlantans, while also creating a lasting home together

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In SHAPE • Italian artist Mirco Marchelli looks closely at the world, translating memories, colors, even sounds to his canvases

Design Matters

THE WELL

AN OASIS of the SPIRIT • Drawing on his Andalusian roots and knowledge of Moorish architecture, Spanish designer Pablo Paniagua brings a fresh interpretation to classic Moroccan style

FIRM Foundation • MILIEU's Editor-at-Large, along with an acclaimed architect, worked together to create a new home for 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 house 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

Time and Space Traveler • After years of living above his legendary shop and hopping between houses in Litchfield County, Connecticut, Michael Trapp has settled on a home, once again mixing eras and cultures with the greatest of ease

Making History • An Atlanta designer was commissioned to make the interiors of a new home feel historical, imbued with a past and a patina

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

GO SHOPPING

Alvar Aalto • Recognized today as the father of Modernism, Alvar Aalto reshaped architecture and furniture—using natural materials—into something distinctively Finnish