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Getaway

We confess: vacation photos are a dominant theme in our approach to home decorating. But they’re not the only way to display your travel love. We traversed the world (wide web) to uncover these six crafty finds for showcasing your adventures: Show your love by bringing the world into your home with the Bespoke Nine Heart Map. You select nine places that are special to you and your family, a...

The Crown: A Picture-Perfect Inn in Buckinghamshire, England

designtripper / 11.29.11 /

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Europe

Everyone works up such a frenzy about the Olde Bell Inn (me included) and it’s certainly not without merit, I assure you. All rush matting, peeling paint and bartenders wearing suspenders without irony, it’s the single best inn experience I’ve ever had, period. But its sister inn, The Crown–just 20 minutes away by car–is pretty spectacular, too. Owned by Tej and Sarina Dhillon and design...

Check-In: The Surrey Hotel on the Upper East Side

Annie Fitzsimmons / 11.21.11 /

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North America

I just had the most relaxing, wonderful, much-needed New York weekend. We hung out with friends, brunched, walked for miles, saw a great off-Broadway show, read all the New York papers, and sat in Washington Square Park. Inspired by New York, I wanted to share these photos I recently took on a visit to The Surrey on the Upper East Side. It was announced last week that The Surrey is now ...

Check-In: The Marais House in Paris

designtripper / 10.24.11 /

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Europe

The Marais House is as quintessentially Parisian and eclectic as they get. Situated on one of the oldest street in the Marais, the 16th-century, five-story b&b also doubles as a highly coveted location for film productions and photo shoots (including a glamorous spread with Laura Dern in W magazine a few years ago). The owner completely transformed the upscale city chateau, formerly a gold-lea...

Check-In: Ballyvolane House in County Cork

momfilter / 06.22.11 /

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Europe

Growing up on opposite coasts, my husband and I had parallel fantasies of leaving our suburban childhoods behind for the “civilized” life: We would be rich and European, ideally with a manor thrown in. These (now slightly embarrassing) imaginings may be in check, but the pull of a life right out of the pages of The World of Interiors is still strong. So, while on a trip to Dublin with our...

Check-In: Todos Santos Inn

designtripper / 06.20.11 /

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Mexico

Interiors, lifestyle and architecture photographer (The New York Times, Dwell, LA Times) and blogger Laure Joliet recently made a trip to Todos Santos to visit her dad’s new house.While she was there, she made a stop at the markedly different Todos Santos Inn for dinner and a cocktail at sunset and was instantly captivated by the grand old hacienda from the 19th century, full of magnificent, wel...

Father's Day Gifts for the New Dad

Cool Mom Picks / 06.17.11 /

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You never forget your first Father's Day. Which is why we wanted to launch our Father's Day Gifts series with gift ideas for that guy who's one part sentimental, one part exhausted, and all parts awesome--the first time new dad.We're a little picky about Daddy and Me Tee Sets, but the ones from UK's Twisted Twee are just fabulous, whether you're spending the day at the pub together or not. (£32 ...

Beautiful Blocks That Support Michigan Industry

Cool Mom Picks / 06.15.11 /

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North America

Yes okay, so this set of blocks is 100 bucks at maXimo design but the truth is, if I add up all the disposable plastic toys we've received for the kids, I could have owned about 60 of these sets--and actually owned something my kids could hand down to their own kids. The blocks, besides being utterly gorgeous in both color and typography, are all US made out of sustainable Michigan-grown basswood....

A Private Paradise in Sayulita

momfilter / 06.08.11 /

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Mexico

Once you arrive in Sayulita, you’ll get why photographer Anne Menke and her husband Johann moved their family from New York City a couple years ago, making this village on the Pacific Coast of Mexico their full-time address. They were so into it, they even helped start the first green school in Mexico, the The Costa Verde International School, where their three boys attend. But before building t...

Check-In: The Fantastical 40 Winks in London

designtripper / 06.05.11 /

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Europe

A year and a half ago, London-based interior designer David Carter—known for his artistic spin on grandiosity—turned his historic East London Queen Anne into a wild, charming and totally fantastical b&b for fashion and design-related travelers. “It’s not trying to be a conventional hotel,” says David. “We’re drawing artsy types and people who really love design—people who love ...