Louis Vuitton’s secrétaire bureau 2.0 (foreground) with its vintage predecessor. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton In July 1929—when the Roaring Twenties were still roaring—celebrated British orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski commissioned Louis Vuitton to design and produce a portable secretary. By then, the Paris luggage company, founded by French master trunk maker Louis […]
How to modernize a classic interior
Have you bought an old apartment and want to give it a new life? Is your house no longer to your liking and you would like to make it more modern? Are you planning to sell your property but your interior is out of fashion, not to say outdated? In […]
7 Ways to Bring Classic Maine Style into Your Home
From former fishing shacks with harbor views straight out of Winslow Homer to pastoral farmhouses and cliffside retreats filled with board games and 1950s florals (eat your heart out, Wes Anderson), a house in Maine is undeniably romantic. Now three longtime Maine residents—photographer Maura McEvoy, art director Basha Burwell, and […]