Innehållsförteckning för Summer 2017 från MILIEU

It’s not just MILIEU readers who transform houses into homes. We did the same. We just moved! For five years, one of the best features of our bright and sunny Houston loft workspace was that we were always in shouting distance of one another. Actual shouting distance. Why pick up the phone or send an email to a coworker when you could instead call across the room and have a real, live conversation? All day, every day, we traded ideas, asked questions, and put together each issue of the magazine as a family occupying the same space. That served us well. But as the magazine and our readership have grown over these years, we knew it was time for a change in our offices. As of this issue, we’ve moved…

NICKY HASLAM As one of the world’s most lauded designers, London-based Nicky Haslam has created interiors for many noted clients, including The Prince of Wales, Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, and Ringo Starr. Haslam loves to use the completely unexpected to new effects. The mix of the serious and grand with glamour, charm, and wit is his trademark. SALLY HENZELL Sally Henzell was born and raised in Mandeville, Jamaica, and before returning there to establish the now-famous Jake’s hotel, on Treasure Beach, she lived in Paris and Switzerland, and worked at Selfridges in London. She has designed and built several houses in Treasure Beach, as well as helping to define the cultural and built landscape of Jamaica. MARTIN HULBERT With twenty-five years of design experience, London-based Martin Hulbert has completed a…

Despite its diminutive size, there was a time when Portugal ruled much of the world — which happened after its naval explorers had discovered much of the world. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in what historians refer to as Portugal’s Age of Discovery, the coastlines of Africa, North America, Asia, and Brazil were not only mapped by Portuguese explorers, but also exploited for their spices and resources — and, even, their manpower. Emblematic of the nation’s prominence were its palaces back home, among the most architecturally notable being Quinta da Bacalhoa. The palace, which now incorporates some of Portugal’s best-known wine vineyards, represents one of the earliest Renaissance-style edifices in the country. Although its designer is reputed to have been the Italian sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino, the building…

It is not so surprising that a Houston homeowner and his wife, both graduates of the University of Texas at Austin, had for years been making the three-hour trip to their alma mater to attend Longhorn football games. While super-cool Austin is a city known for its film and music festivals, it’s also a place where football rivalries are serious — but fun — concerns. Each trip put them in a hotel for the weekend, or they stayed with friends. Over time, they had four children. As the family grew, so did the couple’s interest in purchasing a second home in Austin. However, they ended up buying wooded property on Lake Austin, a much sought-after area of scenic beauty and waterfront homes outside the city, and building what they refer…

Nestled among the trees high above an Alabama lake is a pool house as inviting as the property’s main dwelling. Built beside an infinity pool and sited to capitalize on views of the cove far below, the recently completed project by interior designer Rozanne Jackson is far different from what she and her long-time client had originally envisioned. “What began its life as a pool house finally became ‘the house by the pool’ — a guest retreat, really,” explains Jackson, who in addition to her work as a noted interior designer is also owner of The Iron Gate, a popular design shop in historic Franklin, Tennessee, a half hour drive from Nashville. Jackson, who has worked for over a decade on other projects with the homeowner, says that while the…

In her work as a model, Lana Kova wears beautiful clothes by Derek Lam, Maiyet, Diane von Furstenberg, Karl Lagerfeld, and other designers. But in her work as a ceramicist, she fashions her own creations that are, at once, sculptural and practical. “There’s a definite relationship between the ceramics I make and the clothes I wear for designers,” says Kova from her studio in New York’s Tribeca. “Fashion designers are brave with color combinations, trying new forms and shapes, materials and textures, and that affects my ceramics.” Kova, born in Russia, in a region north of the Arctic Circle, embarked on a career as an international runway model, living in Paris, Milan, London, and Berlin. Now in New York, she continues to model, but considers herself an artist, particularly of…

People often talk about building their dream house. But Sally Henzell found hers after having had a dream about it. Upon awakening, she found that her home already existed As she recalls the experience, she and a friend were riding their horses through a lush property near the northern coast of her native Jamaica when she spotted a dwelling amid the growth that became the home she would later share with her husband, beginning in 1973. “From my horse, I turned to my friend and said, ‘I had a dream about this place. This is my house.’” What was there were actually two centuries-old structures, far from pristine, surrounded by a waterless moat. But when she expressed interest in purchasing the property, she was told that it was destined to…

French interior designer Frédéric Méchiche likes to indulge in a favorite pleasure — perusing real estate advertisements in Provence. This time he ended up with a new home. The newspaper notice simply stated: “19th-century Moorish house for sale.” No photo accompanied it. “When I see a notice at an agent’s or on the Internet, I dream each time,” he confesses. “I see a film unroll in my head. Even if the place is abominable, my imagination conjures up what it could become. I adore that. There are several Orientalist houses in the South of France. I knew them all,” he says. “But I didn’t know this one. I took a rendezvous immediately.” When he arrived at the house, nestled in the wild landscape of the Mont des Maures about nine…

COVER Garden design: Nicky Haslam, NICKY HASLAM STUDIO, nickyhaslamstudio.com, +44-207-370-3100. Photography: Miguel Flores-Vianna, mf-v.com. MIX & MATCH Written by: David Masello. Photography: Megan Lovoi, meganthompsonphoto.com. Pages 20-26 Sarah Sharp Leatherwood, SARAH SHARP, shopsarahsharp.com. Pants and dress made by Anne Khuong, 832-282-3299. MY NASHVILLE Written by: Rozanne Jackson, with Edward McCann. Photography: Chris Little and Joe Little, chrislittlephotography.com. Page 34 HATWRKS, hatwrks.com. Pages 36-37 Rozanne Jackson at THE IRON GATE, theirongateonline.net. Page 38 COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, countrymusichalloffame.org. Page 39 JOHNNY CASH MUSEUM, johnnycashmuseum.com; RYMAN AUDITORIUM, ryman.com. Page 40 THE IRON GATE, theirongateonline.net; TIM RIFFLE ENVIRONMENTS, trenashville.com; BENNETT GALLERIES, bennettgalleriesnashville.com; RCA STUDIO B, studiob.org; ROLF & DAUGHTERS, rolfanddaughters.com. Page 41 THE PERFECT PAIR, theperfectpairnashville.com; ROBERT’S WESTERN WORLD, robertswesternworld.com; IRONWARE, ironwareinternational.com. Page 42 PROVIDENCE INTERIORS, providenceinteriors.com; EMMALINE, emmalineboutique.com; FRANÇOIS & CO.,…