With her six-month-old store, Rubirosa’s, the designer Lauren Rubinski offers a colorful take on old-world charm.

With clean lines and a pared-down palette, Joe Spiro’s London apartment is a refuge from his glittery day job.

Plus: an architectural travel guide, dishes that pay homage to Henri Matisse and more recommendations.

With his brand Ponte, the Loewe alumnus Harry Pontefract turns unexpected upcycled materials into one-of-a-kind unisex fashion.

“This is a woman’s home,” the actress says. “If a man walks in, I want him to feel like a guest.”

Once derided, La Grande Motte, a surreal 1960s resort in the South of France, is increasingly seen as having been ahead of its time.

At the Baroque guesthouse she runs in Portugal, Rebecca Illing hosted old friends for a meal suffused with nostalgia.

The artist Bianca Lee Vasquez, a co-founder of the art space Sainte Anne, regularly gathers friends for laid-back meals at her apartment, just a few…

Floral designers are finding drama in tall, statuesque compositions.

Mathias Kiss has painted the floor of his Paris atelier with a dramatic skyscape that evokes Renaissance frescoes. The rest of his home studio is…