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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment. V. E. Schwab Read more at:...

Paris in your Kitchen 'I have the feeling that I was born in Vienna in order to live in Paris.' –Romy Schneider One of the best things about Paris are the Bistro's. You can just while away the hours in bistro after bistro, sipping your c...

Secret Garden in Paris 'I have the feeling that I was born in Vienna in order to live in Paris.' –Romy Schneider One of my favourite books as a child was the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgen Burnett. I always loved the idea of a secret...

'Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life...

Exotic Elegance 'It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. ' –Gao Xingjian This is an eyecatcher for any wall. A ceremonial tribal mask from the Congo, Africa. Made from...

GiddyUp! 'Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.' –Saint Augustine This horse is rather stately and is r eminiscent of Tang Dynasty artifacts. Expertly glazed in a brown orange tone it stands proud and you wonder what it could be...

Dancing Beauties 'To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room. A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt bulb in an expensive one.' –Edward Walker An elegant white desk lamp made out of matt biscuit porcelain with a...

Candlelight from France 'If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.' –Margaret Fuller Ah, the basket chandelier. One of my absolute favourites and embedded in architectural history with its classic appearance often seen...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table. Alfred Hitchcock Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/kitchen_table.html Kitchen Party...

Exclusive Tartan 'I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.' –Christian Louboutin Whimsical Tartan lamp...

Palace Feeling 'She didn't think that by hanging a chandelier from the ceiling you made a room with a chandelier. She felt you'd made another world, which you could slip in and out of by some vague process of application.' –Guy Mankowski...

French Elegance 'Yet, when struck at a particular angle by a flicker of candlelight from the chandelier, its heart of wine-drenched velvet shone through.' –Tom Robbins This stunning French crystal chandelier is beautifully detailed. Its...