Enjoy someone else’s home while they’re out of town with onefinestay

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

“Marble lobbies, concierges and room service are not exactly things to be knocked in the World of luxury, but don’t you feel like you would just rather something a little bit less generic with a bit more space and character, in fact rather much like your home? Well now with private home stay specialists ‘onefinestay’ ...

The Luxury Property Show at The Hurlingham Club

Posted by on Oct 5, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

Property Expert, Melissa Porter, Confirmed to Host the Largest Two-day Event, which Celebrates the Most Exclusive Properties from Around the Globe What: Showcasing only the finest properties from around the globe, The Luxury Property Show provides a unique opportunity to view and buy some of the world’s most exclusive properties. Where: The Hurlingham Club, Ranelagh ...

Tropical Gulf of Panama’s ‘Pearl Island’

Posted by on Sep 21, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

Introducing Pearl Island: A Natural Paradise in the Tropical Gulf of Panama… a serene Pacific island that is being sensitively transformed into a luxurious 5 star sustainable hideaway. One of the few remaining untouched havens in the world, Pearl Island offers the chance to live a perfect private island existence complemented by a range of ...

51 Spa Residences Swiss Development

Posted by on Sep 20, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

SWISS DEVELOPMENT GROUP SHOWCASES ITS OUTSTANDING “51° SPA RESIDENCES” PROJECT AT THE MONACO YACHT SHOW 2011 To coincide with the Monaco Yacht Show 2011 taking place between the 21 - 24 September in the Principality, Swiss Development Group will showcase its fabulous “51° Spa Residences” project. Following a VIP presence at the Montreux Jazz Festival ...

Andermatt; Chic Chalets and Superlative Skiing

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

With the nights beginning to creep in and the great British summer continuing to evade most of the country, what better time to start thinking about the 2011/2012 winter ski season ahead. One destination that is already turning heads and setting snow aficionados a flutter is the brand new Andermatt Swiss Alps found in a ...

Tusse at Milan Design Week 2011

Tusse at Milan Design Week 2011

Posted by on Aug 16, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

TUSSE is an exceptional experience of art and design, with pieces that easily enchant and inspire contemplation, reinventing and creating ownership feelings through their original works. Inspired by Portuguese handicrafts, who passed legendary wisdom and their ways we awake a contemporary past that converges irreverence and tradition. The wisdom implemented by the artisans, creative design ...

Kelly Hoppen Furniture range at Selfridges

Posted by on Aug 11, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

Without doubt one of our favourite Interior Designers…. Iconic British interior designer Kelly Hoppen MBE launches her full collection of desirable furniture with Loft Living in Selfridges, London on September 7th. Inspired by her love of vintage style, Hoppen has created a line of furniture that is not only comfortable and stylish, but also easy ...

Stuart Hughes - World’s Most Expensive House

Posted by on Aug 4, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

Designed by Stuart Hughes of Liverpool U.K. in collaboration with exklusivHAUS of Zug Switzerland. This man truly is unstoppable and already holds the record for being our most featured luxury craftsman extraordinaire. This time he is back with yet another ‘World’s Most Expensive’ to his credit. This time he turns his hand to property…. and ...

Reality check for Chinese developers?

Posted by on Jul 8, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

For practically two decades there has seemingly been no safer method of amassing a fortune than developing property in China, but now that all looks set to change. The basic recipe was to acquire a piece of property from well-heeled friends in government at a fraction of its market value, mortgage the property to the ...

A sorry tale of Mayfair’s 94 Piccadilly, London

Posted by on Jul 5, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

“It really does beg believe as to how such a tragedy could have left this most monumental of properties empty for so long” For any of you, who have ever (like me) wondered what on earth is happening (or not) with Cambridge House, aka ’94 Piccadilly’, or ‘The In and Out’ (as it’s signs would ...

Calabarte Gourd-Fruit table-lamp

Posted by on Jul 4, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

If you are looking for creative ways to light up a room, enjoy these Gourd Lamps by Calabarte. Each gourd lamp is made from a gourd brought from Senegal and their exotic design is achieved after carefully selecting dried shells of gourd fruit and drilling patterns into them. Different patterns are designed by carving deeper ...

Sebastian Errazuriz’s $75k ‘Metamorphosis’

Posted by on Jul 4, 2011 in Property, Land & Islands | No Comments

Chilean-born designer Sebastian Errazuriz, renowned for his unusual and eerie design and art pieces, has created a sculpted bookshelf inspired by his grandmother’s ivy-covered garden. The Metamorphosis bookshelf, which was unveiled at an exhibition in New York late last month, is crafted from limited edition Baltic birch plywood shelf and hand-carved by the Italian company ...