Going for gold… Next year we are celebrating our 60th year in business..our golden jubilee if you will. And to say we like a bit of gold in our furniture and accessories may be a bit of an understatement. Gold furniture has a warm, rich and bewitching effect. It draws in your eye and instantly […]
Tag: Interior Design
Guinevere’s Guests; Chats with Alidad
Widely acclaimed for his opulent and richly layered interiors, Alidad continually delights clients; creating rooms that appear to have developed over generations. With over thirty years experience, he has been featured numerous times in Architectural Digest’s AD100, Elle Decor’s A-List, and House & Garden’s Top 100 Interior Designers. This month for Guinevere’s Guests, Alidad lends […]
Paul Daxhelet
When Marc and Heather finally managed to visit an old friend last year (between lockdowns!) – a retired Art and Antiques dealer in Paris – they did not expect to come across a collection of Belgian artworks they had never seen before in their years of travelling around Europe. They certainly did not expect to […]
The Line of Beauty
Jean, Pablo, Amedeo & Keith. Few things are more expressive than the simple line. A sweep or curve, an outline, a bold shape, these are the elements of visual language we all understand. In his Analysis of Beauty (1753) William Hogarth proposed a theory of aesthetics in which the term Line of Beauty was used […]
Our Three Kings of Colour
Every year in June the Chelsea design quarter holds open its doors for a late night spectacular, the drinks flow and the conversations are merry. This year we decided to invite three designers to take over our windows, putting their own personal style within the space, with carefully curated items from Guinevere, of course. The […]
Visit to PAD and Frieze
I got to PAD at 12.15 in Berkeley Square, conscious of course that I wanted to squeeze lunch in-between the two fairs. I met my friend Geoff at the door and we decided that the best way to navigate this fair efficiently was to walk around the outside then do the alleys longways. The first […]
Being Fabulous
One of the best things about being fabulous is when other people realise you’re fabulous. Particularly if it’s someone whose taste and style you admire. Yes, I know one can be quietly excellent in one’s field in a low-key, taupe cashmere sort of way. But quite frankly, if I’m putting on a show, I like […]