Colefax, Fowler, and Lancaster

Colefax & Fowler is a name that resounds with English elegance and the embodiment of what we often refer to as the "English Country House" style.

As a little girl, I found my sanctuary amid towering bookshelves that transformed my bedroom into a family library. While Grace Livingston Hill novels claimed prime real estate up top, Nancy Drew even further to the left, Scholastic paperbacks top and center, the worn pages of old picture books nestled in the corners below. But it was the family room that held the real treasures—my mother's design books, a curated collection that whispered the secrets of form and function, color and texture. Here I first met names like Colefax & Fowler and Nancy Lancaster, their wisdom shaping the world around me in ways I would only come to understand years later.

There's a thrill in curiosity—for me, it's the magnetic pull between the investigator and the undiscovered. You can't help but lean in, listen closely, and start seeing the hidden geometries of life. This is precisely what happened as I began to immerse myself in the design landscape. I noticed the echoes—the repeated motifs, placements, and styles that wove themselves like a recurring theme in a well-composed symphony. From the commonality in desk placements to the ubiquity of a certain chair style, patterns emerged and questions unfurled.