Arren Williams

Aug 15, 2024 | styleathome.com | Arren Williams

Mention “a cabin in the woods” to some folks, and they might imagine the opening scenes of a schlocky horror flick. Scream queens aside, if you twist that statement slightly to “an A-frame cabin in the woods,” it will likely set their design senses tingling with thoughts of a chic Instagrammable space with a wall of windows and soaring ceilings. And you know what? They wouldn’t be wrong.

Dec 13, 2023 | styleathome.com | Arren Williams

Champagne – that most sparkling of French exports – sparks intrigue. No doubt, the lore around the beloved bubbly is fascinating. Have you heard the story that champagne was actually invented in England? To that we say, Mais non! Or maybe you’ve heard that the voluptuous bowl-shaped champagne coupe was modelled after the breasts of Marie Antoinette?

Nov 29, 2023 | styleathome.com | Arren Williams

Luxe, loungey and low slung. Apologies for the alliteration, but that’s just the perfect description of the Togo by Ligne Roset. Dreamt up in the ’60s by designer Michel Ducaroy and inspired by – seriously – a tube of toothpaste folded back on itself like a stovepipe and closed at both ends, this purposefully wrinkled modular seating collection turned heads and won a design award on its debut in 1973 at a Parisian design show.

Aug 23, 2023 | styleathome.com | Arren Williams

Do you say Adirondack or Muskoka when it comes to this classic outdoor chair? Likely, it depends on whether you live north or south of the 49th parallel. But our story begins back in 1903 in upstate New York, when a certain Thomas Lee put pen to paper while vacationing in the picturesque Adirondack Mountains. The chair he sketched was simple in form, then prototyped and tested on family members, and is the original version of the chair we know and love today.

Jul 27, 2023 | styleathome.com | Arren Williams

WHAT WE SAW AT THE PINNACLE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN EVENT OF THE YEAR. Each April, close to 400,000 designers, architects and design lovers converge in Italy for Milan Design Week. While the jewel in the crown is the Salone del Mobile, the behemoth of a trade show that happens on the city’s outskirts, it’s the offsite design installations in neighbourhoods across Milan that never fail to inspire and hit all the trends.