The dining chairs featured in Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s Portuguese villa are currently $300 off.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
15 July 2026
The couple fell ill in a Medici villa in Poggio a Caiano, near Florence, an area dotted with marshes and rice fields — ideal habitats for mosquitoes that can carry malaria.
Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 July 2026
For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages.
In keeping, La Posta Vecchia’s intimate feel is that of a friend’s family castle, full of eccentric art pieces and quirky nooks and crannies in which to get lost.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 July 2026
In the photos, Kelly included snaps from their visit to Sleeping Beauty’s castle and an ice cream break.
Rustic-chic one-bedroom mansions here span a shocking 5,000 square feet and come with a private spa and gym, a private butler, a private assistant, and a personal chef.
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Katie Lockhart,
Robb Report,
16 July 2026
According to the local news, many were frustrated that the castles didn’t resemble anything in the area, particularly the historical Ottoman-style mansions.
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Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
16 July 2026
Completed in 1935, two years before his death, the Coppins estate was the last and largest home Griffin designed.
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Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2026
The acquisition also brings the entire publishing catalog of genre-defining bluesman John Lee Hooker fully under BMG for the first time, following a deal in 2022 when BMG co-acquired the rights, with Fuji Music Group, from Hooker’s estate.
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