With its terracotta rooftops, pastel houses, narrow cobbled lanes and colorful boats, the small fishing village of Collioure is almost embarrassingly pretty, finds photographer Sam Parkes - as though everything has been crop-dusted in beauty and benevolence.

Francis Sultana adores the Alpine culture and topography of St. Moritz so much that he's even designed a furniture collection inspired by the Swiss mountain town. After many happy visits, Francis shares his insider tips and secrets - from his favorite cocktail at Badrutt's Palace to his favorite spot for cheese fondue on the slopes.

Camilla Frances travels to the Inner Hebrides - the archipelago of remote islands on Scotland’s west coast - discovering vast, still lochs, jaw-dropping landscapes, a stylish 'bothy' and isolated islands inhabited since 6000 BC. Along these quiet shores, creativity and community prospers; discover the rare, restorative beauty of the Isle of Mull.

Although best known for winning awards and treading red carpets, acclaimed actor Jake Gyllenhaal is also an accomplished chef and a design lover, with a penchant for Italian food and ceramics. He tells Camilla Frances about his life in design, from the first home he furnished to his earliest antique find and favorite interiors.

It was standing room only during London Craft Week 2025 for an inspiring morning at the Emilia Wickstead store on Sloane Street, where Cabana led a talk on design, craft and the enduring legacy of the late great Christopher Gibbs, once the so-called ‘King of Chelsea’.

Antwerp-based antique dealer, Boris Vervoordt, first began collecting with his father, the legendary Belgian architect, Axel Vervoordt. Now, a preeminent collector and antiquarian himself, Boris shares with Camilla Frances the stories of two objects that have passed through his hands: his greatest find and the piece he’ll keep forever.

As lockdown projects go, SJ Axelby's has been a roaring success. The British portrait artist talks to Camilla Frances, describing how she turned a health crisis - and her love of layered, colorful rooms - into a brilliant new career and two successful books.

As a textile designer, Nathalie Farman-Farma's eye is unmatched: uniquely original and hugely inspirational. The Décor Barbares founder tells Camilla Frances about her own inspirations, and reveals her dream dinner guests, greatest challenges, most entertaining friends and why she will never have a favorite fabric.

Raised in a small village in the French Alps, Paris-based ceramicist Morgane Pasqualini crafts striking clay vessels inspired by her love of the ancient and natural worlds. She tells Camilla Frances about the learning curve and her "desire to create".

Finders Keepers: Liza Antrim, the doyenne of antique doll's houses, lives in a small village in the west of England surrounded by hundreds of magnificent miniatures that she's spent years collecting and painstakingly restoring. She tells Cabana about two of them: her greatest find and the piece she'll keep forever.

From his home on a storied 19th-century farm, high in the hills of Vermont, Justin Squizzero is reviving the traditional crafts of spinning, weaving and naturally dyeing textiles using a 200-year-old loom. He gives Cabana a tour of his farmhouse and tells Camilla Frances about his woven life.

Glasgow and Ghana-based Tribal Art and Textiles dealer, Ian Shaw, tells Camilla Frances the story of two extraordinary objects: his greatest find and the piece he’ll keep forever.

With its sweeping coastlines, atmospheric villages, fantastic food scene and impressive artistic traditions, Cornwall is a must-visit for anyone looking to refresh and restore. Eleanor Cording-Booth and Camilla Frances share insider tips.

As Cabana launches tableware inspired by the decorative details at Norfolk's Houghton Hall, Camilla Frances talks to Rose, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, about life in one of England’s finest historic estates.

With designers, artists, editors and tastemakers flying to Milan from all corners of the globe, Salone del Mobile 2024 has been bigger, brighter and bolder than ever. Miguel Flores-Vianna and Camilla Frances highlight their festival favorites.

Camilla Frances explores (or rather, peers into) one of the most famous interiors in the world: Queen Mary's exceptional doll's house at Windsor Castle, a 100-year-old miniature marvel still considered to be an unsurpassed archive of British talent and craftsmanship.

Ahead of his landmark auction at Dreweatts in May, artist, curator and avid collector James Perkins speaks to Camilla Frances about becoming a modern-day Dr Dolittle and creating a modern 'Grand Tour' at Parnham Park, his treasure-filled estate on Dorset's Jurassic Coast.

The third edition of Homo Faber in Venice was a triumph, with artistic director Luca Guadagnino delivering drama and elevating craftsmanship to the pedestal it rightly deserves. Read on for some of Cabana's 'best in show' highlights.

As a child, François Halard rarely spoke and sought refuge in a quiet world full of beautiful textiles and objects. His deep appreciation for beauty led him to become one of the world’s most respected photographers, documenting his own collections and the lives of icons, including Yves Saint Laurent and Cy Twombly. François spoke to Camilla Frances about life through his extraordinary lens.

For over 150 years, Badrutt's Palace has enchanted St Moritz, its green turrets rising above the Alpine resort like a fantasy schloss styled by Wes Anderson. Camilla Frances checks-in to the fabled hotel - whose former guests include Marlene Dietrich and Alfred Hitchcock - for the warmest of Swiss welcomes and a tour of the striking new Serlas wing, designed by Italian architect Antonio Citterio.

After moving back to her beloved childhood home in Devon during the pandemic, Elizabeth Kemp launched an online antiques business with her mother, Ros Byam Shaw. As Camilla Frances discovers, it's a labor of love going back generations.

London-based New Zealand-born fashion designer Emilia Wickstead opens her coveted London address book, sharing “a wonderful hidden treasure”, her favorite restaurant for river views and pre-theatre drinks, and her go-to market for antiques and salvaged treasures.

Finders Keepers: Specialist antique textile dealer and conservator, Hannah Whyman, shares the story of two extraordinary objects that have passed through her hands: her greatest find and the piece she'll keep forever.  

Finders Keepers: Antiquarians and collectors share the stories of two extraordinary objects that have passed through their hands: their greatest find and the piece they'll keep forever. This week, antique dealer Guy Tobin, shares a beguiling, but troubling, find and a much-loved family favorite.

James Thurstan Waterworth, an avid collector and founder of London-based design studio Thurstan, shares beautiful images from his impressive room at Wow!House 2025, which includes two exceptional objects that have passed through his hands: his greatest find and the piece he'll keep forever.

A true tastemaker and doyenne of design to all who know her well, multi-hyphenate creative Marian McEvoy has more than a few stories to tell. She sat down with Camilla Frances to reveal her guiltiest pleasures, greatest challenges, dream dinner guests, and the most defining moments of her two inspiring careers.

In the more than 50 years that Derry Moore has been taking photographs, he has captured icons of art, design, stage and screen – from Salvador Dali and L.S. Lowry to Alan Bennett, Henry Moore and Helena Bonham Carter. The distinguished British photographer shares stories and portraits from the frontline of culture, and reveals the best advice he’s ever been given – from Oskar Kokoschka and Bill Brandt.

Miguel Flores-Vianna's world book signing tour hit London this week, fittingly held at Smythson's flagship shop on Sloane Street where the renowned photographer and author signed copies of his most personal book to date, wrapped in Smythson leather.

New-York based ceramicist Anina Major has developed a 'clay recipe' that allows her to plait the material in the same manner that straw weavers would plait palms, a traditional method passed down through generations of enslaved people forcibly transported to the Bahamas from West Africa. Her artisanal skills, often realized on a vast scale, have caught the attention of the judges of the prestigious Loewe Craft Prize 2025, earning her a much-coveted spot on the shortlist.

Finders Keepers: Will Fisher, antique dealer, avid collector and founder of Jamb, shares the stories of two extraordinary objects that have passed through his hands - a shift in world order carved in stone and the piece he was destined to own.

Cabana's Digital Editorial Director, Camilla Frances, shares an insider's travel guide to thrilling Mexico City, including the Mexican capital's best house museums, flea markets, art galleries, shops and restaurants.

Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar presented the eighth Loewe Foundation Craft Prize to Japanese ceramicist, Kunimasa Aoki, while president of the Loewe Foundation, Sheila Loewe, issued an impassioned call to action on the future of craftsmanship.

Fabrizia Caracciolo journeys through the Golden Age of the Côte d'Azur, exploring the Provencal villages and workshops along the French Riviera where many of Europe's great artists gathered and created. Fabrizia examines the legacies they've left behind.

On 23 October 2024, Sotheby’s will present an impressive sale of rare objects, artworks, manuscripts and textiles from the Islamic World and India. Read on to discover which lots the Big Cabana Family are most inspired by, and why.

Eminent British antique dealer, Edward Hurst, has been in the business for more than 30 years, and passionate about antiques since childhood. Edward shares tales from buying trips, along with his greatest challenges and guiltiest pleasures.

In an inauspicious corner of Minnesota lies an extraordinarily well preserved piece of French history: a remarkable, entirely intact Parisian interior from the 18th-century. How did it get there? Taylor Hall O'Brien investigates.

In celebration of Dallas Design Week 2023, and Vervain’s new collection of fabrics and papers inspired by memories of Texas, Cabana gets under the skin of the Lone Star State, discovering its unique seasons, colors and culture.

Exclusive: Rome-based designer Achille Salvagni, collector and founder of his eponymous studio, talks Cabana through his vision for Le Graal, an exciting new hospitality project – spanning a member's club in Rome and a hotel in Cortina – where design and craftsmanship are omnipresent.

She was born in Wales but fell in love with Peru. Ever since Mari Solari discovered Peru's rich landscapes and traditions, she became an advocate for Peruvian craftsmanship. Rebeca Vaisman visits her home in Lima.

Acclaimed decorator Stephen Sills sits down with Cabana to share highlights from an illustrious life in design. Read on to discover Stephen's dream (and nightmare) interiors, favorite dinner guests, guiltiest pleasures and greatest challenges.  

Virginia-based landscape architect Charles Stick is much-lauded for his historically sensitive, culturally aware gardens influenced by the proportions of his design masters, including Palladio and Russell Page. Charles sits down with Cabana to share highlights from an illustrious career, along with his guiltiest pleasures, greatest challenges, most memorable trips and dream dinner party guests.

Architect Gil Schafer is beloved for his warm classic-contemporary style. Gil shares with Cabana his dream (and nightmare) interiors, how a sudden revelation changed the path of his career, and why he's never let introversion hold him back.  

In a world of ephemera and mass production, Asprey values the enduring beauty of the well-made, the deeply known, and the patiently crafted. Read on to discover five extraordinary objects crafted in collaboration with skilled artisans around the world.

NYC-born Delhi-based designer, Peter D'Ascoli, the creative brain behind Cabana favorite, D'Ascoli, shares candid insights from his studio, revealing his favorite (and least favorite) interiors, guiltiest pleasures, greatest challenges and dream dinner guests.

The Interview: From a covetable pair of Alberto Giacometti candlesticks to an unexpected event on a hot night in Connecticut, interior designer, David Netto, reveals stories and favorite objects from an illustrious career in design, along with his career highlights and guilty pleasures.

Sarah Wetenhall splits her time between New York and her 'pink palace', The Colony hotel, which remains the beating heart of Palm Beach. For Sarah - who took over The Colony eight years ago - the route to paradise has been paved with hard work, unexpected mid-life career changes, and chocolate-covered gummy bears. If you've ever wondered how a leading hotelier balances business, family, entertaining and events - with never a hair out of place - read on.

From her spectacular home and gardens in Connecticut, Bunny Williams shares tales from an illustrious career in design, while revealing her guiltiest pleasures, greatest challenges, and why Dolly Parton is her dream dinner guest.

French architect, Charles Zana, is renowned for his refined interiors, elegant contemporary furniture, and influential aesthetic, which is inextricably linked with his beloved Paris. Charles sits down with Cabana to talk design, collecting and travel, while sharing his favorite (and least favorite) interiors, guilty pleasures, greatest challenges and dream dinner guests.